Canteen Koppie at Barkly West: South Africa's first diamond mine

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-66

  de Wit, M C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b BRC Diamond Corporation   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANDESITE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DIAMOND; EROSION; GRAVEL; LAVA; MINE; PEBBLE; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VAAL RIVER;

EID: 49249093954     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.111.1.53     Document Type: Article

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