Beatrix Gold Mine

 mine, production

Located some 240 kilometers south-west of Johannesburg, near the towns of Welkom and Virginia in the Free State province, the Beatrix Gold Mine is the only one of Gold Fields’ mines in South Africa which is located on the southern rim of the Witwatersrand Basin. Beatrix has 17.1 million ounces in Mineral Resources and 5.7 million ounces in Mineral Reserves. Beatrix is a large shallow to medium depth gold mine operating at depths of between 700 meters and 2,200 meters below surface. Geologically the mine is located along the southern rim of the Witwatersrand Basin and exploits auriferous palaeoplacers (reefs) of the Central Rand Group. The Beatrix Reef (BXR), and local facies variations thereof, constitutes 72 per cent of the Beatrix Mineral Reserve, with the Kalkoenkrans Reef (KKR) contributing 28 per cent. The mine consists of four producing shafts and two processing plants, of which 1 Plant processes only underground ore and 2 Plant surface material only.

Reference for information:
www.goldfields.co.za/ops_beatrix.php