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Franzpoort Mine, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africai
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Franzpoort MineMine
City of Tshwane Metropolitan MunicipalityMunicipality
GautengProvince
South AfricaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
25° 41' 36'' South , 28° 24' 1'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Cullinan25,490 (2012)12.6km
Pretoria1,619,438 (2016)22.0km
Centurion233,386 (2012)28.3km
Midstream25,000 (2016)32.1km
Ekangala37,650 (2018)34.9km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club (PGMC)Menlo Park, Pretoria, Gauteng17km
Mindat Locality ID:
253147
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:253147:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Silver mine on Franzpoort farm 332 JR, located east of Pretoria (coordinates are for the farm location). Operations began 1890 to 1898.

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Somali PlateTectonic Plate
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