BGM EastDene Traditional Cache
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The Gold Plant of Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine Carletonville
This is a roadside cache close to the entrance of the blyvooruitzicht gold mine plant.
Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company Limited (Blyvoor) has underground and surface operations and is situated on the north-western edge of the Witwatersrand Basin, to the south of the town of Carletonville in North West Province. Established in 1937, it was the first mine on the West Wits line. Production started here in 1942 and Blyvoor has been an operation of DRDGOLD since 1997.
Blyvoor has two main gold-bearing horizons: the Carbon Leader Reef (CLR), which is one of the principal orebodies of the Carletonville goldfield; and the Middelvlei Reef, which is some 75 metres above the CLR horizon. At present, mining is concentrated on No 4 and No 6 Shafts with some mining taking place from No 5 Shaft.
Blyvoor also treats gold-bearing slimes dams and waste rock dumps. The mine’s carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant is currently processing some 300 000 tonnes of slimes per month.
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