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Join a geological field trip into the
Barberton Mountain land, a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one
of the best exposed Greenstone Belts in the world.”
- Led by Professor Carl Anhaeusser (Wits University)
Included in the field trip are visits to the Komati
Valley (Spinnifex textures and pillow lavas), the field trip will also
cross the full succession of the Barberton Greenstone Belt stratigraphy,
and visit Sheba gold mine TOP (Eureka City), Golden Quarry, and the Bon
Accord Nickel deposit.
Itinerary:
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Friday 11 September 2009:
Leave Johannesburg 06h00, visit the Komati Valley [Komatiites,
Spinnifex textures etc.] in the afternoon.
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Friday evening 11 September 2009:
Sleep in Badplaas (Badplaas Hotel)
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Saturday 12 September:
Komati Valley field trip continued
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Saturday evening 12 September:
Sleep in Barberton (Diggers Retreat)
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Sunday 13 September:
Quad Bike trip from Barberton, through Fairview Gold mine up to
Sheba top (Eureka City), Golden Quarry and then down through Sheba
mine to the Bon Accord Nickel deposit. African Nickel has completed
a drilling program at the Bon Accord Nickel deposit, core will be
viewed, as well as the results from geophysical surveys (VTEM,
wireline logs, ground EM etc.) presented.
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Sunday evening 13 September:
Travel to the Royal Swazi Sun via the Oshoek Border post.
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Bus
transport will be arranged back to Johannesburg from Swaziland after
the conference for people that went on the field trip
