Rehabilitated Open Pit
Rehabilitated Open Pit is a quarry in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng. Rehabilitated Open Pit is situated nearby to the suburb Mohlakeng, as well as near the town Randfontein.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mohlakeng and Randfontein.
Randfontein
Town
Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. Randfontein is situated 5 km north of Rehabilitated Open Pit.
Bekkersdal
Suburb
Photo: Wesley Fester, CC BY 2.0.
Bekkersdal is a township situated 7 km east of Westonaria and 14 km south of Randfontein in the Gauteng province. It was established in 1945, to house Africans who worked in town and at the surrounding gold mines. Bekkersdal is situated 8 km south of Rehabilitated Open Pit.
Rehabilitated Open Pit
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.21464° or 26° 12′ 53″ southLongitude
27.6778° or 27° 40′ 40″ eastOpen location code
5G59QMPH+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 1158006985OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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