It covers an area of 8,592 m2 (2.123 acres), making it the smallest known site in the Cradle of Humankind.

[3] Broom recovered 148 specimens from Minnaar's Cave, including a fossilized Thos antiquus (jackal) skull, which has been extensively studied by palaeontologists as the species's type specimen, albeit with no precise knowledge of its exact origins.

Researchers attempted to rediscover the site multiple times over the subsequent decades, but the vague descriptions and field notes caused confusion.

[3] In August 2009, a team from the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria explored a site on private property that corresponded with descriptions of Minnaar given by Broom and later researchers.

[3] Most of the specimens recovered from Minnaar's Cave have yet to be extracted from their breccial matrices; however, most of the fossils belong to canids, primates, bovids, equus, and microfauna from the Plio-Pleistocene era.