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Plagioclase from
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1450721
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1450721:8
GUID (UUID V4):7d87f3a2-f6f0-4e31-b564-5ac6ad0d9823
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
88.0km (54.7 miles) ā“˜Booysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.2km (59.8 miles) ā“˜Helena Chrome Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
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Ni-Cu-PGE-Bearing Mafic to Ultramafic Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Christoph Gauert 1,2, * and...Ni-Cu-PGE-Bearing Mafic to Ultramafic Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 22. https://...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Landesamt fĆ¼r Geologie und Bergwesen Sachsen-Anhalt...mafic to ultramafic Uitkomst Complex in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa hosts the low-grade-large-tonnage...deposit, Nkomati. The complex is regarded to represent a satellite to the Bushveld Complex and a feeder
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Original Article Reverse Compositional Zoning in the Uitkomst Chromitites as an Indication of Crystallization...Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa; 2Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy...Rainbow Minerals, PO Box 783580, Sandton 2146, South Africa; 4Department of Earth Science, Rice University...in the central part of the Uitkomst Complex in South Africa. The complex represents a magmatic conduit...compositions through the entire ultramafic section of the complex. The lower part of chromitites was formed from
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the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,2 , Derek Hugh...the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 649. https:// doi...Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa; dzvinamurungut@staff.msu.ac.zw (T.D.); derekr@uj...University of South Africa (UNISA), Florida Campus, Private Bag X6, Johannesburg 1710, South Africa; ngodzazw@gmail...mineralogy and texture of Ni-sulfide ores at the Nkomati nickel mine are highly variable, and this results in
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-x ARTICLE The Uitkomst intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry...Abstract The Uitkomst intrusion is a tubular maficultramafic layered body that hosts one of South Africaā€™s...Africaā€™s largest Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposits, Nkomati. The sulphide ore occurs in the form of massive lenses in the...āˆ¼10-m-thick layer in the lower portion of the intrusion. Uitkomst has generally been interpreted as a magma conduit...with the age of the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex and thus demonstrates a coeval relationship between
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and Re-Os Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Jakub TrubacĢŒ,1,2,ā€  LukĆ”Å” Ackerman...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa of Applied Geology and Geohazards, Geological...Lakefield, Ontario KOL 2HO, Canada Abstract The Uitkomst Complex is a Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr-Co mineralized composite...composite mafic-ultramafic intrusion situated in South Africa. The platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and Au...the various mineralized zones of the complex. BMS within the complex have elevated PGE and Au contents,
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499ā€“516 Platinum Group Elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa W. D. MAIER,ā€  T. GOMWE, Centre for...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa S.-J. BARNES, Sciences de la Terre, UniversitĆ©...Pretoria 0002, South Africa Abstract The mafic-ultramafic Uitkomst Complex of South Africa is a tubular...coeval and cogenetic with the 2054 Ma Bushveld Complex. It consists of a thin (3.5-m) basal gabbronoritic...PGE concentrations in 86 samples from the Uitkomst Complex. The rocks containing disseminated sulfides
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and hydrothermal alteration in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Arindam Sarkar a, Edward M. Ripley...August 2008 Editor: R.L. Rudnick Keywords: Uitkomst Complex Stable isotopes Ni-sulļ¬des Hydrothermal alteration...The Uitkomst Complex is a satellite intrusion of the Bushveld Complex and contains the only mine currently...currently producing Ni as the main product in South Africa. Previously reported sulfur isotopic data suggest...harzburgite units that comprise the lower portion of the Complex. We have determined oxygen isotopic compositions
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from an alkali to transitional basaltic magma, South Africa Sybrand de Waal Centre for Research on Magmatic...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: PO Box 21167, Windhoek, Namibia...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa. Current address: Shango Solutions, HHK House...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: School of Biological, Earth...Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, 2052 Australia e-mail: i.graham@unsw
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minerals Article PGE Production in Southern Africa, Part I: Production and Market Trends Lisa Thormann... Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa; cmbohwa@uj.ac.za Correspondence: benedikt.buchspies@tuhh...global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean Great Dyke...elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex; Great Dyke 1. Introduction Several distinctive...mineable deposits are located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, in the Norilā€™skā€“Talnakh field in Russia
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MAGMA AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE STRATIFORM UITKOMST COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA SYBRAND A. DE WAALĀ§ AND WOLFGANG D...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa RICHARD A. ARMSTRONG Research School of Earth... Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa ABSTRACT The Uitkomst Complex, a Niā€“Cuā€“PGEā€“Cr-mineralized layered...Pretoria, South Africa, hosts commercially viable magmatic base-metal sulfide deposits. The Complex has a...Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) of the Bushveld Complex. Chemical modeling, using summation and least-squares
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Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone Dominique Tanner...Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone. Lithos (2018), https://doi...Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone Dominique Tanner1...Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6140. 4 Camborne School of Mines, College...University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, South Africa, ED 5 Corresponding author: Dominique Tanner
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constraints on the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Brendan Clarke a,āŽ, Ron Uken b, JĆ¼rgen Reinhardt...Box 900, Pietermaritzburg 3200, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa School of Geological Sciences, University of...Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Available online 25 November 2008 Keywords: Bushveld Complex Sill emplacement mechanics Igneous facies variations...largest layered intrusion, the 2.05 Ga Bushveld Complex, are still poorly understood. Early models considered
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born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...special talents, I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein. ā€ƒā€ƒ When I was a postgraduate student...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solutionā€”it has to be implemented...Bushveld chromiteā€“platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickelā€“copper, Canada, and a few new
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7700, South Africa Mineralogy Division, Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, South Africa Correspondence:...savings during processing. As lower-grade ores with complex mineralogy are being increasingly exploited, the...types. Two nickel sulfide deposits in southern Africa were chosen as case studies to understand differences...deposits able to be considered for mining if the run-of-mine (ROM) feed grade can be upgraded to an acceptable...of DMS [5,6]. Low-grade ores commonly display complex mineralogy in terms of mineral composition and
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University of Cape Town, 6 Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa 7 2. Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa 8 *Corresponding author: megan.becker@uct.ac.za 9...magmatic nickel sulfide ore from the Nkomati nickel mine in South Africa (Li et al., 2002; Gauert et 80 ...of 117 local variation in an image. A high contrast measure means a degree of high local variation...Mineralised Zone (MMZ) from the Nkomati Ni-sulfide deposit in South Africa. The samples are 131 gabbros
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EMPLACEMENT MECHANICS OF A BUSHVELD COMPLEX PERIDOTITE BODY, SOUTH AFRICA B. CLARKE Council for Geoscience...Box 900, Pietermaritzburg 3200, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Current affiliation: The MSA Group email: b...Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa email: uken@ukzn.ac.za; reinhardtj@ukzn.ac.za...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The Apiesdooringdraai peridotite is a syn-Bushveld Complex, dominantly...by the mafic-ultramafic magmas of the Bushveld Complex. Deformation in the country rock was affected by
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Rhyacian plate motion and duration of the Bushveld Complex H. Wabo, M.O. de Kock, G. Belyanin PII: DOI: Reference:...Rhyacian plate motion and duration of the Bushveld Complex, Precambrian Research (2020), doi: https://doi...Rhyacian plate motion and duration of the Bushveld Complex H. Wabo1*, M.O. de Kock1and G. Belyanin1 1DSI-NRF...PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa. *Corresponding author: hwabo@uj.ac.za or...Bushveld Complex (South Africa) and its associated satellite intrusions (e.g. Uitkomst Complex) and marginal
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Beers o Geool E ff the Sot ā€œFe lhvoll exploring South Africa's hidden treasures Nick Norman varied rock...Cape Town, 8001 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...E-pdf: 978 1 77584 071 8 FRONT COVER: Experience South Africaā€™s austere and beautiful Karoo from Graaff-Reinetā€™s...(the worldā€™s leading diamond conservation work in South The Oppenheimer Family has a rich history and association...association with research in natural sciences and ion Africa, having long been supporters of biodiversity conservat
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incorporated the concept of self-organization within complex systems (McCuaig and Hronsky, 2014). This contribution...ore-forming processes. This contribution also avoids the complex topic of stratiform PGE-rich disseminated sulphide...sulphide ores such as the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex that have aspects of both Reefs TE and Ni-Cu-PGE...1999, Skufin and Theart, 2005) and the Duluth Complex deposits of the Mid-Continent Rift of the USA (Ripley...the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex and the associated Uitkomst Ni sulphide deposit (Gauert et al
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by guest on 25 May 2021 Dating the Bushveld Complex: Timing of Crystallization, Duration of Magmatism...November 2020 ABSTRACT The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the worldā€™s largest layered intrusion... crystallization, and cooling of the Bushveld Complex based on integrated Uā€“Pb zirconā€“baddeleyiteā€“titaniteā€“rutile...samples of different rock types from the Bushveld Complex, including ultramafic and mafic cumulates, mineralized...alkaline Phalaborwa Complex. The results indicate that (1) the Bushveld Complex was built incrementally
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deposits, the Platreef in the Bushveld Complex (South Africa) has aspects of both of these end members...best-known example is the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1C). This exceptional layer is commonly only...intrusions. An example is the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex (McDonald and Holwell 2011). Sulfide-rich deposits...peridotite Gabbro, dolerite Chr EE. ā€œNorilā€™sk (Nkomati) Typeā€ chonolith/elongate sill D MelN Olivine...laths of plagioclase (Plg). (C) Underground exposure of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Igneous Complex (South
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1007/s00126-012-0436-1 ARTICLE The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinumā€“ palladium, chrome-...Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits in the Bushveld Complex and other layered intrusions form when large, incompletely...and pyroxene and less dense layers enriched in plagioclase. The most economic PGE, Cr and V reefs form in...of crust. Introduction The ~2.05-Ga Bushveld Complex contains by far the worldā€™s largest layered maficā€“ultramafic...sub-surface outcrop (Fig. 1). In addition, the Bushveld Complex contains one of the worldā€™s largest A-type granites
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a Case Study from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) are described. A model for the formation...at BRPM and at other locations in the Bushveld Complex. To achieve this it is necessary to understand...Emplacement of these magmas into the Bushveld Complex resulted in thermo-mechanical erosion of the floor...magma emplacement owing to interaction with the local Transvaal sediments. As a result, mechanical separation
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represents a ~ 400-m-thick, out-of-sequence sill complex that comprises a ~ 200-m- 10 thick glomeroporphyritic...sulphides are present at the base of the sill complex, whereas disseminated to net- 13 textured sulphides...16 by sharp changes in size and abundance of plagioclase glomerocrysts. We hypothesise that 17 the glomerocrysts...sulphide, mineral exploration, Canada, 32 sill complex 3 33 1. Introduction 34 The Labrador Trough...mafic-ultramafic lithologies of the Montagnais Sill 38 Complex (MSC; Dimroth, 1978; Skulski et al., 1993). The
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at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa Derek H. Rose 1 &...the Bushveld Complex is generally limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management that...Rivers platinum mine (TRP), is urgently required in order to extend the life of mine, presented an opportunity...such a study on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. A process mineralogical investigation was undertaken...minerals . Two Rivers Platinum mine Introduction The Bushveld Complex is the worldā€™s largest layered
 
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