| Viljoen, Fanus, Ramakoloi, Ntshebo, Rose, Derek, Reinke, Christian (2015) Mineral Chemistry of (Pt,Pd)-Bismuthotelluride Minerals In the Platreef At Zwartfontein, Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (6) 1109-1127 doi:10.3749/canmin.1500047 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ZWARTFONTEIN, AKANANI PROJECT, NORTHERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FANUS VILJOENĀ§, NTSHEBO RAMAKOLOI,...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa CHRISTIAN REINKE Spectrum Analytical Facility...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa ABSTRACT The (Pt,Pd)-bismuthotelluride minerals...form a trend of solid solution along the join kotulskite (PdTe)āsobolevskite (PdBi), without merenskyite...compositional ranges of moncheiteāmaslovite and kotulskiteāsobolevskite. Keywords: platinum-group minerals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Zwartfontein, Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen...elements (PGE), and gold, in the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, was investigated using an FEI Mineral Liberation...include maslovite (PtBiTe, 32 area% of total PGM), kotulskite (Pd(BiTe), 17 %), isoferroplatinum (Pt3Fe, 15...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055ā2060 Ma Bushveld Complex in South Africa...Platreef occurs in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex (Lee 1996). It is a pyroxenitic unit located | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. A. HOLWELL1, I. MCDONALD1 AND P...Sandsloot, northern Bushveld Complex, in a variety of lithologies reveal a complex multi-stage mineralization...mineralization. K EY WORDS : PGM, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Sandsloot mine, Platreef, Pt, Pd,...base-metal sulphides. Introduction THE Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the largest layered igneous intrusion...discovered. The major PGE deposits of the Bushveld Complex are the stratiform Merensky Reef and UG2 chromitite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Complex multistage genesis for the NiāCuāPGE mineralisation in the southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld...Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the southern portion of the Platreef...NiāCuāPt-group element (PGE) mineralisation results from a complex interplay of pre-, syn- and post-magmatic processes...to the footwall contact. More compositionally complex sulphides are associated with felsic melt phases...antimonides, bismuthides, bismutho-antimonides and complex bismuthotellurides. Pt-bearing phases mostly occur | | McCreesh, Matthew J. G., Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., Reinke, Christian (2018) Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 539-575 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.83 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and T zones, Waterberg Project, Far Northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 2. CIMERA the NRF/DST Centre of Excellence...Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa * E-mail: marina.yudovskaya@wits.ac.za ABSTRACT...project, in a previously unknown segment of the Bushveld Complex located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the...magnetite-bearing leucogabbroic rocks are unique to the Bushveld Complex. The genesis of the T ores is interpreted | | Naldrett, A J, Brownscombe, W, Herrington, R, Wilkinson, J, Berry, A, Coppard, J, Klatt, S, Kekana, S, Grobler, D, Phipps, M, Dunnett, T, Hadebe, D, Nielsen, S, Broughton, D, Kojonen., K K, Montjoie, R, van Rooyen, N, Reichhardt, F, Nex, P A M, Holwell, D A, Boyce, A J, Jones, A, Holwell, D A, Jones, R E, McDonald, I, Prichard, H M, Yudovskaya, M, Kinnaird, J A, Sobolev, A, Kuzmin, D, Wilson, A (2011) Abstracts. Applied Earth Science, 120 (4) 198-210 doi:10.1179/1743275812y.0000000015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | flood basalt-, ferropicrite, and anorthosite complex-related deposits, a miscellaneous group related...Platreef, Turfspruit farm, Northern Limb, Bushveld Complex S. Kekana, D. Grobler, M. Phipps, T. Dunnett...Broughton Ivanplats Ltd, 82 Maude St, Sandton 2146, South Africa Ivanplats Ltdās Platreef project is located...Macalacaskop farms in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. PGEāNiāCu mineralisation in the Northern...maficāultramafic intrusions that form the floor of the Bushveld Complex. From 2000 to 2006 work focused on defining | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | including moncheite (PtTe2), atokite (Pd3Sn), kotulskite (PdTe), sperrylite (PtAs2), irarsite (IrAsS)...maficāultramafic intrusions, such as the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the Norilāsk NiāCuā (PGE) district...district in Siberia, and the Stillwater Complex in the USA, is commonly thought to be magmatic (Campbell et...Merensky reef in the Bushveld Complex (Li et al. 2004) and JM reef in the Stillwater Complex (Boudreau and McCallum...activity also affected the rocks of the Sudbury Complex and remobilized base metals and PGE (Marshall et | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | as in the complex distribution of PGE, Au, and Ag mineral assemblages. New types of complex Pt and Pd...holes 765 and 742 were sampled. Merenskyite, kotulskite, sperrylite, vysotskite, braggite, and cooperite...the southern framework of the Monchegorsk pluton: South Sopcha, Moroshkovy Lake, and gabbro of anomaly 10...the first phase of the multiphase Monchegorsk Complex. These intrusions had attracted attention for a...Moreno et al., 1999; OberthĆ¼r et al., 2002, 2004). Complex PGE oxides were described for the first time from | | Yudovskaya, M., Kinnaird, J., Naldrett, A. J., Mokhov, A. V., McDonald, I., Reinke, C. (2011) FACIES VARIATION IN PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1349-1384 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1349 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Marina YUDOVSKAYAĀ§ School of Geosciences...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa, and IGEM RAS, Staromonetny 35, Moscow 119017...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa Andrey V. MOKHOV IGEM RAS, Staromonetny 35...Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa Abstract The lateral variation in platinum-group...the magmatic constituents of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, have been investigated using whole-rock PGE | | Oberthur, T., Melcher, F., Gast, L., Wohrl, C., Lodziak, J. (2004) DETRITAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (2) 563-582 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.563 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA THOMAS OBERTHĆRĀ§, FRANK MELCHER, LOTHAR...Germany ABSTRACT During field work in the eastern Bushveld, more than 6000 grains of platinum-group minerals...of which are previously unreported from the Bushveld Complex or even unnamed species. The individual PGM...metallurgical treatment of the PGE-bearing ores of the Bushveld Complex. The area of the farm Maandagshoek and environs...minerals, placer, Maandagshoek, eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. SOMMAIRE Lors de nos campagnes de | | Grammatikopoulos, T. A., Barr, S. M., Hiebert, R. S., Stanley, C. R., Valeyev, O. (2007) PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS FROM THE MECHANIC SETTLEMENT PLUTON, SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (4) 775-792 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.4.775 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | sobolevskite (PdBi) is most abundant, with rarer kotulskite, michenerite, moncheite, and froodite. Additional...sobolevskite (PdBi) est la plus abondante, avec kotulskite, michenerite, monchĆ©ite et froodite plus rares...of Pd, including sobolevskite (ideally PdBi), kotulskite [Pd(Te,Bi)], michenerite [(Pt,Pd)(Bi,Te)], sopcheite...plumbopalladinite, froodite, paolovite, vysotskite, kotulskite, and the PtāFe alloy, are in the size range of...Three grains of kotulskite included in clinopyroxene are <1.5 mm across, but kotulskite grains in the composite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | sulfide. The PGM are mostly represented by the kotulskite (PdTe)āsobolevskite (PdBi) solid solution but...halos tend to be more Te rich (i.e., Bi-bearing kotulskite). The chemistry and textural setting of the various...and (2). We show that hydrothermal alteration is complex and is present within and around the massive sulfide...62 and 2.55 Ga that have been described to the south of Ferguson Lake (Martel and Sandeman 2004 and references...been informally named the Ferguson Lake Intrusive Complex (Carter 2006; Miller 2007). Based on field and | | Holwell, D. A., Keays, R. R., Firth, E. A., Findlay, J. (2014) Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the River Valley Intrusion, Ontario, Canada: A Model for Early-Stage Sulfur Saturation and Multistage Emplacement and the Implications for "Contact-Type" Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Mineralization. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 689-712 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.689 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Valley intrusion, which appear to have a much more complex history where the timing of S saturation, and thus...Platreef, South Africa (e.g., McDonald and Holwell, 2011); intrusions of the Penikat-Portiimo complex, Finland... 2002) and the Basal Series of the Stillwater Complex (e.g., Zientek et al., 1986). The generation of...example, many of these mineralized intrusions have a complex history of multistage emplacement, magma replenishment...the Canadian Shield. The 1.85 Ga Sudbury igneous complex cuts the East Bull Lake intrusive suite close to | | | Report (issue) | Kotulskite Pd(Te, Bi) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point...[1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Rustenburg mine, South Africa. 3.03 (100), 2.22 (90), 2.08 (70), 1.52 (30)...)Ī£=1.00 (Te0.98 Bi0.02 )Ī£=1.00 . (2) Messina, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Pd1...(Te0.96 Bi0.08 )Ī£=1.04 . (3) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Pd1... In South Africa, at the Rustenburg platinum mine, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex; and | | Power, M. R., Pirrie, D., Andersen, J. C. Ø., Butcher, A. R. (2000) Stratigraphical distribution of platinum-group minerals in the Eastern Layered Series, Rum, Scotland. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 762-775 doi:10.1007/s001260050278 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | maĀ®c-ultramaĀ®c layered intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and the StillEditorial handling: B...883, Kenmore, Queensland 4069, Australia water Complex of Montana, where platinum-group minerals (PGM)...discovered in the Rum layered igneous complex (the Rum Central Complex) in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland,...occurrences are comparable in many ways. The Rum Central Complex is widely regarded as one of the classical localities...that the complex hosts abundant and diverse PGM (Butcher et al. 1999). The Rum Central Complex represents | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | occurs in layered intrusive complexes like the Bushveld, Stillwater, Great Dike, Skaergaard, Penikat,...have been described in the foot of the Sudbury Complex (Pentek et al., 2013; Tuba et al., 2014). The Monchetundra...Monchetundra Fault. Southeast of the latter lies the South Sopcha massif (Fig. 1); the low-sulfide PGE ore...e.g., (Grokhovskaya et al., 2012), ascribe the South Sopcha massif to the Monchetundra massif, whereas...that metagabbroic rocks in the upper part of the South Sopcha massif are close to those of the Monchetundra | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Reef Roland Merkle, Wiebke Grote and Peter GrƤser Bushveld Intelligence Center, Department of Geology, University...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. e-mail: mierkle@postino.up.ac.za; wiebke.grote@up...ac, za Ā© 2008 September Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Gold-rich alloys with variable Ā”imounrs...Ā”imounrs of Pd from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, are charatterized by a range of finely dispersed...analyses demonstrates the presence of atokite. kotulskite, laurite, moncheice, niggliite, paolovlte, rustenburgite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | platinum-group element (PGE) deposits of the Bushveld Complex will remain the dominant suppliers of PGE...bismuthotellurides (moncheite, merenskyite, michenerite and kotulskite), antimonides (sudburyite and geversite) and...Platreef layer at Potgietersrus,11 Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and that of the Roby zone at Lac des...known mineralization, such as that of the Bushveld complex and the Great Dykeāwhere it has not already...apply to the oxidized mineralization of the Bushveld Complex. In these deposits the depth of oxide weathering | | Helmy, Hassan M., Ballhaus, Chris, Berndt, Jasper, Bockrath, Cornelia, Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser, Cora (2007) Formation of Pt, Pd and Ni tellurides: experiments in sulfideātelluride systems. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 153 (5) 577-591 doi:10.1007/s00410-006-0163-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | For example, in the Merensky reef of the Bushveld Complex, the most important magmatic deposit for platinum-group...PtTe2, merenskyite PdTe2, melonite (Ni,Pd)Te2 and kotulskite (Pd,Ni)Te. In addition, there are the bismuthotellurides...telluride compositions from the PGE-rich ores of the Bushveld and Great Dyke complexes, and Pt-free tellurides...bismuthotellurides; OberthuĢr et al. 2003), Driekop pipe, Bushveld Complex (Pt bismuthotellurides; Melcher and Lodziak...the Merensky reef and the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, and possibly from the stratiform PGE horizons | | Osbahr, Inga, OberthĆ¼r, Thomas, Klemd, Reiner, Josties, Anja (2014) Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africaāa reconnaissance study. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (6) 655-665 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0538-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | base-metal sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africaāa reconnaissance study Inga Osbahr...UG2 chromitite from the eastern and western Bushveld Complex were studied by whole-rock analysis, ore microscopy...UG2 main seam of the drill core DT46, eastern Bushveld. Pentlandite consistently hosts elevated contents...UG2 . Bushveld Complex . South Africa . LA-ICP-MS . MLA Introduction The Bushveld Complex in South Africa...Vermaak 1995; Cawthorn 1999; Misra 2000). The Bushveld Complex was emplaced at 2.05 Ga in an essentially | | Bailly, L., Auge, T., Trofimov, N., Golubev, A., Tkachev, A., Cherkasov, S., Cassard, D. (2011) THE MINERALIZATION POTENTIAL OF THE BURAKOVSKY LAYERED INTRUSION, KARELIA, RUSSIA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1455-1478 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1455 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | France Abstract The 2,430 Ma Burakovsky layered complex, located in Karelia, Russia, is one of the largest...tellurides (sperrylite, platarsite, palladoarsenide, kotulskite, moncheite) with minor amounts of native Pt....Ptā(PdāBi), sperrylite, platarsite, palladoarsenide, kotulskite, monchĆ©ite et des traces de Pt natif. Lāexpression...of cumulates, including the western Koillismaa Complex, the Koitelainen and Akanvaara intrusions, and...and the Fedorovo Tundra ā Pana Tundra complex. c) Intermediate āmegacyclicā type: represented by distinct | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralization in the Western Sector of the Eastern Bushveld Complex G. von Gruenewaldt ~, D. Dicks 2, J. de Wet...of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 Messina Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa With 7 Figures Received...developed in the western sector of the eastern Bushveld Complex. Within the basal pyroxenite of the Merensky...PGE-Vererzung im westlichen Sektor des 5stlichen Bushveld-Komplexes Ungew6hnliche Fazies des Merensky-Reefes...Chromitite kommen im westlichen Sektor des 6stlichen Bushveld Komplexes vor. In den basalen Pyroxeniten der | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | hollingworthite (RhAsS), anduoite [(Ru, Os)As2], kotulskite (PdTe) and As-, Te-, Os-, and Ru- bearing unidentified...a model for the chromitites of the Stillwater Complex in which PGE are initially captured by sulfide...analyses from different mafic-ultramafic layered complex and their absence in Kevitsa chromitite. However...hollingworthite (RhAsS), anduoite [(Ru, Os)As2], Kotulskite (PdTe), and As-, Te-, Os-, and Ru-bearing unidentified...Barkov et al. (2004) from the Penikat Layered Complex. This grain also shows euhedral inclusions of composite | | | Report (issue) | Bi0.44 )Ī£=2.00 . (2) Impala mine, Transvaal, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Pt0...(Pt0.88 (Te1.72 Bi0.28 )Ī£=2.00 . (3) Stillwater complex, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Merenskyite, melonite, sobolevskite, michenerite, kotulskite, froodite, sperrylite, cooperite, laurite, braggite...western Siberia. In South Africa, from several mines along the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, Transvaal. In...In the USA, at the Stillwater complex, Montana; from the New Rambler CuāNi mine, Medicine Bow Mountains | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and cooperire,together with moncheiteand minor kotulskite, are present in approximately equal quantities...an extensive description (Wagner, 1929) of all South African deposits. The 1929 volume included a mi...petrologicalinthesouthern portionof thewestern Bushyeld Igneous Complex(Fig. 1). The economicreef being vestigationsof...exploitedat presentis the MerenskyReef, which part Complex were undertaken by Kuschke (1939), consistsmainly...in both the westernand eastern portionsof the complex,as shownin Figure 1. 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