 | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or..................... 50 4.2 Unidentified Non-Platinum-Group Phases .......................................................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ........................... |  | Barkov, A. Y., Martin, R. F., Kaukonen, R. J., Alapieti, T. T. (2001) THE OCCURRENCE OF Pb Cl (OH) AND Pt Sn S COMPOUNDS IN THE MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD LAYERED COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (5) 1397-1403 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.5.1397 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pt–Sn–S COMPOUNDS IN THE MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD LAYERED COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA ANDREI Y. BARKOV§ AND ROBERT...in chalcopyrite, in a spatial association with platinum-group minerals, in a sulfide-poor (≤5 vol.% of...enstatite orthocumulate of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld layered complex, South Africa. This seems to be the first...compound in mafic-ultramafic rocks. The associated platinum-group minerals are members of the braggite series...dimension), members of the rustenburgite–atokite and merenskyite–moncheite series, zoned laurite, and an unknown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H.F.J. THEART AND C.D. DE NOOY 287 The Platinum Group Minerals in two parts of the Massive Sulphide...Sulphide Body of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa H.F.J. Theart Department of Earth Sciences,... University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa E-mail: htheart@postino.up.ac.za C.D. de Nooy Anglovaal...1212, Florida, 1710, South Africa E-mail: dorritn@avmin.co.za ABSTRACT Platinum Group Elements (dominated...of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Mineralogical investigations were conducted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abstract The Merensky Reef at the Western Platinmn mine differs in many respectsfrom the reef at its type...type locality at Rustenburg,30 km to the west. The reef averages 4 m thick and consistsof major porphyritic...pegmatiticmelanoriteenclosingtwo thin chromitite bands. Platinum-groupmineralization occursmainly in the vicinity...chromitite seam, whereas at Rustenburg, where the reef is very thin and consistsof pegmatitic pyroxenite...changeoccursin the reef between the two localities. The proportionsof the platinum-groupminerals are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAPER The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum group elements and gold in the Platreef at Zwartfontein...Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract The mineralogy of the platinum-group elements (PGE), and gold, in the Platreef...two boreholes, for the in-situ examination of platinum group minerals (PGM). PGM and gold minerals encountered...as well as minor (all <1 area% of total PGM) merenskyite (PdBiTe2), laurite (RuS2), rustenburgite (Pt0 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Compositional Variations and Reflectance of the Common Platinum-Group Minerals* M. Tarkian Institute of Mineralogy...of the compositional variations of 22 different platinum-group minerals, of Os--Ir--Ru- and Pt--Fe alloys...and related spectral reflectance curves of the platinum-group minerals investigated significant correlations...in July, 1986. 170 M. Tarkian Introduction Platinum-group minerals (PGM) occur in primary and placer...and tellurides occur almost invariably in the Merensky Reef and in Stillwater, whereas Ru sulfide is abundant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bismuthotellurides in the Merens/cy Reef at Rustenburg platinum mine in the western Bushveld By G. A...1965] Su,mmary. Four different palladiunl and platinum bismuthotellurides, one containing major mercury...identified in the ore from Rustenburg mine on the Merensky Reefl The composition of each phase was determined...after Dr. Hans Merensky who was mainly responsible for discovering the platinoid bearing 'reef'; it is commonly...(Pd,Hg)(Te,Bi). H E Merensky Reef, n a m e d after the geologist Dr. H a n s Merensky who was responsible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 11:35 25 October 2014 D Two South Africans Hans Merensky and Cecil John Rhodes P rehnite was...first new mineral species to be described from South Africa. It was named after Col. Hendrik von Prehn (1733-85)...Europe in 1774. Seventy years elapsed before South Africa produced another species-teschemacherite, described...Further new mineral descriptions had to wait until South Africa’s modern mining industry was established...gold and diamonds. Profiled here are two famous South Africans who have minerals named after them, one |  | 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) | | AKANANI PROJECT, NORTHERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FANUS VILJOEN§, NTSHEBO RAMAKOLOI, AND DEREK...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...phase crystals or form composite grains with other platinum-group minerals, and are predominantly associated...kotulskite (PdTe)–sobolevskite (PdBi), without merenskyite (PdTe2). There is very limited solid solution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN A CROSS-SECTION THROUGH THE MERENSKY REEF AT IMPALA PLATINUM: IMPLICATIONS...IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MODE OF FORMATION OF THE REEF HAZEL M. PRICHARD§ School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa PETER C. FISHER School of Earth, Ocean and...composition of platinum-group minerals in samples from a section of the Merensky Reef at Impala Platinum, on the...Reinkoyalskraal, in the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa, has shown that melanorite, leuconorite and |  | | Report (issue) | | Merenskyite (Pd, Pt)(Te, Bi)2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...5.125(2) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Merensky Reef, South Africa. 2.92 (100), 2.10 (60), 3.07 (30), 2...Total [100.0] 98.9 100.00 (1) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, recalculated to 100...)Σ=0.97 (Te1.71 Bi0.29 )Σ=2.00 . (2) Messina, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pd0...occurreences are: in South Africa, in Transvaal, from the Rustenburg mine, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1244 1269 A ReviewoftheMineralogy oftheMerensky Reef,with SpecificReferenceto New Data on the Precious...(1960), and Liebenberg themineralogy of theMerensky Reef,withquantita- (1970) haveprovidedthe detailsof morethorough...theMererisky Reefin 1924,surprisingly of Rustenburg Platinum Mines, are listed in the little work hasbeenpublished...reœerences. 1244 REVIEIF OF M'INER,,ILOGY OF M'ERENSKY REEF 1245 1246 C. F. VERMAAK TABLE2. AND L. P. HENDRIKS...Compositionof the Merensky Reef and the Porphyritic Pyroxenite (vol. Ortho- Mer•nsky Reef--locality 1. 2 |  | Dare, Sarah A. S., Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Prichard, Hazel M., Fisher, Peter C. (2011) Chalcophile and platinum-group element (PGE) concentrations in the sulfide minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (4) 381-407 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0336-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00126-011-0336-9 ARTICLE Chalcophile and platinum-group element (PGE) concentrations in the sulfide...and platinum-group minerals (PGM). Understanding the distribution of the chalcophile and platinum-group...closely investigated. The Ni– Cu–PGE ores from the South Range of Sudbury are unusual in that sulfarsenide...metasedimentary footwall rocks. In comparison, the North Range deposits of Sudbury, such as the McCreedy...were not important in concentrating PGE in the North Range of Sudbury. Palladium is present in pentlandite |  | McFall, Katie, McDonald, Iain, Tanner, Dominique, Harmer, R.E. (Jock) (2019) The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora Cu-Ni-Au-PGE deposit, Northern Limb, Bushveld Complex. Ore Geology Reviews, 106. 403-422 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.02.008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manuscript The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora...Harmer, The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora... The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora... P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. Aurora is a platinum-group element (PGE) prospect hosted...in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It is one of only three deposits discovered |  | Osbahr, Inga, Oberthür, Thomas, Klemd, Reiner, Josties, Anja (2014) Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa—a reconnaissance study. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (6) 655-665 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0538-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 49:655–665 DOI 10.1007/s00126-014-0538-z LETTER Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides...sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa—a reconnaissance study Inga Osbahr & Thomas...reveal that pentlandite carries distinctly elevated platinum-group element (PGE) contents. In contrast, pyrrhotite...Germany 50 %), Ir (2 to 17 %), and Ru (1–39 %). Platinum-group mineral (PGM) investigations support these...(BMS) in the UG2 largely resemble that of the Merensky Reef, as most of the Pd and Rh are incorporated in |  | 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) | | Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, Far Northern Bushveld Complex: implication...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...sperrylite, braggite, Pd stannides and antimonides. The platinum-group minerals (PGM) of the F zone are mainly...stage. Keywords: Bushveld, Waterberg project, platinum-group minerals, sperrylite, Pt-Pd bismuthotellurides |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 519-535 (2016) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1500030 MERENSKYITE AND OTHER PRECIOUS METAL MINERALS IN SULFIDE...Keywords: platinum-group elements, precious metal minerals, PGE-Ni-Cu deposits, Moncheite, Merenskyite, melonite...Spiridonov 2010), Sudbury (Fleet 1977), and others. Platinum-group elements (PGE), Au, Ag, and other chalcophile...with a large Pt enrichment and virtually no merenskyite endmember (PdTe2). However, several deposits...group minerals: moncheite (Pt,Pd,Ni)(Te,Bi)2, merenskyite (Pd,Pt,Ni)(Te,Bi)2, and melonite (Ni,Pd,Pt)(Te |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the...within sulphide-rich zones towards the floor. Platinum-group minerals (PGMs) are dominated by Pd-bearing...banded iron formation) are common, whereas further north the xenoliths are typically meta-calc–silicates...Keywords: Bushveld Complex, Northern limb, Platreef, Platinum-group minerals, PGE redistribution, Felsic melts...for the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in Platreef, South Africa 1 Map showing the location of the drill cores |  | | Report (issue) | | [1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Rustenburg mine, South Africa. 3.03 (100), 2.22 (90), 2.08 (70), 1.52 (30)...)Σ=1.00 (Te0.98 Bi0.02 )Σ=1.00 . (2) Messina, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Pd1...(Te0.96 Bi0.08 )Σ=1.04 . (3) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Pd1...with sobolevskite. Association: Sobolevskite, merenskyite, melonite, michenerite, moncheite, braggite,...intrusion, Karelia. In South Africa, at the Rustenburg platinum mine, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex; |  | 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) | | DETRITAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA THOMAS OBERTHÜR§...the eastern Bushveld, more than 6000 grains of platinum-group minerals (PGM) were recovered from alluvial...to 1.6 mm) compared to those of PGM in the Merensky Reef and the UG–2 (generally <50 m) indicate pronounced...processes. The detrital PGM may originate from the Merensky Reef, the UG–2, platiniferous pipes, or still concealed...presence of different types of PGE mineralization (Merensky Reef, UG–2, platiniferous pipes, and placers) and |  | McCallum, M. E., Loucks, R. R., Carlson, R. R., Cooley, E. F., Doerge, T. A. (1976) Platinum metals associated with hydrothermal copper ores of the New Rambler Mine, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. Economic Geology, 71 (7) 1429-1450 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.7.1429 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Economic Geology, Vol. 71, 1976, pp. 1429-1450 Platinum MetalsAssociated withHydrothermal CopperOres of...elementshave sentinga nonmagmatic accumulatibn of platinum- been mobilized and concentratedto a remarkable...intrusive rocks elsewherein the region. mining district ,of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeastern...nort.hernColorado. These r.ocksare predomi- PLATINUM METALS ASSOCIATED I/VITH HYDROTHERMAL COPPER ORES...k,about1.5 squaremiles in the CentennialRidge district (Hess, 1926) •tbout eight miles northeastof the |  | Mota-e-Silva, J., Prichard, H. M., Filho, C. F. Ferreira, Fisher, P. C., McDonald, I. (2015) Platinum-group minerals in the Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, Brazil: the effect of magmatic and upper amphibolite to granulite metamorphic processes on PGM formation. Mineralium Deposita, 50 (8) 1007-1029 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0585-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Deposita DOI 10.1007/s00126-015-0585-0 ARTICLE Platinum-group minerals in the Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide...Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(platinum-group elements (PGE)) deposit is a recent discovery...Representative ores from the deposit have been used for platinum-group minerals (PGM) identification and for PGE...sulfide ores is homogeneous Pt–Ni–Bi-bearing merenskyite (PdTe2) enclosed primarily by pyrrhotite, suggesting...exsolution from monosulfide solid solution (MSS). Merenskyite gradually but systematically becomes poorer in |  | Zaccarini, Federica, Garuti, Giorgio, Fiorentini, Marco L., Locmelis, Marek, Kollegger, Peter, Thalhammer, Oskar A.R. (2014) Mineralogical hosts of platinum group elements (PGE) and rhenium in the magmatic Ni-Fe-Cu sulfide deposits of the Ivrea Verbano Zone (Italy): An electron microprobe study. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geoche, 191 (2) 169-187 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2014/0255 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2014 Article Mineralogical hosts of platinum group elements (PGE) and rhenium in the magmatic...concentration of platinum group elements (PGE), Re, Te, As, Bi and the presence of specific platinum group minerals...pipes that intruded gabbros and metasediments. Platinum group elements were analyzed in pyrrhotite, pentlandite...PGE contents do not correlate with Te and As. Platinum and Pd are hosted mainly in pyrrhotite and pentlandite...(40 %); only 2 % is present in pyrite. Several platinum group minerals, with a size generally less than |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp 1385-1394 The Platinum-GroupMineralogyof the MerenskyReef at the Impala Platinum Mines, Bophuthatswana...Abstract The platinum-group mineralogyof the MerenskyReefat the Impalaplatinummines,South Africa, hasbeen...followedup by the identificationand analysisof platinum-groupmineralsby electronmicroprobe. The mostabundantbasemetal...chalcopyrite. The relativevolumetricabundances of the platinum-groupmineralswere determinedto be asfollows:coopetite(44%)...MerenskyReef. Observedtexturesincludethe markedtendencyof platinum-groupmineralsto occurwith chalcopyrite, the exsolution |  | Helmy, Hassan M., Ballhaus, Chris, Berndt, Jasper, Bockrath, Cornelia, Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser, Cora (2007) Formation of Pt, Pd and Ni tellurides: experiments in sulfide–telluride systems. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 153 (5) 577-591 doi:10.1007/s00410-006-0163-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Solid solution between moncheite PtTe2 and merenskyite PdTe2 is more limited than implied by natural...in the Merensky reef of the Bushveld Complex, the most important magmatic deposit for platinum-group elements...tellurides comprise about 20% of the modal abundance of platinum group minerals (Cawthorn et al. 2002), and in...natural Pt and Pd tellurides are moncheite PtTe2, merenskyite PdTe2, melonite (Ni,Pd)Te2 and kotulskite (Pd...1991; Helmy and Mogessie 2001), moncheite and merenskyite occur as inclusions in, or in close association |
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