 | Junge, Malte, OberthĂŒr, Thomas, Kraemer, Dennis, Melcher, Frank, Piña, Ruben, Derrey, Insa T., Manyeruke, Tawanda, Strauss, Harald (2019) Distribution of platinum-group elements in pristine and near-surface oxidized Platreef ore and the variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 54 (6) 885-912 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0848-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Malte Junge 1,2,3 & Thomas OberthĂŒr 1 & Dennis...oxidized and pristine Platreef ore from the Mogalakwena mine were studied. Further, sulfides and platinum-group...Nonnenwerth were compared to those of the Mogalakwena mine (Overysel, Sandsloot). In the pristine ore, PGE generally...128 Western Service Road Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa 8 Institut fĂŒr Geologie und PalĂ€ontologie...Ma old (Zeh et al. 2015) Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the largest maficâultramafic layered intrusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...moncheite (PtTe2; 5 %), electrum (AuAg; 5 %), michenerite (PdBiTe; 3 %), Pd alloys (Pd, Sb, Sn; 3 %), hollingworthite...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055â2060 Ma Bushveld Complex in South Africa...approximately 25 km north-west of the town of Mokopane (Fig. 1; Van der Merwe 1976; White 1994; Eales...(Overysel, Zwartfontein, and Sandsloot; collectively the Mogalakwena mine complex) are located towards |  | 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) | | Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. Aurora is a platinum-group element (PGE) prospect...in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It is one of only three deposits discovered...Rustenberg Layered Suite (Aurora, Moorddrift and Waterberg T Zone deposits), rather than in predominantly...Platreef, GNPA member deposits and the F zone of the Waterberg deposit, all of which contain a greater diversity...mineralisation most similar to Aurora is the T Zone of the Waterberg deposit, located to the north of Aurora, which |  | 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...mineralogical data on PGE mineralisation of the Waterberg project, in a previously unknown segment of the...Complex located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. The lower ultramafic F zone is dominated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the...contrast between the PGM assemblage reported for Sandsloot and the PGM assemblages from Turfspruit and Macalacaskop...for the NiâCuâPGE mineralisation in Platreef, South Africa 1 Map showing the location of the drill cores...Where the footwall is Malmani dolomite (as at Sandsloot), the Platreef typically contains > 4 g tâ1 PGE...variations in dip and dip-direction controlled by the local footwall geometry. On Macalacaskop, Turfspruit and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Turfspruit, northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson & I. McDonald Received: 12 February...Witwatersrand, Private Bag, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa I. McDonald School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary...presence of â€0.2-mm-long (PtPd)2(Sb,Te,Bi)2 micheneriteâmaslovite laths within the chalcopyrite portions...Currently, however, only Anglo Platinumâs Sandsloot and Zwartfontein South open pits are producing ore, while...the northern Bushveld Complex from the town of Mokopane northwards for Miner Deposita (2008) 43:695â711 |  | 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) | | Broughton Ivanplats Ltd, 82 Maude St, Sandton 2146, South Africa Ivanplats Ltdâs Platreef project is located...Suite 201, Private Bag X30500, Houghton, 2041, South Africa (rmontjoie@ umbono.co.za) 2 MSA Group Services...Services, PO Box 81356, Parkhurst, 2120, South Africa Introduction: Village Main Reefâs Lesego Platinum Project...macrodykes, and the interaction of these bodies with local basinal sediments appears to determine their prospecitivity...rocks at Moorddrift, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa A. Jones, D. A. Holwell Department of Geology |  | Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., Grobler, Danie F., Costin, Gelu, Abramova, Vera D., Dunnett, Tim, Barnes, Sarah-Jane (2017) Zonation of Merensky-Style Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in Turfspruit Thick Reef Facies (Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex)*. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1333-1365 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4512 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy, Petrography...Exploration & Geology, Ivanplats (Pty.) Ltd., Mokopane, South Africa 4 Department 5 Sciences of Earth Science...the Paleoproterozoic Transvaal Supergroup from south to north, eventually resting upon Archean granite-gneisses...of the studied UMT314 borehole is indicated. Waterberg sequence is shown after Huthmann et al. (2016)...Transvaal contact-metamorphosed rocks to the south of Sandsloot, or by granofels, which are products of partial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | into Placers: Case Studies Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas OberthĂŒr Bundesanstalt...weathering cycle in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were...PGM and Archean age (e.g., Bushveld Complex, South Africa; the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; the Stillwater grains...âneoformationâ a the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, of the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in...the farm Maandagshoek, then eastern Transvaal, South Africa, led to the discovery of the largest PGE deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Platreef at Overysel, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The PGE in the Platreef were originally concentrated...ICP-MS Introduction The Bushveld Complex in South Africa is the Worldâs largest layered igneous intrusion...(Kinnaird and McDonald 2005). North from the town of Mokopane, the Platreef forms the base of the Bushveld layered...Supergroup, and Archaean basement. Northwards from Mokopane, these footwall units are comprized of: quartzites...Armitage et al. (2002) and Holwell et al. (2006) at Sandsloot, where the footwall is Malmani Subgroup, and by |  | 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) | | THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Marina YUDOVSKAYA§ School of Geosciences, University...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...hollingworthite, chromitite, Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. § E-mail address: maiya@igem.ru 1350 the |  | Armitage, P. E. B., McDonald, I., Edwards, S. J., Manby, G. M. (2002) Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa. Applied Earth Science, 111 (1) 36-45 doi:10.1179/aes.2002.111.1.36 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa Downloaded by [Florida International...of the Rustenburg Layered Suite. At the Sandsloot open-pit mine the Platreef consists of coarse to pegmatoidal...date in a new study suggest that the Platreef at Sandsloot is a complex PGE deposit that has been subject...of the 2050-m.y. Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa (BIC, see Fig. 1) has a north-striking, slightly...various localities along the reef before the Sandsloot openpit was commissioned. A new isotopic study |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. A. HOLWELL1, I. MCDONALD1...mineral (PGM) assemblages in the Platreef at Sandsloot, northern Bushveld Complex, in a variety of lithologies...Platreef pyroxenites. That each major rock type at Sandsloot contains a distinctive PGM assemblage reflects...K EY WORDS : PGM, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Sandsloot mine, Platreef, Pt, Pd, base-metal sulphides...sulphides. Introduction THE Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the largest layered igneous intrusion in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | e (GNPA) member, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa: implications for a multistage emplacement J...of mafic cumulates developed to the south of the town of Mokopane, at a similar stratigraphic position...intrusion of the Main Zone and that there was no local footwall control over the development of sulfide...Deposita Introduction The Bushveld Complex, South Africa, is the worldâs largest repository of platinum-group...et al. 2005; McDonald and Holwell 2011). To the south of YsterbergâPlanknek Fault, a distinct layered |  | TrubaÄ, Jakub, Ackerman, LukĂĄĆĄ, Gauert, Christoph, ÄuriĆĄovĂĄ, Jana, Hrstka, TomĂĄĆĄ (2018) Platinum-Group Elements and Gold in Base Metal Sulfides, Platinum-Group Minerals, and Re-Os Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology, 113 (2) 439-461 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4557 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Jakub TrubacÌ,1,2,â LukĂĄĆĄ Ackerman,1,3 Christoph...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa of Applied Geology and Geohazards, Geological...composite mafic-ultramafic intrusion situated in South Africa. The platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and...assimilation at crustal levels or deep crustal or local contamination at emplacement causing sulfide immiscibility...the most important sources of PGEs worldwide. South Africa hosts several important PGE deposits (Maier |  | 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...minerals (o3.3 wt.% Pt), with only four analyses of michenerite (three grains) characterized by elevated levels...kotulskite, merenskyite, sobolevskite, froodite, and michenerite. Extensive substitution of Pt and Pd as well |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the type Pd(Bi,Te,Sb)1 + x, merenskyite, michenerite, mertieite-II and stibiopalladinite, naldrettite...sobolevskyite-kotulskite-(sudburyite) (Sob), #23 michenerite (Mch), #24 unnamed Pd2Ge (mean of 6 analyses)...West and â(Pd,Ni)0.44(Te,Sb)0.56â from the Thompson mine, Canada (dillonÂleitch et al. 1986, chen et al....correspond compositionally to merenskyite and michenerite, PdTeBi (Fig. 6B). Moncheite, (Pt0.87Rh0.07)S0...+ x (x < 0.5) are plotted as filled squares. Michenerite- and merenskyite-type phases are shown by solid |  | Andersen, Jens C. Ă., Rollinson, Gavyn K., McDonald, Iain, Tegner, Christian, Lesher, Charles E. (2017) Platinum-group mineralization at the margin of the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (6) 929-942 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0707-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kotulskite (Pd(Bi,Te)1â2), froodite (PdBi2), michenerite (PdBiTe), and electrum (Au,Ag) suggest a common...outcrops. The 20° dip of the contact toward the south is a result of coastal flexure after the emplacement...20 cm c 10 cm d WW09 2 cm 20 cm e North South Skaergaard Intrusion Precambrian basement Scree...The second occurrence, around 50 m further to the south (sample WW09, Fig. 2c, d, Table 1), is a clinop...(Fig. 2e). Here, the margin dips around 20° to the south consistent with a subhorizontal orientation at the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (PdTe)âsobolevskite (PdBi) solid solution but also include michenerite (PdBiTe), froodite (PdBi2), merenskyite (PdTe2)...geological setting of the Ferguson Lake mineral district and the main tectonic units of the west Canadian...62 and 2.55 Ga that have been described to the south of Ferguson Lake (Martel and Sandeman 2004 and references...Sobolevskitea Michenerite Mertieite II Froodite Sobolevskite Kotulskite Merenskyite Michenerite Merenskyite...Kotulskite Michenerite Merenskyitea Merenskyite Merenskyitea Michenerite Michenerite Merenskyite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amphibolites along structures controlled by earlier north-south shearing (Fig. 2). Evidence for this comes from...Pt)2As] Unknown [(Pd, Fe,Cu)21(AsS)5] phase Michenerite [PdBiTe] Palladium Telluride [(Pd,Pt)Te] Unknown...the Andohankiranomea ultramafic intrusive, to the south of Lavatrafo (Fig. 2) reported by Ohnenstetter et...in the Turfspruit sector of the Platreef, where local contamination of the magma has produced a distinctive...microstructures of normal Merensky Reef from Impala Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complexâ J. Petrol., 2002, 43, 103â128 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot mine, Potgietersrus district, South Africa P. E. B. Armitage University...G. Cawthorn University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa The Platreef is a thick, tabular body of pyroxenites...present study is based on fieldwork at the Sandsloot mine, an open-pit operated by Anglo Platinum, where...alteration. In 1998 the estimated reserves at Sandsloot were 23 500 000 t of ore at an average Pt+Pd+Rh+Au...strike.2 Data from drill cores and mapping within the mine have shown the reef to consist essentially of two |  | | 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........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES |  | McDonald, Andrew M., Cabri, Louis J., Stanley, Chris J., Good, David J., Redpath, Jason, Lane, Geoff, Spratt, John, Ames, Doreen E. (2015) Coldwellite, Pd3Ag2S, A New Mineral Species From the Marathon Deposit, Coldwell Complex, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (5) 845-857 doi:10.3749/canmin.1500020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isoferroplatinum, keithconnite, kotulskite, mertieite-II, michenerite, palladoarsenide, sobolevskite, sperrylite, stillwaterite...and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineâ ralogical Association (IMA). The reason is simply...isoferroplatinum, keithconnite, kotulskite, mertieite-II, michenerite, palladoarsenide, sobolevskite, sperrylite, stillwaterite...Laflammeite Menshikovite Merenskyite Mertieite II Michenerite Moncheite Naldrettite Niggliite Palladian empressite...in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m at Mt. Nyud to 300â400 m at Mt. Poaz. In the south, the pluton is framed by a belt of strongly altered...Monchepluton with lowsulfide PGE mineralization: 1, South Sopcha; 2, Lake Moroshka; 3, foothills of Mt. Vuruchuaivench;...gener ally medium to finegrained structure; local sites have a coarsegrained structure, up to gabbronorite...above, the Monchegorsk pluton is framed in the south by a belt of strongly altered gab broic and ultramafic...Vuruchuaivench foothills, Lake Moroshka, and the South Sopcha site (Fig. 3). This rock association is characterized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W horizon (Fig. 3) are located at the north and south ends, respectively, of the Two Duck Lake intrusion...predominantly of homogeneous olivine gabbro with local small zones of troctolite, granophyre, and clinopyroxenite...continuous sheet up to 30 m thick, strikes near north-south for 1.4 km and continues down dip for over 600 m...Archean rocks dips at approximately 30 to 60 degrees south but is locally vertical or overhanging. The Area...compositions within the kotulskite-sobolevskite and michenerite-merenskyite solid solution series. According |
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