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Muscovite from Transvaal, South Africa

South Africa
 
  • Gauteng
    • City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
      • Boksburg
[var. Sericite] Jeffery, D. G. (2015). Structural discontinuties in the Witwatersrand group on the ERPM mine their geology, geochemistry and rock mechanics behaviour (Doctoral dissertation).
    • City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
      • Bronkhorstspruit
[var. Illite] PMPB Meulenbeld collection Photo ID: 958719
Glass, J. (2006). The environmental impact of the abandoned Edendale lead mine near Tshwane, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation, University of Johannesburg).
S. Weinert (2006) Locality Data Sheet ML35 (South African Micromount Society)
Rocks & Minerals 83:5 pp 410-421
    • West Rand District Municipality
      • Far West Rand
        • Western Sector
[var. Sericite] Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
      • Merafong City Local Municipality
Fuchs, S. H., Schumann, D., Williams-Jones, A. E., Murray, A. J., Couillard, M., Lagarec, K., ... & Vali, H. (2017). Gold and uranium concentration by interaction of immiscible fluids (hydrothermal and hydrocarbon) in the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 293, 39-55.
  • Limpopo
    • Capricorn District Municipality
      • Blouberg Local Municipality
[var. Sericite] Manyeruke, T. D. (2007). Compositional and lithological variation of the Platreef on the farm Nonnenwerth, northern lobe of the Bushveld Complex: Implications for the origin of Platinum-group elements (PGE) mineralization (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pretoria).
    • Mopani District Municipality
      • Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality
        • Murchison Range
Jaguin, J., Boulvais, P., Poujol, M., Bosse, V., Paquette, J. L., & Vilbert, D. (2013). Albitization in the antimony line, Murchison Greenstone Belt (Kaapvaal Craton): A geochemical and geochronological investigation. Lithos, 168, 124-143.
            • Consolidated Murchison Mines
[var. Fuchsite] Ed Coogan specimens (Coogan Gold Company, California)
            • Gravelotte Emerald Mine
ROBB L. J. and ROBB V. M. ( 1986) The nature of Archaean pegmatite deposits in the north-eastern Transvaal. In Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa (ed. C. R. ANHAEUSSER and S. MASKE), Geological Society of South Africa, Vol. I, pp. 437-439.
[var. Fuchsite] Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
[var. Fuchsite] Cairncross, Bruce (2023) Personal Communication.
      • Greater Giyani Local Municipality
        • Giyani Greenstone Belt
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
      • Maruleng Local Municipality
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
    • Sekhukhune District Municipality
      • Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality
        • Groblersdal
Atanasova, M., Cairncross, B. and Windisch, W.R. (2016) Microminerals of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Popular Geoscience Series 6, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, 110 pg
      • Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality
Northam Platinum
    • Vhembe District Municipality
      • Musina Local Municipality
Gitari, Wilson Mugera, Rendani Thobakgale, and Segun Ajayi Akinyemi. (2018) "Mobility and Attenuation Dynamics of Potentially Toxic Chemical Species at an Abandoned Copper Mine Tailings Dump" Minerals 8, no. 2: 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8020064
Cairncross, Bruce (1991) The Messina Mining District, South Africa. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (3) 187-199
[var. Sericite] Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
    • Waterberg District Municipality
      • Bela-Bela Local Municipality
        • Bela-Bela
[var. Phengite] Paul Meulenbeld collection Photo ID: 856643
Atanasova, M., Cairncross, B. and Windisch, W.R. (2016) Microminerals of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Popular Geoscience Series 6, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa
      • Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality
        • Mookgophong
OberthΓΌr, T., Melcher, F., Fusswinkel, T., van den Kerkhof, A. M., & Sosa, G. M. (2018). The hydrothermal Waterberg platinum deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa. Part 1: Geochemistry and ore mineralogy. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(3), 725-749.
McDonald, I., Vaughan, D. J., & Tredoux, M. (1995). Platinum mineralization in quartz veins near Naboomspruit, central Transvaal. S. Afr. J. Geol, 98, 168-175.
www.fc.up.pt/geo/ecrofi/377.PDF.
      • Mogalakwena Local Municipality
        • Mogalakwena
          • Mokopane
[var. Sericite] Van der Merwe, F. (2011). MLA-Based Mineralogical Investigation of PGE Mineralisation at Lonmin's Akanani Platinum Group Metal Project, Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex (Masters dissertation, University of Johannesburg).
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
[var. Sericite] Armitage, Paul Edward Blake (2011) Development of the Platreef in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex at Sandsloot, Mokopane District, South Africa. Diss. University of Greenwich.
[var. Sericite] McCutcheon, S. (2013). Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef on Tweefontein, Northern Bushveld complex, South Africa Masters thesis University of the Witwatersrand.
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Cairncross, Bruce (2023) Personal Communication.
[var. Sericite] (1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
Econ Geology (1993)88:27-43
      • Thabazimbi Local Municipality
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Martini, J.E.J. and Hammerbeck, E.C.I. (1998). Fluospar. In: Wilson, M.G.C. and Anhaeusser, C. Editors The Minerals Resources of South Africa, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, 269-279.
Northam Platinum
  • Mpumalanga
    • Ehlanzeni District Municipality
      • Mbombela Local Municipality
[Fuchsite var. Verdite] Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
Busigny, V., Marin-Carbonne, J., Muller, E., Cartigny, P., Rollion-Bard, C., Assayag, N., & Philippot, P. (2017). Iron and sulfur isotope constraints on redox conditions associated with the 3.2 Ga barite deposits of the Mapepe Formation (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 210, 247-266.
Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Mason, P. R., Roerdink, D., MΓΌnker, C., Schwarz-Schampera, U., ... & Peters, M. (2015). Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 267, 311-322.
[var. Fuchsite] Jones, C., & Kisters, A. (2022). Regional and local controls of hydrothermal fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Sheba and Fairview mines, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104805.
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
[var. Fuchsite] Munyai, M. R., Dirks, P. H. G. M., & Charlesworth, E. G. (2011). Archaean gold mineralisation during post-orogenic extension in the new consort gold mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 114(2), 121-144.
[var. Fuchsite] Jones, C., & Kisters, A. (2022). Regional and local controls of hydrothermal fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Sheba and Fairview mines, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104805.
      • Nkomazi Local Municipality
[var. Fuchsite] Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
      • Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
        • Pilgrim's Rest
          • Bourke's Luck
[var. Fuchsite] PMPB Meulenbeld collection Photo ID: 888133
    • Gert Sibande District Municipality
      • Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
        • Carolina
Paul Meulenbeld collection photo ID 888965
        • Waterval
          • Uitkomst Complex
[var. Fuchsite] GΓΌnther, C. (2013). Mineralogy of the Talc-Carbonate-Pyrite-Schist and its spatial distribution in open pit 3 of the Nkomati Nickel Mine in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Masters thesis Martin-Luther-UniversitΓ€t Halle-Wittenberg
      • Mkhondo Local Municipality
        • eMkhondo
Chinnasamy, S. S., Uken, R., Reinhardt, J., Selby, D., & Johnson, S. (2015). Pressure, temperature, and timing of mineralization of the sedimentary rock-hosted orogenic gold deposit at Klipwal, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 50, 739-766.
[var. Fuchsite] Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
    • Nkangala District Municipality
      • Emalahleni Local Municipality
        • eMalahleni (Witbank)
[var. Illite] International Journal of Coal Geology 72 (2007) 124–140
      • Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
Meulenbeld, P.M.P.B., Grote, W. & Verryn, S. (2014) The Albert silver mine and trippkeite occurrence. Rock & Minerals 89(5), 417-422.
[var. Sericite] Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
  • North West
    • Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
      • Madibeng Local Municipality
        • Brits
Atanasova, M., Cairncross, B. and Windisch, W.R. (2016) Microminerals of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Popular Geoscience Series 6, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, pg 181
    • Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
      • JB Marks Local Municipality
        • Potchefstroom
[var. Illite] upetd.up.ac.za (2006) http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03272006-160210/
 
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