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Atokite from
Driekop mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Atokite
Formula:(Pd,Pt)3Sn
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Atokite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Driekop mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:847704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:847704:0
GUID (UUID V4):f2f47979-ae8f-45bf-b0b9-e637d2ff5845
Nearest other occurrences of Atokite
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘMaandagshoek farm, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
38.4km (23.9 miles) ⓘAtok Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA THOMAS OBERTHÜR§, FRANK MELCHER, LOTHAR GAST...placer, Maandagshoek, eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. SOMMAIRE Lors de nos campagnes de terrain...Merensky Reef, on the farm Maandagshoek, close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld (Figs. 1, 2). Some of...between 2 and 3 km wide and runs approximately north–south, subparallel to the layering of the Mafic Phase...underlain by the Critical Zone. Between the Atok mine and Steelpoort (Fig. 2), the layered sequence dips
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Platinum-group minerals of concentrates from the Driekop platinum pipe, Eastern Bushveld Complex – Tribute...concentrates originating from the Driekop platinum mine, South Africa, collected and first described by...by E. F. Stumpfl (1961), were investigated. Driekop is one of several zoned dunite pipes crosscutting...in the Bushveld Complex. The concentrates from Driekop contain single and polyphase grains, 5 to 500 ”m...cherepanovite, Sn-bearing phases of the rustenburgite-atokite and tatyanaite-taimyrite solid solution series
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mertieite II, native Pt, native gold–silver alloy, atokite, Pt–Cu alloy, Cu–Pt–Pd alloy, Cu–Pd–Pt–Au alloy...mertieïte II, Pt natif, alliage d’or et d’argent, atokite, alliage Pt–Cu, alliage Cu– Pt–Pd, alliage Cu–Pd–Pt–Au...isomertieite, three grains of cooperite, one grain of atokite, two grains of Os–Ir–Ru alloy, 10 grains of Pt–Cu...is close to the platiniferous dunite pipes of Driekop, Mooihoek and Onverwacht. In this study, the chemical...contributions of PGM from the Mooihoek, Onverwacht and Driekop pipes, with abundant Pt–Fe alloys. For example
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University] at 17:41 09 June 2016 TaEnaleh, Noril’sk District, Siberia, Russia U ntil a few years ago, the...fact, this find and a historical locality in South Africa for which specimens are not available represented...layered intrusive bodies such as the Bushveld (South Africa) and Stillwater (Montana) Complexes. In addition...Great Eastern mine, Clark County, Nevada. It is an ore mineral in the active Pt-Pd mine and related occurrences...collected at the Vermilion mine in what is now the famous Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. He named
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was found in Pt concentratesfrom the Driekop mine, South Africa. Other data on hollingworthite are derived...(Tarkian and Stumpfl, 1975) and the Onverwacht mine, South Africa (Genkin, 1968). Hollingworthite is also associatedwith...is associatedwith zvyaginsteviteand Au-bearing atokite. The Pd minerals are also presentas complex intergrowths...platinum-group minerals in the Witwatersrand,South Africa. Economic Geology, 7 1, 1399-1428. Genkin, A...from the Osthammeren ultramafic tectonite body, south central Norway. Mineralogy and Petrology,42, 249-263
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PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA T. OBERTHÜR Bundesanstalt fĂŒr Geowissenschaften...ac.at © 2014 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The present work provides an initial...platinum deposits of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. The initial major discovery of platinum in...positive results of this undertaking prompted an SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, 2014, VOLUME 117.2 PAGE...Page 256 BUSHVELD ALLUVIAL AND ELUVIAL MINERALS SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 255-274 OberthĂŒr et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...rustenburgite (Pt0.4Pd0.4Sn0.2), froodite (PdBi 2 ), atokite (Pd 0.5 Pt 0.3 Sn 0.2 ), stumpflite (PtSb), plumbopalladinite...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055–2060 Ma Bushveld Complex in South Africa...Zwartfontein, and Sandsloot; collectively the Mogalakwena mine complex) are located towards the east of the Akanani...based on an assumed, ‘typical’ PGM suite for a new mine may result in poor, or highly variable, recovery
Book (edition)
brownish yellow, difficult to see in fine crystals Atokite Stumpflite Stibarsen Potarite very weak weak... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL
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the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. A. HOLWELL1, I. MCDONALD1...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...Anglo Platinum, at the Sandsloot and Zwartfontein South pits ~30 km northwest of the town of Mokopane (formerly...the RLS. The geology of the Platreef at Sandsloot Mine has been described by Harris and Chaumba (2001)
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...“neoformation” 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)
Applied Geology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa With 4 Figures Received February 2, 1996; accepted...e 12. sperrylite,geversite 13. zvyagintsevite-atokite-rustenburgite Numbers refer to Table 6 of mineral...Pd Pt Rh Ru 1 7 7 4 5 Anduoite AtheneYte Atokite Borovskite Bowieite Braggite Cabriite Chengdeite...(Augg and Legendre, 1992); up to 43.74 wt% Pt in atokite (Mihdlik et al., 1975) and up to 14.9 wt% Rh in...thanks the Foundation for Research Development (South Africa) for continued support. We would like to express
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atheneite (Pd, Hg)3AS? 51.3-58.6 419-442 a hex. atokite borovskite Pd3 Sn Pd3 SbTe4 ? 60.9 56.9 357...F., 1975: Platinum mineralogy of the Driekop Mine, South Africa. iVlin. Deposita 10, 71-85. V/alsov,
Report (issue)
Name Formula Group Name Formula Alloys Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn Arsenides Sperryl ite PtAs2 lsoferroplatinum...proportions of individual PGE within a deposit or a district. processes are also known but these are of relative...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , ...‱ ‱ Munn ~ Munn\ A i.11Ti A ~ Kam bald a District r t S'al Rad o. .. D~~e) ~--· eld Complex...worked out Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa; Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; J-M Reef, Stillwater
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
Report (issue)
Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume for this meeting contained...mineralization, in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or...platinum-group minerals (PGM) beginning with a South African publication (Cabri, 1972) and culminating...of PGE deposits, ranging from the very important South African deposits to less well-developed PGE mineralization...of South Africa Lyndon, Washington College Park, Maryland Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa Kansas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FRANK MELCHER§, THOMAS OBERTHÜR AND JERZY LODZIAK...rivers draining the Eastern Bushveld Complex, in South Africa. About 32% of a total of 790 PGM nuggets (50–1600... platinum-group minerals, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. SOMMAIRE Les particules de minĂ©raux du groupe...of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, stibiopalladinite, atokite, irarsite, michenerite, moncheite or Au–Ag–Cu alloy...(Fig. 4d) that occasionally carry inclusions of atokite or stibiopalladinite. values from 1.3 to 1.5 also
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Book
into Placers: Case Studies Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Reprinted from: Minerals...Occurrence and description of PGM from China, Russia, South Africa, USA, and Zimbabwe are reported. In his contribution...assemblages indicate the presence of an oxygenated local environment leading to Fe-bearing Ru–Os oxide and...ite vein-disseminated ores from the Komsomolsky mine of the Talnakh and Oktyabrsk deposits, Noril’sk...into placers: Case studies bushveld complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Minerals 2018, 8
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Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...colourless, monoclinic crystals from Kimberley, South Africa. Named after Mr. Alpheus Fuller Williams, of...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...United States, for 1913, 1914, part ii, p. 652.) Local trade-name, used by Mr. Joseph Ward, of Barstow
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1. Mafic dyke swarms in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa 189 3.4.2. The Mackenzie dyke swarm, Canada...controls of intracontinental alkaline magmatism in Africa 194 3.5.2. The Damaraland alkaline province, Namibia...intraplate magmatism around the Vredefort Dome, South Africa 6.3.4. Metamorphism and fluid generation; metamorphogenic...Bushveld lgneous Complex, South Africa 8.2.3. Molopo Farms Complex, South Africa and Botswana 8.3 Magmatic...ofthe Damara and Irumide orogens, Soutbwestern Africa, and the Mid Continent Rift System, USA 9.3.1.
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...tried to retain local names for subdivisions within a given country. For some local names the anglicized...given name is included in parentheses although most local names lack this designation. For example we use...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3
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Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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experience has proved to be his period as Councillor for Africa in the IAGOD in the years 1966-68 concerning African...the metallogeny of different granitic types in South East Asia (China), Xu Keqin et al. (1982) recognized...shales, hornfels and granites of the Harzburg district, showed that the amount of boron decreases from...environment and tin metallogeny of granites in South China". The following synoptical extract is quoted...work: "Endogenic tin metallogeny of the granites in South China is closely related to the migration and tectonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Asbolane Atacamite Atokite Attapulgite/palygorskite Augite Aurostibite Autunite...salinity as a result of devolatilization of subducted South Pennic rocks. During the Paleogene orogeny under...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is ïŹrst and foremost recognized
 
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