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Cooperite from
Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Cooperite
Formula:PtS
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cooperite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:122205
Long-form Identifier:1:3:122205:0
GUID (UUID V4):2c53949a-1699-4786-a5fa-bd434c353677
Localities for Cooperite in this Region
Akanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Overysel deposit, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Sandsloot mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Turfspruit farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Zwartfontein, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...and Nonnenwerth were compared to those of the Mogalakwena mine (Overysel, Sandsloot). In the pristine ore...and mainly comprise (Pt,Pd)-bismuthotellurides, cooperite-braggite, and sperrylite. Electron probe microanalysis...128 Western Service Road Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa 8 Institut fĂŒr Geologie und PalĂ€ontologie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from the Platreef, Mogalakwena Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex, South Africa R. Klemd and T. Herderich... Johannesburg, PO Box 106 Crown Mines, 2025 South Africa e-mail: robertschouwstra5@gmail.com J. Roberts...2025 South Africa e-mail: jacques.r@telkomsa.net © 2016 December Geological Society of South Africa Abstract...the Overysel and Sandsloot localities of the Mogalakwena Platinum Mine. These localities access the Platreef...the mass balance calculations for Pt and by the SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 2016 ‱ VOLUME 119.4 PAGE
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)
Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...isoferroplatinum (Pt3Fe, 15 %), sperrylite (PtAs2, 11 %), cooperite (PtS, 5 %), moncheite (PtTe2; 5 %), electrum (AuAg;...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055–2060 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...Zwartfontein, and Sandsloot; collectively the Mogalakwena mine complex) are located towards the east of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article PGE Production in Southern Africa, Part I: Production and Market Trends Lisa Thormann... Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa; cmbohwa@uj.ac.za Correspondence: benedikt.buchspies@tuhh...share of global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean...group elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex; Great Dyke 1. Introduction...deposits are located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, in the Noril’sk–Talnakh field in Russia, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chromite in the Platreef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): occurrence and evolution of its chemical composition...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, 2050 Wits, South Africa e-mail: marina.yudovskaya@wits.ac.za J. A. Kinnaird...Platreef . Bushveld Complex . South Africa Introduction South Africa is the world’s leading producer...Gruenewaldt (1985) for the Grasvally area south of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus). Other chromitite...northern limb that are found in the Platreef north of Mokopane have not been described previously in detail (White
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Petrography...Exploration & Geology, Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa * Corresponding author email: marina...occurrence of Pt alloys and other PGMs in the Waterberg quartz-hematite veins in the Bushveld aureole...Recent extensive exploration on Turfspruit and Waterberg brought the most significant discoveries in the...unit between the Lower and Main Zones north of Mokopane is termed the Platreef (Fig. 2 and 3). The Platreef
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Broughton Ivanplats Ltd, 82 Maude St, Sandton 2146, South Africa Ivanplats Ltd’s Platreef project is located...are sperrylite PtAs2, isoferroplatinum Pt3Fe, cooperite PtS and braggite (Pt,Pd)S. The less common PGM...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 Reef’s Lesego Platinum Project...macrodykes, and the interaction of these bodies with local basinal sediments appears to determine their prospecitivity
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)...by Transvaal contact-metamorphosed rocks to the south of Sandsloot, or by granofels, which are products
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flotation of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) in South Africa and Russia Cyril O’Connor 1, * and Tatiana Alexandrova...Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa Department of Minerals Processing, St Petersburg...cyril.oconnor@uct.ac.za Abstract: Russia and South Africa are the world’s leading producers of platinum...ulphide oxide formations. Keywords: Russia; South Africa; PGMs; geology; mineralogy; flotation Alexandrova...Flotation of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) in South Africa and Russia. Minerals 2021, 11, 54. https://doi
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...sulfide. Once sulfide saturation was achieved, cooperite and eutectic mixtures of Pt3Fe, Pt sulfide and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa – Part 1 – Geochemistry...*Email: mut.oberthuer@yahoo.de Abstract The Waterberg Platinum deposit is an extraordinary example of...opaque mineral and the lack of sulfides. The “Waterberg type” mineralization is characterized by unique...presently still active. 2 Keywords: Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Bushveld Complex, platinum-group...Introduction The historic Waterberg Platinum deposit – not related to the current "Waterberg Project" exploration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the...for the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in Platreef, South Africa 1 Map showing the location of the drill cores...variations in dip and dip-direction controlled by the local footwall geometry. On Macalacaskop, Turfspruit and...Zone dips from 20° to almost 60° close to surface. Local changes in dip-direction are most noticeable at...north of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus). These are separated by shale interlayers with a local footwall
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 World’s 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...and published maps of the Geological Survey of South Africa (Council for Geoscience 1995 ) 123 Contrib
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enrichment in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence from homogenized magmatic sulfide...droplets of magmatic sulfide from the Platreef, South Africa, where droplets of sulfide have been trapped...intrusions (e.g. Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa); and in 123 1012 high-volume sulfide deposits...models. The Platreef The Bushveld Complex in South Africa is the world’s largest layered igneous intrusion...(Kinnaird and McDonald 2005). North from the town of Mokopane, the Platreef forms the base of the Bushveld layered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eastern Chrome Mine, Eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa: A descriptive study with comparison of EPMA...Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Institut fĂŒr Mineralogie, Leibniz UniversitĂ€t...Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Dezernat fĂŒr Angewandte Geologie und Georisiken...sachsen-anhalt.de © 2020 Geological Society of South Africa. All rights reserved. Abstract A descriptive...Pt was found in discrete minerals (braggite, cooperite) throughout the sequence, and Ru, Ir and Os were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Town, P Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; belinda.mcfadzean@uct.ac.za (B.J.M.); cyril...Minerals Expertise Tech Pty Ltd., Germiston 2007, South Africa; natalieshackleton0@gmail.com Correspondence:...of the more significant PGM ores processed in South Africa and the various technologies used in comminution...concentrated within the Bushveld InSouth SouthAfrica, Africa,platinum platinum group elements (PGEs) concentrated...Reef are cooperite braggite ((Pt,Pd)NiS), sperrylite (PtAs ), and PGE alloys. While are cooperite (PtS)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE KAREE MINE, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Malte Junge,† Thomas OberthĂŒr, and Frank Melcher*...The UG-2 chromitite of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa contains the world’s largest resources of platinum...PGM grains are mainly Pt-Fe alloy, laurite, and cooperite-braggite. The PGEs are bimodally distributed in...PGMs. Introduction The Bushveld Complex in South Africa (Fig. 1) is the largest layered mafic-ultramafic...Archaean Basement Pre-Transvaal Formations PGE-reefs Mokopane f Burgersfort Nietverdiend Stoffberg Rustenburg
Book (edition)
bluish greys distinct, brownish to bluish 30 Cooperite lamellar Hessite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance...Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia; PPL B Anhedral native copper (dark;...grey); HimmelsfĂŒrst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish white)...quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog Mine, Bullfrog District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL If
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
element mineralization of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa J.A. Coggon a,⁎, G.M. Nowell a, D.G. Pearson...Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK Federal Institute for Geosciences...constrained Bushveld Complex, S. Africa. Mixed PGM (laurite, cooperite, laurite–platarsite, sperrylite...2024 Ma± 101 Ma was calculated for a Merensky cooperite; a Pt–Fe alloy from the Onverwacht pipe and a...(isochron) Mixed PGM (single grain model age) Cooperite (single grain model age) Pt–Fe nugget (isochron)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. A. HOLWELL1, I. MCDONALD1 AND P. E. B. ARMITAGE2...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 in...Sandsloot and Zwartfontein South pits ~30 km northwest of the town of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus;...located at the base of the igneous package north of Mokopane, in direct contact with metamorphosed sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements (PGE) after the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. The sulfide assemblage of the MSZ comprises...resource of PGE after the Bushveld Complex in South Africa (Naldrett 2011; Zientek 2012), pyrite forms...Chamber, and the Selukwe and Wedza subchambers of the South Chamber (Fig. 1). The Great Dyke shows a welldefined...thick (avg 100 m) cyclic units, whereas in the South chamber, it has a greater number of thinner (10–30-m...maslovite, merenskyite, michenerite, sperrylite, and cooperite-braggite) are rare constituents (OberthĂŒr et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platreef in the Bushveld complex in the Republic of South Africa (Naldrett et al. 2008), the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe...Sahara Metacraton, SCC SĂŁo Francisco/Congo, WA West Africa. b Map showing the position of Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE)...Pd)AsS], an unknown Pd–Ag bismuthotelluride, and cooperite (PtS). The total PGM assemblage identified (ESM...smallest PGM found in this study is a 0.1-ÎŒm2 cooperite that occurs together with a sperrylite as a composite...occasionally sperrylite forms composite grains with cooperite (Fig. 9b) and hollingworthite in the Limoeiro
Report (issue)
gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The pond is...Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, the surface trace of significant orebodies...in the western part of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa.....................................................N19 Photograph of the Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast................of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa............................................
 
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