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Magnetite from
Townlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Townlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1298552
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1298552:8
GUID (UUID V4):b332851f-d20c-425a-a4ec-a7b4ec70df53
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
23.5km (14.6 miles) ā“˜Sandsloot mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
28.8km (17.9 miles) ā“˜Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
31.9km (19.8 miles) ā“˜Akanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
47.6km (29.6 miles) ā“˜Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
48.0km (29.8 miles) ā“˜Waterberg deposit, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
75.3km (46.8 miles) ā“˜Zandrivierspoort Fe deposit, Pietersburg greenstone belt, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
76.9km (47.8 miles) ā“˜Nonnenwerth 421 LR farm, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
82.7km (51.4 miles) ā“˜De Loskop Fe deposit, Pietersburg greenstone belt, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
83.3km (51.8 miles) ā“˜Aurora project, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
90.7km (56.3 miles) ā“˜T-Zone, Waterberg project, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Malte Junge 1,2,3 & Thomas OberthĆ¼r 1 & Dennis...oxidized and pristine Platreef ore from the Mogalakwena mine were studied. Further, sulfides and platinum-group...Platreef, at Townlands, Tweefontein and Nonnenwerth were compared to those of the Mogalakwena mine (Overysel...128 Western Service Road Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa 8 Institut fĆ¼r Geologie und PalƤontologie...Ma old (Zeh et al. 2015) Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the largest maficā€“ultramafic layered intrusion
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada...activities, particularly since the opening of Mogalakwena mine in 1990, it became clear that the Platreef...UCZ, but it excludes the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization south of the Planknekā€“Ysterberg Fault (termed the GNPA...applicable anymore, and, therefore, the GNPA member south of the Planknek Fault should be accepted as a southern...limb after (after Ashwal et al. 2005) and the Waterberg extension (after Yudovskaya et al. 2018) showing
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Suite in the Potgietersrus/Mokopane area of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Mauritz J. van der Merwe...geological map of the Rustenburg Layered Suite south of the Ysterbergā€“Planknek fault of the northern/Potgietersrus...been traced south of Potgietersrus/Mokopane. The Platreef is traced from the farm Townlands and further...northwards. The presence of Platreef proper south of Potgietersrus/ Mokopane appears to be speculative. However...equivalent layers outcrop or were intersected to the south of the town. The Kleinmeid Syncline comprising Main
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Clinopyroxenite from the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa Reiner Klemd 1 , Andreas Beinlich 2, * , Matti...Engineering, University of Cape Town; Rondebosch 7103, South Africa; robertschouwstra5@gmail.com Department of Geology...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa Correspondence: andreas.beinlich@uib.no Received:...the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, hosts platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization...whereas magmatic Ī“34 S values suggest the absence of local crustal contamination during emplacement. This is
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
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Economic Geology, v. 112, pp. 1367ā€“1394 The Waterberg Platinum Group Element Deposit: Atypical Mineralization...Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Judith A Kinnaird,1,2,ā€  Marina Yudovskaya,1...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 2 Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 3 Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...osite sequence, and an Upper zone. Overlying Waterberg red beds were deposited between ~2.05 and ~1.93
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
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the lower mineralized Zone of the Waterberg Project, South Africa T āŽ Florian M. Huthmanna, , Marina...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy...mineralization The Waterberg deposit is located north of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa...succession. The Waterberg Project is located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. This position...that the maļ¬c to ultramaļ¬c succession of the Waterberg Project does not represent a simple marginal extension
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the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa c Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy...fonte Zoet Northern limb N 4 Eastern limb 5 Mokopane 24Ā°15ā€² S 6 8 t neamen ison Li h c r u imbiM...Schematic geological map of Bushveld Complex. (1) Waterberg Group; (2) alkaline intrusion; (3) Lebowa Granite;...distinct correlation between PGE and sulfides, and the local ization of reefs at the bases of cyclic units,...increases in the opposite direction, toward the south and the west (Fig. 1). One of the thickest sections
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Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. (Email: J.Harmer@ru.ac.za) CE P 3. Department...University of the Witwatersrand, P.O. Wits 2050, South Africa (Email: hannah.hughes@wits.ac.za) AC 5. Scottish...the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Since 1992 mining in the northern limb has...co-exist as low-Ca pyroxenes without cumulus magnetite. NU This mineral association is found in the...appear to be present in TE the T Zone of the Waterberg PGE deposit, located under younger cover rocks
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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 worldā€™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)
Pyroxeniteā€“Anorthosite (GNPA) member, south of Mokopane, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa J. W. Smith*1, D. A....northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, south of the town of Mokopane. On the farm Rooipoort it forms the...Transvaal Supergroup sediments, whereas further south on the farm Grasvally it overlies Lower Zone rocks...Introduction The 2?06 Ga Bushveld Complex in South Africa is the worldā€™s largest layered igneous intrusion...bodies, (i) the Platreef, north of the town of Mokopane (previously known as Potgietersrus); (ii) within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6140. 4 Camborne School of Mines, College...University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, South Africa, ED 5 Corresponding author: Dominique Tanner...opportunity for PGE mineralisation higher up in the local magmatic stratigraphy, AC or in later magma emplacement...Rustenburg Layered Suite has been described at the Waterberg project (Huthmann et al., 2018; Kinnaird et al... T Zone, the mafic Main Zone and the mafic, magnetite-bearing Upper Zone. Recently, additional informal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platreef: northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Received: 17 June 2004 / Accepted: 9 August...Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Platreef, the putative local analogue of the Merensky Reef, forms the ļ¬‚oor to... University of the Witwatersrand, Wits2050, South Africa E-mail: kinnairdj@geosciences.wits.ac.za L....Nickel and Platinum Ltd, 2 First Avenue, Mokopane 0600, South Africa are typically quartzites and hornfelsed...from <50 m in the north to 400 m locally in the south. The outcrop generally strikes NNW and dips 40ā€“45
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It is considered to be richer in sulphides...contributed to the sulphur budget of the Platreef. Local variations in sulphur isotopes, as well as a decrease...Platreef further away from the footwall, also indicate local rather than regional contamination processes. Platreef...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa; C. Harris (E-mail: charris@ geology.uct.ac...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa; and U. E. Horstmann (E-mail: horstmann@src
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comparison of data from the farms Rooipoort, Townlands, Drenthe and Nonnenwerth W. D. Maier & L. de Klerk...are compared to existing data from the farms Townlands, Drenthe, and Nonnenwerth. The data indicate that...J. Blaine Caledonia Mining Corporation, Mokopane, South Africa T. Manyeruke Department of Geology, University...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa S.-J. Barnes Sciences de la Terre, UniversitƩ du Quebec...into the UG2-Merensky Reef interval. Between Townlands and Drenthe, the contactmineralized sequence is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to result from mafic magmas intruding north and south of the TML and being contaminated by these different...(Bethal) limb covered by younger sediments to the south of the eastern limb, a largely eroded far western...debate as to the significance of a layered series south of the Ysterbergā€“ Plankneck Fault known as the Grasvally... followed by further open pits at Zwartfontein South in 2002 and OveryselZwartfontein North (PPRust North)...north from the town of Mokopane.1,3,9,15,19,27,32,38,42,54,57,64,65,81 South of the Plankneckā€“Ysterberg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MaierW@cardiff.ac.uk 1 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa 2 School of Earth and Ocean Sciences...Cardiff, UK Introduction The Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the worldā€™s largest layered intrusion and...platinum and Karee mines; 6, Crocodile River mine; 7, Limpopo platinum mine; 8, Atok platinum mine; 9, Maandagshoek...(Molyneux 1970; Von Gruenewaldt 1970). Up to 26 magnetite layers are known from the eastern and western...between a few centimetres to > 10 m in thickness (magnetite layer 21). Regional geology of the northern limb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
element geochemistry of the Platreef on the farm Townlands, northern Bushveld Complex Tawanda D. Manyeruke...Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa e-mail: s22377523@tuks.co.za and wdmaier@scientia...sjbarnes@uquc.ca Ā© 2005 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The Platreef is a platinum group elements...intersection through the Platreef on the farm Townlands. At this locality, the Platreef rests on metasedimentary...mobility was apparently much less pronounced at Townlands than at other Platreef localities further to the
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)
Abstract The northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa contains a number of occurrences of platinum-group...Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK local country rock sediments of the Transvaal Supergroup...occurrences in the Main Zone at the Aurora and Waterberg projects, although the stratigraphic position... Introduction The 2.06-Ga Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Fig. 1) is the worldā€™s largest layered intrusion...limb of the Bushveld Complex, around the town of Mokopane, is host to the worldā€™s third largest PGE deposit:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in origin, with contamination by assimilation of local floor rocks considered an ore-modifying process...country-rock sulfides upgraded the S content on a strictly local scale, and hydrothermal leaching introduced S from...sulfates into later stage sulfides, again on a local scale. South of Zwartfontein, it is proposed that the...complex, located in the northeastern part of South Africa (Fig. 1). The Complex holds around 75 percent...northern limb of the Complex, north of the town of Mokopane, where the Lower 1091 1092 HOLWELL ET AL.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in pentlandite from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Malte Junge & Richard Wirth & Thomas OberthĆ¼r...Heidelberg 2014 Abstract The Bushveld Complex in South Africa hosts the worldā€™s largest resources of platinum-group...mafic-ultramafic intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. In these ores, the PGEs are usually bimodally...UG-2 (Karee Mine, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa) with EPMA and LA-ICP-MS and analyzed maximum...from the UG-2 (Karee Mine) and the Platreef (Mogalakwena Mine, Sandsloot pit) were investigated. Following
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the...for the Niā€“Cuā€“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 20Ā° to almost 60Ā° close to surface. Local changes in dip-direction are most noticeable at...pyroxenitic intrusives are recognised on Townlands, just to the north of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus). These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
harzburgites and serpentinites of the Grasvally area south of Mokopane. These olivine-bearing layers have subsequently...Transvaal Supergroup meta-sedimentary rocks in the south and Archaean granite gneiss in the north. This definition...gabbronorites north of farm Drenthe,13 or south of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus) where mineralisation...University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa. Ā© 2005 Institute of Materials, Minerals and...Critical Zone.9,12 The Platreef, which extends from Mokopane northwards at least 30 km, is not a simple tabular
 
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