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Chromitite from
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Chromitite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromitite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1408190
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1408190:5
GUID (UUID V4):fb08ed0a-d05c-4a85-a29b-3efca0621fa6
Nearest other occurrences of Chromitite
88.0km (54.7 miles) ā“˜Booysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.2km (59.8 miles) ā“˜Helena Chrome Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
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Original Article Reverse Compositional Zoning in the Uitkomst Chromitites as an Indication of Crystallization...Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa; 2Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy...Rainbow Minerals, PO Box 783580, Sandton 2146, South Africa; 4Department of Earth Science, Rice University...in the central part of the Uitkomst Complex in South Africa. The complex represents a magmatic conduit...compositions through the entire ultramafic section of the complex. The lower part of chromitites was formed from
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Evaluation of Chromite at the Nkomati Nickel Mine, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,ā€ ...Auckland Park, Kingsway Campus, Gauteng 2006, South Africa; dzvinamurungut@staff.msu.ac.zw (T.D.); fanusv@uj...Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Gauteng 2028, South Africa; amulaba@uj.ac.za Correspondence: derekr@uj...different chromite-bearing ore types at the Nkomati nickel mine was undertaken, with focus on chromite. Chromite...a by-product of the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE ore at Nkomati Nickel mine. These being the PCMZ_MG (medium-grade Ni-Cu
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Ni-Cu-PGE-Bearing Mafic to Ultramafic Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Christoph Gauert 1,2, * and...Ni-Cu-PGE-Bearing Mafic to Ultramafic Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 22. https://...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Landesamt fĆ¼r Geologie und Bergwesen Sachsen-Anhalt...mafic to ultramafic Uitkomst Complex in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa hosts the low-grade-large-tonnage...deposit, Nkomati. The complex is regarded to represent a satellite to the Bushveld Complex and a feeder
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Massive Sulphide Body of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa H.F.J. Theart Department of Earth...Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa E-mail: htheart@postino.up.ac.za C.D. de Nooy...Mining Limited, P O Box 1212, Florida, 1710, South Africa E-mail: dorritn@avmin.co.za ABSTRACT Platinum...massive sulphide ore of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Mineralogical investigations...Reef, and Platreef ore bodies of the Bushveld Complex. Introduction This paper reports on the results
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and Re-Os Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Jakub TrubacĢŒ,1,2,ā€  LukĆ”Å” Ackerman...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa of Applied Geology and Geohazards, Geological...Lakefield, Ontario KOL 2HO, Canada Abstract The Uitkomst Complex is a Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr-Co mineralized composite...composite mafic-ultramafic intrusion situated in South Africa. The platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and Au...the various mineralized zones of the complex. BMS within the complex have elevated PGE and Au contents,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
-x ARTICLE The Uitkomst intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry...Abstract The Uitkomst intrusion is a tubular maficultramafic layered body that hosts one of South Africaā€™s...Africaā€™s largest Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposits, Nkomati. The sulphide ore occurs in the form of massive lenses in the...āˆ¼10-m-thick layer in the lower portion of the intrusion. Uitkomst has generally been interpreted as a magma conduit...with the age of the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex and thus demonstrates a coeval relationship between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,2 , Derek Hugh...the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 649. https:// doi...Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa; dzvinamurungut@staff.msu.ac.zw (T.D.); derekr@uj...University of South Africa (UNISA), Florida Campus, Private Bag X6, Johannesburg 1710, South Africa; ngodzazw@gmail...mineralogy and texture of Ni-sulfide ores at the Nkomati nickel mine are highly variable, and this results in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
499ā€“516 Platinum Group Elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa W. D. MAIER,ā€  T. GOMWE, Centre for...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa S.-J. BARNES, Sciences de la Terre, UniversitĆ©...Pretoria 0002, South Africa Abstract The mafic-ultramafic Uitkomst Complex of South Africa is a tubular...coeval and cogenetic with the 2054 Ma Bushveld Complex. It consists of a thin (3.5-m) basal gabbronoritic...PGE concentrations in 86 samples from the Uitkomst Complex. The rocks containing disseminated sulfides
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isotopic compositions of the Uitkomst Niā€“Cu sulfide ore-bearing complex, South Africa: evidence for sulfur contamination...0002, South Africa Received 19 September 2001; accepted 1 March 2002 Abstract The Uitkomst Complex in northern...northern South Africa is host to a Ni ā€“ Cu deposit containing a minerable reserve of 2.9 Mt massive ore...composition to that of the Bushveld Complex, the Uitkomst Complex is believed by some investigators to...to be a satellite body of the Bushveld Complex. It has a tubular shape with an exposed surface area of
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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...global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean Great Dyke...elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex; Great Dyke 1. Introduction Several distinctive...mineable deposits are located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, in the Norilā€™skā€“Talnakh field in Russia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and hydrothermal alteration in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Arindam Sarkar a, Edward M. Ripley...August 2008 Editor: R.L. Rudnick Keywords: Uitkomst Complex Stable isotopes Ni-sulļ¬des Hydrothermal alteration...The Uitkomst Complex is a satellite intrusion of the Bushveld Complex and contains the only mine currently...currently producing Ni as the main product in South Africa. Previously reported sulfur isotopic data suggest...harzburgite units that comprise the lower portion of the Complex. We have determined oxygen isotopic compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGMA AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE STRATIFORM UITKOMST COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA SYBRAND A. DE WAALĀ§ AND WOLFGANG D...University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa RICHARD A. ARMSTRONG Research School of Earth... Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa ABSTRACT The Uitkomst Complex, a Niā€“Cuā€“PGEā€“Cr-mineralized layered...Pretoria, South Africa, hosts commercially viable magmatic base-metal sulfide deposits. The Complex has a...Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) of the Bushveld Complex. Chemical modeling, using summation and least-squares
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
brief overview of South Africa's mineral industry: world context and changing local circumstances Received:...important South African mineral resources clearly demonstrates that, omitting hydrocarbon fuels, South Africa...PO Box 74883, Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria 0040, South Africa and later the kimberlite pipes discovered at...1889, the forerunner of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa (COM), whose member companies were ultimately...Bushveld Complex. The Merensky reef today is the main source of PGM. Discoveries of chromitite, iron ores
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born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...special talents, I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein. ā€ƒā€ƒ When I was a postgraduate student...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solutionā€”it has to be implemented...Bushveld chromiteā€“platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickelā€“copper, Canada, and a few new
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints on the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Brendan Clarke a,āŽ, Ron Uken b, JĆ¼rgen Reinhardt...Box 900, Pietermaritzburg 3200, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa School of Geological Sciences, University of...Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Available online 25 November 2008 Keywords: Bushveld Complex Sill emplacement mechanics Igneous facies variations...largest layered intrusion, the 2.05 Ga Bushveld Complex, are still poorly understood. Early models considered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone Dominique Tanner...Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone. Lithos (2018), https://doi...Platinum-Group Element Deposit Of The Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone Dominique Tanner1...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by guest on 25 May 2021 Dating the Bushveld Complex: Timing of Crystallization, Duration of Magmatism...November 2020 ABSTRACT The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the worldā€™s largest layered intrusion... crystallization, and cooling of the Bushveld Complex based on integrated Uā€“Pb zirconā€“baddeleyiteā€“titaniteā€“rutile...samples of different rock types from the Bushveld Complex, including ultramafic and mafic cumulates, mineralized...alkaline Phalaborwa Complex. The results indicate that (1) the Bushveld Complex was built incrementally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Merensky Reef, UG2 chromitite, and Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, the JM Reef of the...the Stillwater Complex, Montana, and the Main Sulfide Zone (MSZ) of the Great Dyke, Zimbabweā€”see Maier...For example, the PGE reefs of the giant Bushveld Complex can be laterally correlated over tens of kilometres...Stillwater Complex; K, Kambalda; MK, MtKeith; MR and UG2, Merensky Reef and UG2 chromitite of Bushveld...Bushveld Complex; MSZ, Main Sulfide Zone of Great Dyke; No, Norilā€™sk; Tal, Talnakh; Kab, Kabanga; P, Pechenga;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-012-0436-1 ARTICLE The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinumā€“ palladium, chrome-...Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits in the Bushveld Complex and other layered intrusions form when large, incompletely...of crust. Introduction The ~2.05-Ga Bushveld Complex contains by far the worldā€™s largest layered maficā€“ultramafic...sub-surface outcrop (Fig. 1). In addition, the Bushveld Complex contains one of the worldā€™s largest A-type granites...granites and important volumes of rhyolite. The complex also constitutes the worldā€™s most valuable mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a Case Study from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) are described. A model for the formation...of platinum-group minerals (PGM), sulphide and chromitite is proposed that explains the stratigraphic relationships...at BRPM and at other locations in the Bushveld Complex. To achieve this it is necessary to understand...Emplacement of these magmas into the Bushveld Complex resulted in thermo-mechanical erosion of the floor
Report (issue)
gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The pond...in the lower left include the shaft, the mill complex, and offices. Photograph by Michael L. Zientek...Methods......................................N39 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................N42 Mine Closure...........................................sulfide ore exposed in a stope in the Oktyabrā€™sk Mine in the Talnakh area, Russia....................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, the Platreef in the Bushveld Complex (South Africa) has aspects of both of these end members...best-known example is the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1C). This exceptional layer is commonly only...intrusions. An example is the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex (McDonald and Holwell 2011). Sulfide-rich deposits...peridotite Gabbro, dolerite Chr EE. ā€œNorilā€™sk (Nkomati) Typeā€ chonolith/elongate sill D MelN Olivine...of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Igneous Complex (South Africa). Layer of coarse melanorite (MelN) with
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at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa Derek H. Rose 1 &...the Bushveld Complex is generally limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management that...Rivers platinum mine (TRP), is urgently required in order to extend the life of mine, presented an opportunity...such a study on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. A process mineralogical investigation was undertaken...minerals . Two Rivers Platinum mine Introduction The Bushveld Complex is the worldā€™s largest layered
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...the Grano fault in the Bathtub intrusion (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA) .. .............................footwall of the Spruce Road deposit, South Kawishiwi intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA . . ............the Black Thorā€“Black Label ultramafic intrusive complex, McFaulds Lake greenstone belt, Ontario .........Shinkle Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation of the Riwaka Complex, Northwest Nelson, New Zealand . . ..........
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...regional scale 3D-model of the Skellefte mining district, northern Sweden ..............................VHMS-type deposits, Kristineberg area, Skellefte District, Sweden . . ....................................modelling for VMS exploration in the PyhƤsalmi district, Central Finland ..............................body structural complexities: KDC East Gold Mine, South Africa . . ...................................
 
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