 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MERENSKY REEF AT NORTHAM PLATINUM MINE, ZWARTKLIP FACIES, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA DAMIAN S. SMITH§...SMITH§ Northam Platinum Mine, P.O. Box 441, Thabazimbi, 1380, South Africa IAN J. BASSON AND DAVID L...of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa ABSTRACT The Normal Reef Subfacies of the Swartklip...the Rustenburg Layered Suite, exposed on Northam Platinum mine, displays lateral and vertical variations...in its inter-chromitite lithologies, content in platinum-group elements and grade, and the mode of sulfide |  | | 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...November 2017; Published: 18 November 2017 Abstract: Platinum group elements (PGEs) are an important resource...share of global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean...industry. Keywords: platinum group elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex; |  | Roberts, M. D., Reid, D. L., Miller, J. A., Basson, I. J., Roberts, M., Smith, D. (2007) The Merensky Cyclic Unit and its impact on footwall cumulates below Normal and Regional Pothole reef types in the Western Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita, 42 (3) 271-292 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0111-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lithologies. In the Regional Pothole Reef at the Northam Platinum Mine, several economic reef types are identified...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa J. A. Miller (*) Department of Geology, University...Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa e-mail: jmiller@sun.ac.za M. Roberts 140 North...CA, USA D. Smith Northam Platinum Mine, P.O. Box 441, Thabazimbi 1380, South Africa Present address:...le Havre, Monte Sereno, Somerset West 7130, South Africa late layering, in particular, to the footwall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PLATINIFEROUS MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA, BY THE U-Pb ZIRCON CHEMICAL ABRASION ID-TIMS...V6T-1Z4, Canada Abstract The Bushveld Complex, South Africa, is the world’s largest layered intrusion and...host to the majority of the known resources of platinum group elements, chromium, and vanadium. Despite...orthopyroxenite from the PGE-rich Merensky reef, West mine (Townlands shaft), Rustenburg section. Low U (21–105...activity across the northern Kaapvaal craton of South Africa and Botswana. Introduction The Paleoproterozoic |  | | Report (issue) | | mineralogy and deposits Definition and characteristics Platinum (Pt) is one of a group of six chemical elements...elements collectively referred to as the platinum-group elements (PGE). The other PGEare palladium (Pd), iridium(lr)...ruthenium(Ru). Reference is also commonly made to platinum-group metals and to platinumgroup minerals, both...to PGM. In this document we use PGM to refer to platinum-group minerals. Pt Atomic weight Atomic number...2.5-3 properties vary considerably (Table 1). Platinum, iridium and osmium are the densest known metals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DOI : 10.3749/canmin.51.1.143 NANOMETER-SIZED PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS (PGM) IN BASE METAL SULFIDES: NEW...MERENSKY REEF PGE ORE DEPOSIT, BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Richard WIRTH§ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ... University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa Anja SCHREIBER Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ...electron microscopy (FIB/HRTEM) investigation of platinum group element-rich (PGE) samples from the Merensky...Complex in South Africa. Chromitites and pegmatitic melanorite from the Northam and Rustenburg platinum mines |  | Maier, W. D., Barnes, S.-J., Groves, D. I. (2013) The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum–palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (1) 1-56 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0436-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum– palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich...October 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits in the Bushveld Complex...showing the localities mentioned in the text. TML Thabazimbi–Murchison lineament, CRF Crocodile River fault...and Northam platinum mines, 2 Union platinum mine, 3 Impala platinum mines, 4 Rustenburg platinum mine...Western platinum and Karee mines, 6 Crocodile River mine, 7 Messina platinum mine, 8 Atok platinum mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Burgersfort in the northeast, to Rustenburg and Northam in the west and an outlier of the Lower and Lower...Mineralogical Services, P.O. Box 432, Florida 1710, South Africa E-mail: fjk@moruominerals.co.za overlies but...but also onlaps the floor-rocks to the south of the Steelpoort area . The source of the magmas also appears...appears to have been towards the south as the MG chromitite layers degrade and thin northward whereas the...Critical Zone, and onlaps the floor-rocks to the south, and the north where it is also the basal zone in |  | McDonald, Iain, Harmer, R.E. (Jock), Holwell, David A., Hughes, Hannah S.R., Boyce, Adrian J. (2017) Cu-Ni-PGE mineralisation at the Aurora Project and potential for a new PGE province in the Northern Bushveld Main Zone. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 1135-1159 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.09.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...appear to be present in TE the T Zone of the Waterberg PGE deposit, located under younger cover rocks...The northern limb of the Bushveld Complex of South Africa is one of the most significant mineral provinces |  | Smith, A.J.B., Viljoen, K.S., Schouwstra, R., Roberts, J., Schalkwyk, C., Gutzmer, J. (2013) Geological variations in the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine and its influence on flotation performance. Minerals Engineering, 52. 155-168 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2013.05.015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations in the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine and its influence on flotation performance A.J...Johannesburg, South Africa Anglo American Technical Solutions – Research, Crown Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa...Complex of South Africa is marked by prominent lateral and vertical variations in its geology, platinum group...grade distribution and platinum group mineralogy. At Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine on the western limb...pothole edge reef facies) at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine has been carried out in an attempt to understand |  | Stribrny, B., Wellmer, F. -W., Burgath, K. -P., Oberthür, T., Tarkian, M., Pfeiffer, T. (2000) Unconventional PGE occurrences and PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke: metallogenic and economic aspects. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (2) 260-280 doi:10.1007/s001260050019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September 1998 / Accepted: 7 December 1999 Abstract Platinum group elements (PGE) are strategic materials because...sul®dic part and distinct dierences between the platinum group mineral (PGM) assemblages of the MSZ and...redistributions should be kept in mind during planning and mine operation. Investigations of unconventional PGE...PGE-producing deposits in the world. Introduction Platinum group elements (PGE) were selected as strategic...stringent environmental standards. In 1997 the world platinum supply amounted to 154.5 t (Johnson Matthey 1998 |  | Smith, William, Maier, Wolfgang, Barnes, Stephen, Moorhead, Gareth, Reid, David, Karykowski, Bartosz (2021) Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex. Geoscience Frontiers, 12 (3) 101101pp. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2020.11.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Victoria, Australia d University of Cape Town, South Africa e Fugro Germany Land GmbH, 12555 Berlin, Germany...consistent with supercooling and in situ growth. The local thickening of the Merensky chromitite layers within...Merensky reef; Bushveld Complex; Magmatic sulphide; Platinum-group elements; PGE; Anorthosite Journal Pre-proof...Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, hosts one of the largest platinum-group element (PGE) resources...and compositions of the base metal sulphides and platinum-group minerals (Cawthorn et al., 2002a; Naldrett |  | | Report (issue) | | Platinum-Group Elements Chapter N of Critical Mineral Resources of the United States—Economic and Environmental...9 rhenium 186.2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204...gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The pond...offices. Photograph by Michael L. Zientek, 2006. Platinum-Group Elements By Michael L. Zientek, Patricia...H.L., Schulte, R.F., and Seal, R.R., II, 2017, Platinum-group elements, chap. N of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the recovery of platinum group elements from Merensky Reef and UG2 at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern...Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa Derek H. Rose 1 & K. S. Viljoen 1 & Antoine Mulaba-Bafubiandi...limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management that another resource, in addition to...Two Rivers platinum mine (TRP), is urgently required in order to extend the life of mine, presented an...processing . Merensky Reef . UG2 . Platinum-group minerals . Two Rivers Platinum mine Introduction The Bushveld |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | patterns A.A. Mitchell P.O.Box 421, McGregor, 6708, South Africa e-mail: mitchaa@mweb.co.za J. Henckel Acacia...Office Suite, Bedford Gardens, Bedfordview, 2007, South Africa e-mail: hhenckel@acaciamining.com A. Mason-Apps...2107, South Africa e-mail: AMasonApps@Anglogoldashanti.com © 2019 Geological Society of South Africa. All...significantly from the area around Rustenburg, to the south. The total thickness of ultramafic lithologies is...for unconformities at the tops of these units. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 2019 • VOLUME 122.2 PAGE |  | Bachmann, Kai, Osbahr, Inga, Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon, Chetty, Deshenthree, Gutzmer, Jens (2018) Variation in Platinum Group Mineral and Base Metal Sulfide Assemblages in the Lower Group Chromitites of the Western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (5) 723-743 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700094 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2018) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1700094 VARIATION IN PLATINUM GROUP MINERAL AND BASE METAL SULFIDE ASSEMBLAGES...CHROMITITES OF THE WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA KAI BACHMANN§ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...Division, Mintek, Malibongwe Drive, 2125 Randburg, South Africa JENS GUTZMER Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...chromite as a primary product. The recovery of platinum group elements and base metals (Ni, Cu) as by...seams at the Thaba mine located on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex. Platinum group minerals and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bodies Roger N. Scoon PO Box 2461, Rivonia 2128, South Africa e-mail: rnscoon@iafrica.com Andrew A. Mitchell...4000, South Africa e-mail: mitchell@pixie.udw.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...Lydenburg Platinum Syndicate on 15th August 1924, the first occurrence of economic platinum mineralization...and Onverwacht pipes, which are among the oldest platinum mines in the World, and review the comprehensive...Discordant ultramafic bodies in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, are probably both more abundant and considerably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Blending Potential of the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu...Blending Potential of the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12...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...nickel mine are highly variable, and this results in often erratic nickel recovery at the mine. The variability |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum-Group Elements Edited by Louis J. Cabri Ottawa...as follows in this example: OBERTHÜR, T., 2002. Platinum-group element mineralization of the Great Dyke...Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum-Group Elements. Edited by L.J. Cabri. Canadian... Preface Background The need for a new book on the platinum-group elements (PGE) became apparent about four...the 8th International Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume |  | | Book | | Extractive Metallurgy of Nickel, Cobalt and Platinum-Group Metals Frank K. Crundwell CM Solutions (Pty)...book describes extraction of nickel, cobalt and platinum-group metals. The starting point is ore-in-place...visiting many of the world’s nickel-, cobalt- and platinum-group metal extraction plants. We thank our hosts...colleagues. We thank them all most deeply. The platinum industry is traditionally secretive about publishing...the refining processes. Both Impala Platinum and Lonmin Platinum openly shared information, and for that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REPLACED MERENSKY REEF AT THE AMANDELBULT MINE, SOUTH AFRICA R.N. SCOON Department of Geology, Rhodes...Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa e-mail: rnscoon@iafrica.com A.A. MITCHELL School of Geological...4000, South Africa e-mail: mitchaa@mweb.co.za © 2011 March Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...in the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, differ sufficiently from one another to warrant...the first discovery of economic platinum mineralization in South Africa. The pipe crosscuts a sequence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa CHRISTOPHER A. LEE¶ Anglo Platinum Geology Department, PO Box...62179, Marshalltown, 2107, South Africa ROBERT P. SCHOUWSTRA Anglo Platinum Research Centre, PO Box 6540...1412, South Africa PETER MELLOWSHIP Impala Platinum Mines, PO Box 5683, Rustenburg, 0300, South Africa...Africa ABSTRACT The abundances of the platinum-group elements (PGE), and their relative proportions, are...and eastern limbs of the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa. Grades for the mined reef interval are uniform |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4000, South Africa AND ROGER N. SCOON Postnet Suite 291, Private Bag X31, Knysna 6570, South Africa...may be described as a wide-reef facies, in which platinum group element (PGE) mineralization is largely...chromite crystallization and consequent sulfide and platinum group mineral (PGM) precipitation resulting from...of the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Fig. 1). The original discovery of the Merensky...eastern limb is due to the fact that concentrated platinum exploration and mining only commenced here in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydrothermal Alteration in the Main Sulfide Zone at Unki Mine, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe:...2017; Published: 22 July 2017 Abstract: The main platinum-group element (PGE) occurrence in the Great Dyke...silicate composition study across the MSZ at Unki Mine in the Shurugwi Subchamber was conducted to help...the mineralization. The PGE-enriched zone at Unki Mine is a ~10 m thick package of rocks ranging from gabbronorites...of sulfide mineralization likely occurred at Unki Mine with primary sulfides occurring in association with |  | | Book | | EXPLORATION FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS DEPOSITS Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series...OF CONTENTS Introduction xvi GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS 1. Magmatic Geochemistry of the...Mungall 1-34 2. The Aqueous Geochemistry of the Platinum Group Elements (PGE) in Surficial, Low-T Hydrothermal...Magmatic-Hydrothermal Environments 35-56 J.J. Hanley DESCRIPTIVE PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT ORE DEPOSIT MODELS – PRECIOUS-METALDOMINANT...Pt & Pd Deposits A. Wilde 145-161 DESCRIPTIVE PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT ORE DEPOSIT MODELS – BASE-METALDOMINANT |
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