 | 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) | | 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) | | Author(s) 2018 Abstract The Flatreef is a world-class platinum-group element (PGE) deposit recently discovered...MaierW@cardiff.ac.uk 1 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa 2 School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff...Cardiff, UK Introduction The Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the world’s largest layered intrusion and...various sectors of the Bushveld Complex. TML Thabazimbi Murchison lineament, CRF Crocodile River fault...Tumela, Dishaba and Northam platinum mines; 2, Union platinum mine; 3, Impala platinum mines; 4, Rustenburg |  | 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) | | Zone, Rustenburg Layered Suite, Northam Platinum Mine, South Africa D. L. R EID* AND I. J. BASSON ...of Cape Town, Private Bag Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa ABSTR ACT Discordant veins, pipes and occasionally...they replace the Merensky Reef footwall at Northam Platinum Mine, situated in the Swartklip Facies of the...Rustenberg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Introduction THE presence of iron-rich ultrama...fact, the rst discovery of economic levels of platinum group elements (PGE) was a Mg-rich dunite pipe |  | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | Karykowski, Bartosz T, Yang, Sheng-Hong, Maier, Wolfgang D, Lahaye, Yann, Lissenberg, C Johan, O’Brien, Hugh (2017) In situ Sr Isotope Compositions of Plagioclase from a Complete Stratigraphic Profile of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Evidence for Extensive Magma Mixing and Percolation. Journal of Petrology, 58 (11) 2285-2308 doi:10.1093/petrology/egy008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stratigraphic profile of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Evidence for extensive magma mixing and percolation...limb cuts across the Transvaal Supergroup from south to north. The floor rocks in the southern portion...these samples could potentially be attributed to a local disturbance of the Sr isotope composition of plagioclase...magma (∼ 0.7091), but this could be explained by local contamination of the magma by the granitic footwall...the western limb, i.e., probably just below the troctolite horizon (cf. Fig. 4, Mangwegape et al., 2016) |  | | 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 |  | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | characteristic section exposed in a wall in the Middelpunt mine, northeast Bushveld Complex. In this region the...impermeable. The anorthosite lenses in the pegmatoid mark local areas of relatively high degrees of hydration partial...relatively low permeability, causing extensive local modifications. The original layering may further...Merensky reef and the UG2 chromitite, the two major platinum group element (PGE)-rich layers, formed. This...come mainly from the Middelpunt mine, which is one of the Lebowa Platinum Mines in the Oliphants River |  | | Book | | HYDROMAGMATIC PROCESSES AND PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT DEPOSITS IN LAYERED INTRUSIONS The role that hydrothermal...importance for the understanding of the formation of platinum-group deposits in layered intrusions. It discusses...of the platinum-group elements (PGE). Using examples from the Bushveld complex of South Africa and other...the role of igneous fluids in the petrogenesis of platinum-group element (PGE) deposits in layered intrusions...observed features. HYDROMAGMATIC PROCESSES AND PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT DEPOSITS IN LAYERED INTRUSIONS ALAN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa, 2SRK Consulting, Northlands 2116, Johannesburg, South Africa and 3MMG Limited...Avenue, Oxford Corner, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...sill-like injection of magma rich in sulphur and platinum-group elements (PGE) into pre-existing cumulates;...are lacking. The most telling observations are: local transgressions of the MR by younger potholes; widespread...Bushveld Complex; potholes; basal magma layers; platinum-group elements; chromitite seams; sulphide liquid; |  | | Book | | University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa Olivier Namur University of Hannover Hannover...intrusions host world-class ore bodies of chromium, platinum group elements (PGE), vanadium, titanium and phosphorous...James E. Mungall 331 vii viii Contents 9 Platinum-Group Element Deposits in Layered Intrusions:...Vander Auwera 465 12 The Bushveld Complex, South Africa ���������������������������������������������������...Morse 589 14 The Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex, South Greenland �������������������������� Michael |  | | Book | | revised edition) 2 2 . N. DEKUN MINERAL ECONOMICS OF AFRICA 2 3 . B.L GULSON LEAD ISOTOPES IN MINERAL EXPLORATION...Ores DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 2 6 platinum-group element exploration Dennis L. Buchanan Department...will never be spoken. " P. A. WAGNER, The platinum South Africa deposits so be alluring prophesied and... Foirewoird. The platinum-group elements rhodium, ruthenium, (PGE) include platinum, iridium and osmium...as well a s major industrial uses. a permanent Platinum has aesthetic qualities, combined lustre, which |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,2 , Derek Hugh Rose...Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 649. https:// doi.org/10...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Conference Proceedings (Volume) | | Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...Stephane Sobolev, Stephen Barnes & Jesse Robertson Platinum group elements in different types of Ni-laterite...charnockitic footwall of the Spruce Road deposit, South Kawishiwi intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota,...Complex in the vicinity of the Steelpoort fault, South Africa – petrogenetic implications ..................alteration of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa ........................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | 9 rhenium 186.2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204...China; niobium in Brazil; and platinum-group elements in South Africa and Russia), thus increasing the...the same commodities. Rare-earth elements and platinum-group elements particularly are broadly viewed...(In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE)...................................M1 Chapter N. Platinum-Group Elements By Michael L. 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