 | Oberthur, T., Melcher, F., Gast, L., Wohrl, C., Lodziak, J. (2004) DETRITAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (2) 563-582 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.563 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RIVERS DRAINING THE EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA THOMAS OBERTHĂR§, FRANK MELCHER, LOTHAR GAST...placer, Maandagshoek, eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. SOMMAIRE Lors de nos campagnes de terrain...between 2 and 3 km wide and runs approximately northâsouth, subparallel to the layering of the Mafic Phase...underlain by the Critical Zone. Between the Atok mine and Steelpoort (Fig. 2), the layered sequence dips 10â15°...Maandagshoek (Fig. 2). Accordingly, both a north- and a south-flowing Moopetsi River are present. In the area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrates originating from the Driekop platinum mine, South Africa, collected and first described by E. F. Stumpfl...â Pt â Ru sulpharsenides, stibiopalladinite, moncheite, ruthenium, osmium, and laurite. âExoticâ minerals...interpretation of Rudashvesky et al. (1992) for the Onverwacht and Mooihoek pipes: a high-temperature magmatic...of discovery are summarize d in Table 1. The Onverwacht platiniferous pipe is the type locality of tetraferroplatinum...crosscutting the Upper Critical Zone, and the Onverwacht and Twyfelaar pipes in the Lower Critical and |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | V:SE Borneo ($tumpfl 8, Torkian 1973) lII : Driekop Mine, Bushveld (TorkianÂą$tumpf11975 I l,]I; $orashigawo... was discovered as a new mineral in the Driekop Mine, Transvaal by Stumpfl and Clark (1965). Genkin et...(1966) described the Ir member, irarsite, from Onverwacht, Transvaal. In the past twenty years members...mineral at Onverwacht (Cabri et al. 1977). It was also found in the Merensky Reef, at the Union Mine (one analysis;...Rh-rich platarsite (with Ru > Ir a t . ~ ) from Onverwacht the new analyses of the Merensky Reef platarsite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE MINING AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Aberra Mogessie, Christoph Hauzenberger...Department of Geology, University of the Free State, South Africa 1. Preface Almost a year ago Aberra Mogessie...(where we had organized past excursions) and South Africa. Having discussed the matter with Christoph...areas of South Africa. We contacted Christoph Gauert from the University of Free State, South Africa to help...help us with the local organization especially to get permission from the different mining companies to |  | | Report (issue) | | 991 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Merensky Reef, South Africa. 2.295 (100), 1.202 (100), 1.408 (90), 0.9153...28.28 17.70 Total 99.42 (1) Merensky Reef, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Pt1...Reef, South Africa). Association: Atokite, unspecified platinum tellurides (Merensky Reef, South Africa);...Africa); moncheite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite (Stillwater complex, Montana, USA). Distribution: In the Rustenburg...Atok, and Onverwacht mines, on the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, Transvaal, South Africa. From the |  | Viljoen, Fanus, Ramakoloi, Ntshebo, Rose, Derek, Reinke, Christian (2015) Mineral Chemistry of (Pt,Pd)-Bismuthotelluride Minerals In the Platreef At Zwartfontein, Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (6) 1109-1127 doi:10.3749/canmin.1500047 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AKANANI PROJECT, NORTHERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FANUS VILJOEN§, NTSHEBO RAMAKOLOI, AND DEREK...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa CHRISTIAN REINKE Spectrum Analytical Facility...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa ABSTRACT The (Pt,Pd)-bismuthotelluride minerals...Te/Bi and form a trend of solid solution from moncheite (PtTe2) towards maslovite (PtTeBi). A few analyses...resulted in the observed compositional ranges of moncheiteâmaslovite and kotulskiteâsobolevskite. Keywords: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 17:41 09 June 2016 TaEnaleh, Norilâsk District, Siberia, Russia U ntil a few years ago, the...fact, this find and a historical locality in South Africa for which specimens are not available represented...layered intrusive bodies such as the Bushveld (South Africa) and Stillwater (Montana) Complexes. In addition...Great Eastern mine, Clark County, Nevada. It is an ore mineral in the active Pt-Pd mine and related occurrences...collected at the Vermilion mine in what is now the famous Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. He named |  | Barkov, A. Y., Laflamme, J.H. G., Cabri, L. J., Martin, R. F. (2002) Platinum-group minerals from the Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yukon, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (2) 651-669 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.2.651 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposit: (1) palladoan melonite â merenskyite â moncheite, (2) testibiopalladite â michenerite, (3) sudburyite...(platinum-group element) deposit is situated in the Kluane district, southwestern Yukon and is named after Wellington...(18%), merenskyite [(Pd,Pt,Ni)(Te,Bi)2 (8%), moncheite [(Pt,Pd,Ni)(Te,Bi) 2] (6%), testibiopalladite... Intergrowths of sperrylite with merenskyiteâmoncheite were observed. In sample B, sperrylite occurs...Micro-inclusions of palladoan melonite (mel) and moncheite (mon) in pentlandite (pn). 651 40#2-avril-02-2240-25 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Applied Geology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa With 4 Figures Received February 2, 1996; accepted...sperrylite and testibiopalladite merenskyite and moncheite hollingworthite, irarsite, platarsite and tolovkite...e 7. malanite-cuproiridsite-cuprorhodsite 8. moncheite-merenskyite-melonite 9. platinum-iridium 10. osmium-ruthenium...these include melonite-merenskyite and melonite-moncheite. The presence of up to 7.2 wt% Rh in cobaltite...of platinum-group Ir Os Michenerite - - Moncheite 0.2 2.32 Niggliite - - Omeiite 1.1 Osarsite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | into Placers: Case Studies Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas OberthĂŒr Bundesanstalt...weathering cycle in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were...PGM and Archean age (e.g., Bushveld Complex, South Africa; the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; the Stillwater grains...âneoformationâ a the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, of the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in...the farm Maandagshoek, then eastern Transvaal, South Africa, led to the discovery of the largest PGE deposits |  | Kojonen, K. K., McDonald, A. M., Stanley, C. J., Johanson, B. (2011) Törnroosite, Pd11As2Te2, a new mineral species related to isomertieite from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1643-1651 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1643 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platiniferous dunite pipes of Driekop, Mooihoek and Onverwacht. In this study, the chemical compositions of...reflect contributions of PGM from the Mooihoek, Onverwacht and Driekop pipes, with abundant PtâFe alloys...and mertieite II from the Onverwacht pipe. From the Mooihoek and Onverwacht pipes, Rudashevsky et al....reported, the authors included Pd11As2Te2 from the South Sopcha pluton. Unfortunately, no analytical data...mertieite II, stibiopalladinite, kotulskite, moncheite, michenerite, merenskyite, telluropalladinite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platinum able information on the ores from the Union mine platinumdeposits.When onebf us (EFS) pubby Kingston(1966)...oĆBrynard et al. (1976), cent sperrylite. At Union mine, laurite and ferroVermaakandI-Iendriks(1976), andGasparriniand...15 -- Kotulskite (Pd, Pt) (Te, Bi) 8.3âą Moncheite Pt (Te, Bi)âą Braggire (Pt, Pd, Ni)S 10.3 RuSâą...latter has also beenrecordedfrom the pipe at Onverwacht(Genkin et al., 1966). In geochemical terms,the...Sudbury, Canada The recognitionof michenerite,moncheite,and EVIDENCE 1453 TABLIâą 3. Compositional Variations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | normalreef faciesin the centralsectionof the Rustenburg mine are described and discussed. The studyindicatesthat...are braggite($8 vol %),cooperite (17 vol %), moncheite (15 vol %), laurite (8 vol %),kotulskite(8 vol...publishedlocationand analysesof discrete at the Union mine where a considerablythicker facies platinum-groupmineralsin...1924, much admirablework wasdone by Cooper platinum mine, and Schwellnuset al. (1976) on the (1928, 1929)...Adam (19:31),and Bannister(1982) in Atok platinum mine. An important proportion of the total platinumisolatingsomeof |  | | Report (issue) | | Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume for this meeting contained...mineralization, in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or...platinum-group minerals (PGM) beginning with a South African publication (Cabri, 1972) and culminating...of PGE deposits, ranging from the very important South African deposits to less well-developed PGE mineralization...of South Africa Lyndon, Washington College Park, Maryland Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa Kansas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oxide) arepresent asweathering prod- alsorimmedby moncheite and sperrylite(Fig. 7D). This uctsof magnetite...concentrations (ppb)based onchip Twograinsof moncheite (Pt(Te,Bi)âą)werefound.Thefirst samples are Pd...x X x X xx -- --x -- Platarsite Kotulskite Moncheite Pt(As, S).âą Pd(Te, Bi) Pt(Te, Bi).2 1 3 2 ----...gold(Au)in amphibole (amph). C. Hexagonal prismof moncheite (too)in amphibole (amph) thathasreplaced clinopyroxene...wtpercent Pb;Pbin moncheite isalsodescribedPb,andS (Table3). All arecommon from the Atok mine, Transvaal(Schwellnuset |  | | Report (issue) | | Michenerite Pd(Bi,Sb)Te Ruarsite (Ru,Os)AsS Moncheite (Pt, Pd )(Te, Bi )2 Sulphides Antimonides ...proportions of individual PGE within a deposit or a district. processes are also known but these are of relative...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , ...âą âą Munn ~ Munn\ A i.11Ti A ~ Kam bald a District r t S'al Rad o. .. D~~e) ~--· eld Complex...worked out Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa; Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; J-M Reef, Stillwater |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Laurite from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: âHydrothermalâ in Origin? Federica Zaccarini...Merensky Reef of the Bushveld layered intrusion, South Africa. The zoned laurite forms relatively large crystals...characterized by an unusual zoning that involves local enrichment of As, Pt, Ir, and Fe. Comparison in...minerals (PGM); Merensky Reef; Bushveld Complex; South Africa 1. Introduction Minerals of ruthenium are very...discovered in 1866 in a placer from Laut, Banjar, South Kalimantan Province, Borneo, Indonesia [1]. Laurite |  | | Journal (issue) | | conglomerate as a transgressive lag that eroded local basement lithologies and incorporated these more...intruding the Eastern Bushveld Igneous Complex at Onverwacht, Driekop and Mooihoek, but no mineralization...lineament orientations. The results (from Gutu District) indicate that the 360Âș and 060Âș lineaments sub-parallel...are used in the development of mineral resources, mine designs and scheduling, thus making the resource...the fact that unique geologic environments and local conditions must result in a variety of interpretations |  | Yudovskaya, M., Kinnaird, J., Naldrett, A. J., Mokhov, A. V., McDonald, I., Reinke, C. (2011) FACIES VARIATION IN PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1349-1384 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1349 | 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...hollingworthite, chromitite, Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. § E-mail address: maiya@igem.ru 1350 the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rustenburgite, (Pt,Pd) 3 Sn (Mihalik et al., 1975); moncheite, (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2 (Genkin et al., 1963); isoferroplatinum...Szymanski J.T. (1977) Platinum-group minerals from Onverwacht. III. Genkinite, (Pt,Pd)4Sb3, a new mineral....D., Zhuravlev, N.N. and Smirnova E.M. (1963) Moncheite and kotulskite, new minerals; and th e c om position...bismuthotellurides in the Merensky Reef at Rustenburg platinum mine in the Western Bushveld. Mineralogical Magazine...(1974) Vincentite, a new palladium mineral from South-East Borneo. Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 525 527 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in Hortonolitic Dunites of the Mooihoek and Onverwacht Pipes, Bushveld Complex N. S. Rudashevsky 1,...platiniferous hortonolitic dunites of the Mooihoek and Onverwacht pipes, Bushveld Complex, show the following PGM... in den Horthonolit-Duniten der Mooihoek und Onverwacht Pipes, Bushveld-Komplex Minerale der Platingruppe...Platin-fiihrenden Hortonolith-Duniten der Mooihoek und Onverwacht-Pipes, Bushveld-Komplex, fiihren die folgenden...Mineralization in Hortonolitic Dunites of the Mooihoek and Onverwacht Pipes 39 metasomatischer Beeinflussung bei |  | McCallum, M. E., Loucks, R. R., Carlson, R. R., Cooley, E. F., Doerge, T. A. (1976) Platinum metals associated with hydrothermal copper ores of the New Rambler Mine, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. Economic Geology, 71 (7) 1429-1450 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.7.1429 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | intrusive rocks elsewherein the region. mining district ,of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southeastern...Wyoming, showing the location of the New Rambler mine with respectto the Mullen CreekNash Fork shear zone...activeintermittently through Laramide time. Shear zone rocks the mine is a mylonitic biotite-epidote-plagioclase comprisea...mafic plutoniccomplexesand ortho- prevalentin the mine vicinity. Most abundantare metadioriteand metagabamphibolites...duction from Precambrian ores. pyroxenitein the mine workingsconsistschieflyof uralitizedort.hopyroxeneand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | differentiatingthe oresin the vicinity (north and south) of the PilansbergAlkaline Complexfrom thoseof the...Pt(Pd, Ni)S Laurite Ru(Os, Ir)Sa 0.7 2.3 1.7 Moncheite Michenerite 0.3 22.2 25.0 17.9 52.0 5.4...Irarsite Sperrylite Guanglinite? Palladoarsenite? Moncheite Michenerite Michenerite Merenskyite Kotulskite...trusives(Fig. 7). From unpublishedinformationobtainedby mine geologists of the Johannesburg ConsolidatedInvestmentCompany...composition Mooihoek âą dumps (afterStumpfi, 1961) Onverwacht (after Wagner, 1929) Isoferroplatinum Stumpfiite |  | | Report (volume) | | (vysotskite) Ru (laurite) Tellurides_____ Pt (moncheite, nigPd (kotulskite) Arsenides _____ Pt (sperrylite...(stibopalladinite, unnamed G, I, J) Bismuthides_ Pt (moncheite, unnamed F) Pd (froodite, kotulskite, michenerite...4-73 4.6- 9-2 65-67 An Stibiopalladinite Moncheite 8. 4- 9. 3 22. 3-30. 8 52.6-63 33.0 Fe Cu.....the Merensky Reef of the Bush veld complex, South Africa; the maximum contents TABLE 8. Total platinum-metals...Nonnickeliferous sulflde Creighton Mine, Sudbury, complex S. Africa. .012 Pyrrho- Chal- Pent- Mixed |
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