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


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Ī£9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:233664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:233664:0
GUID (UUID V4):7a778193-6332-44a3-b86d-b995c0160f51
Localities for Pentlandite in this Region
Little Mamre, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
25.6km (15.9 miles) ā“˜New Amianthus Mine, Kaapschehoop, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
42.6km (26.5 miles) ā“˜Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
55.3km (34.4 miles) ā“˜Bon Accord Ni deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
88.4km (54.9 miles) ā“˜Booysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.6km (60.0 miles) ā“˜Helena Chrome Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.7km (60.1 miles) ā“˜M'hlati prospect, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
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the eastern Bushveld Complex on the farms Blaauwboschkraal, Zwartkopje, and Waterval W.D. Maier Centre for...Blaauwboschkraal, Zwartkopje and Waterval, some 10km north of Waterval Boven in the Mpumalanga Province. The sills...model is analogous to that proposed for the Uitkomst Complex, which hosts sulphides of broadly similar...economically important massive sulphides in the Uitkomst Complex in 1990 (Gauert et al., 1995) has triggered...sulphide ores in the floor of the eastern Bushveld Complex. In particular, exploration has targeted sill and
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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 to
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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,
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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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Chromite at the Nkomati Nickel Mine, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,ā€  , Derek Hugh...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...grind sizes; gravity separation; recovery; Uitkomst Complex 1. Introduction Chromite is a member of the...chromite mined in South Africa was sourced from the Bushveld Complex. The Bushveld Complex hosts the largest
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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
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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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...b s t r a c t The Uitkomst Complex is a satellite intrusion of the Bushveld Complex and contains the only...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
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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
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-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...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...isotope data (ĪµNd āˆ’4.5 to āˆ’6.2), we show that the Uitkomst parent magmas were contaminated with up to 20%
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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...of grind size on the flotation performance of pentlandite. Ore types presented include medium- and high-grade
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from an alkali to transitional basaltic magma, South Africa Sybrand de Waal Centre for Research on Magmatic...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: PO Box 21167, Windhoek, Namibia...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa. Current address: Shango Solutions, HHK House...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: School of Biological, Earth...Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, 2052 Australia e-mail: i.graham@unsw
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Research, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering...Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 002, South Africa Krutschnitt Mineral Research Centre, University...several different nickel and PGE ore deposits in South Africa, Botswana, and Canada was examined in detail...Wang and Salveson, 2005), not only due to its complex mineralogy, which is still not well understood...some terrestrial locations e.g., Merensky reef, South Africa (Liebenberg, 1970) or Voiseyā€™s Bay, Canada (Naldrett
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special talents, I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein. ā€ƒā€ƒ When I was a postgraduate student...Bushveld chromiteā€“platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickelā€“copper, Canada, and a few new...occurrences/deposits/mines of six continents: Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania (including Australia)...tpa/d SIC SUC USGS/USBM Bushveld Igneous Complex Complex Department of Mines and Geology Department...annum/day Sudbury/Stillwater Igneous Complex Sukinda Ultramafic Complex United States Geological Survey/
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
7700, South Africa Mineralogy Division, Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, South Africa Correspondence:...savings during processing. As lower-grade ores with complex mineralogy are being increasingly exploited, the...types. Two nickel sulfide deposits in southern Africa were chosen as case studies to understand differences...of DMS [5,6]. Low-grade ores commonly display complex mineralogy in terms of mineral composition and...experiments and analyses were conducted at Mintek, South Africa, using ISO9001 certified sampling and analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base of the northern limb of the mafic Bushveld Complex, hosting PGE mineralization in association with...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...Introduction THE 2.06 GA Bushveld Complex is the worldā€™s largest layered igneous complex, located in the northeastern
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...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)
basaltic andesite in the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa W. D. Maier1 Ā· S.ā€‘J. Barnes2 Ā· B. T. Karykowski1...Lower Zone of the western Bushveld Complex at Union Section, South Africa, contains aphanitic Mg-rich basaltic...Keywords Komatiite Ā· Basaltic andesite Ā· Bushveld Complex Ā· Chilled margin Ā· Subcontinental lithospheric...lithospheric mantle Introduction The Bushveld Complex is the product of what was one of the worldā€™s largest magmatic...(the 400 Ɨ 300 km Bushveld Complex) plus the ~150 Ɨ 100 km Molopo Farms Complex in Botswana (von Gruenewaldt
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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
Report (issue)
pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite (Localityā€œYā€, China); pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, violarite...At Kambalda, 56 km south of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. From the Nausahi complex, Orissa, India. In...In the Uitkomst complex, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. From the Wellgreen Cuā€“Niā€“Ptā€“Pd deposit, Yukon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
investigation of rocks from one complex, designated UM2, has revealed a complex array of Pt and Pd-bearing...amphibolites along structures controlled by earlier north-south shearing (Fig. 2). Evidence for this comes from...samples from a drill core (LVFC8) from the UM2 complex. These were shown to be hydrated Pd oxides by McDonald...Most information on mineralisation in the UM2 complex comes from a series of boreholes drilled by the...and composed of varying amounts of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite. Many sulphides in zones 1 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation of the northern limb, Bushveld Complex: a stable isotope study E. R. Sharman-Harris, J...horizon in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It is considered to be richer in sulphides...than other similar horizons within the Bushveld Complex, in particular the Merensky Reef. Previous work...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
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at this moment. The deposit is hosted within a complex, concentrically zoned, tube-like (chonolithic)...et al., 2000; Maier et al., 2010), the Uitkomst, South Africa (Gauert et al., 1995; De Waal and Maier...Metacraton; SCC = SĆ£o Francisco/Congo; WA = West Africa. (B). Sketch showing the main shear zones that...province (Almeida et al., 1981) in northeastern South America is a typical branch of the Neoproterozoic...the province shows its continuity in central-west Africa through the Pan-African belts of Nigeria and Cameroon
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a Case Study from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...at BRPM and at other locations in the Bushveld Complex. To achieve this it is necessary to understand...Ni-rich sulphide phase that crystallizes to form pentlandite. A critical aspect is the timing of their introduction...Emplacement of these magmas into the Bushveld Complex resulted in thermo-mechanical erosion of the floor...magma emplacement owing to interaction with the local Transvaal sediments. As a result, mechanical separation
 
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