 | | 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) | | Sulphide Body of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa H.F.J. Theart Department of Earth Sciences...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...sulphide ore of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Mineralogical investigations were...elsewhere. Although the mine is currently regarded as South Africaās only primary nickel producer, the sale |  | OāDriscoll, B., Clay, P. L., Cawthorn, R. G., Lenaz, D., Adetunji, J., Kronz, A. (2014) Trevorite: Ni-rich spinel formed by metasomatism and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa?. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (1) 145-163 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.1.11 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa? B. OāDRISCOLL1,*, P. L. CLAY2, R. G. CAWTHORN3...University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050 South Africa Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Trieste University...serpentinized maļ¬cultramaļ¬c lavas of the Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa). Though now completely mined out... metasomatism, desulfurization, Bon Accord, South Africa. Introduction TREVORITE is a rare Ni-rich spinel...Mineralogical Society ~144 Ma Morokweng crater (South Africa), in a paragenesis that also contains unusual |  | | Corporate Document | | Kochbulak-Kairagach ore field 9.5.1 Kochbulak deposit 10. SOUTH AFRICA 10.1 Western Deeps 10.2 Fairwiew 10.3 Renco...16 Corinthia 13.17 Edward's Find 13.18 Polaris South 14. Intermediate and felsic igneous host rocks 14...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, molybdenite, pentlandite, a large set of tellurides, electrum, and gold...arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, molybdenite, pentlandite, a set of tellurides, native bismuth and native...is >1 km long, 15-30 m wide, parallel with the local lithological units, and dips at 60Ā° to the ENE (PietikƤinen |  | TrubaÄ, Jakub, Ackerman, LukĆ”Å”, Gauert, Christoph, ÄuriÅ”ovĆ”, Jana, Hrstka, TomĆ”Å” (2018) Platinum-Group Elements and Gold in Base Metal Sulfides, Platinum-Group Minerals, and Re-Os Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology, 113 (2) 439-461 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4557 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Jakub TrubacĢ,1,2,ā LukĆ”Å” Ackerman,1,3 Christoph...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa of Applied Geology and Geohazards, Geological...composite mafic-ultramafic intrusion situated in South Africa. The platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and...values for BMS from the nearby Bushveld Complex. Pentlandite, as major PGE carrier, hosts most of the Pd,...million (ppm) in base metal sulfides (BMS; e.g., pentlandite, pyrrhotite; Alard et al., 2000; Luguet et al |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PT E CE Corresponding author. AC * D South Africa ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The Johannesburg...originally hosted by sulphide mineral phases (e.g., pentlandite). This element was immobile in all other Modderfontein...Szilas et al. 2015, 2018). The Kaapvaal Craton of South Africa represents one of the oldest (3.6 to 2.7 Ga)...linear arrays CE along the northern flank of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, the southern edge of the Johannesburg...relationships constrain them as older than the PT E local, 3.34 Ga TTG gneiss (Poujol and Anhaeusser 2001 |  | | Report (issue) | | Cobalt pentlandite (Co, Ni, Fe)9S8 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic...section, slightly lighter bronze-yellow than pentlandite. Luster: Metallic. R: (400) 36.9, (420) 41.9...88 Ni1.33 )Ī£=8.21 S8.00 . (3) Amianthus mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Co4...Group: Occurrence: Forms a series with pentlandite. Pentlandite group. With other sulfides and arsenides...Kaapsche Hoop, Barberton, and the Loolekop carbonatite, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, South Africa. At the Talmessi |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent |  | Maier, W.D., Prevec, S.A., Scoates, J.S., Wall, C.J., Barnes, S.-J., Gomwe, T. (2018) The Uitkomst intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry, Nd isotopes and high-precision geochronology. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (1) 67-88 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0716-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry, Nd isotopes and...maficultramafic layered body that hosts one of South Africaās largest Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposits, Nkomati...of Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 3 Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric...and its footwall. Introduction Nkomati is one of South Africaās largest magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE and chromite...relative to the BushveldĀ b Complex. b Simplified local geological map. c Schematic shape of Uitkomst intrusion |  | | Report (issue) | | Fe0.29 Co0.02 )Ī£=8.89 S8.00 . (3) Barberton district, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Association: magnetite. Millerite, heazlewoodite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, ...the Amianthus mine, Kaapsche Hoop, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. From Bou Azzer, Morocco. At FiskenƦsset...Greenland. In Canada, in the Texmont mine, about 50 km south of Timmins, Ontario, and at the Orford nickel mine |  | Ozdemir, Seda, Schulz, Toni, Koeberl, Christian, Reimold, Wolf Uwe, Mohr-Westheide, Tanja, Hoehnel, Desiree, Schmitt, Ralf Thomas (2017) Early Archean spherule layers from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Mineralogy and geochemistry of the spherule beds in the CT3 drill core. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52 (12) 2586-2631 doi:10.1111/maps.12998 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Archean spherule layers from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Mineralogy and geochemistry of...core from the Fig Tree Group of the northern Barberton Greenstone Belt, 17 spherule layer intersections...textural patterns similar to those of the other Barberton spherule layers, but locally mineralogical and...2011) and the Vredefort impact structure in South Africa (~2.02 Ga; Kamo et al. 1996) are the oldest...depositsāmainly in the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB), Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, and the Pilbara Craton |  | Sarkar, Arindam, Ripley, Edward M., Li, Chusi, Maier, Wolfgang D. (2008) Stable isotope, fluid inclusion, and mineral chemistry constraints on contamination and hydrothermal alteration in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Chemical Geology, 257 (1) 129-138 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.08.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal alteration in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Arindam Sarkar a, Edward M. Ripley a,ā, Chusi...currently producing Ni as the main product in South Africa. Previously reported sulfur isotopic data suggest...Introduction The Uitkomst Complex in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa hosts the only mine currently producing...producing Ni as the main product in South Africa. It is temporally related to the Bushveld Complex (Maier...Uitkomst Complex is located in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, approximately 250 km east of Pretoria |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Controlin the SteynsdorpGoldfield, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa R. P. VILJOEN',R. S^AGER,Aā¢rD M...Vā¢tJOEN Abstract The Barberton Mountain Land of the Republic of South Africa representsa typical early...SteynsdorpGoldfield in the southernportion of the Barberton belt has revealed a remarkable structural and...mineralizationalong the northern flank of the Barberton Mountain Land. Finally a scheme,basedmainly...general. Introduction Tā¢- Barberton Mountain Land of the Republic of South Africa, constitutesa typical early |  | Hazen, Robert M., Hystad, Grethe, Golden, Joshua J., Hummer, Daniel R., Liu, Chao, Downs, Robert T., Morrison, Shaunna M., Ralph, Jolyon, Grew, Edward S. (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology. American Mineralogist, 102 (1) 108-116 doi:10.2138/am-2017-5798 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposit age Locality No. Co minerals 1. Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, 22 (1,3,5,6,11,13,15,20,22; 28,30...32,33,35,36,44,45,53,60,61,63,64) 2. Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 21 (4,6,20,22; 28...40, 44,45,53,54,59,60,61,62,63,64) 3. JĆ”chymov District, Karlovy Vary, 18 (1,5,6,11,15,20,21,22; 28,29...Republic of Congo 6. Cobalt area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada 12 (1,5,6,7,11,14,20,21,22; 31...11 (1,3,6,11,15,20,21,22; 28,29,44) 11. Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece 9 (20; 27,28,29,33 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralizaā tion at Sheba Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Lucas Pintos Cerda, Caitlin Jones...mineralization at Sheba Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi:...mineralization at Sheba Mine, 4 Barberton Greenstone Belt, South 5 Africa. 6 Lucas Pintos Cerda1*, Caitlin...Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 10 11 *Corresponding author: E-mail address:...from Sheba gold mine in the 17 Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa indicate that gold mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | abundances of the 3.5 Ga Schapenburg komatiites, South Africa: Hydrous melting or prolonged survival of primordial...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa CNRS-UMR 6118, GĆ©osciences Rennes, UniversitĆ©...from the Schapenburg Greenstone Remnant (SGR), South Africa, an equivalent to the lowermost formations of...of the Onverwacht Group in the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB). The ReāOs isotopic data for 13 whole-rock...Greenstone Remnant (SGR) in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, which has been proposed to be equivalent to |  | Shu, Qiao, Brey, Gerhard P., Pearson, D. Graham, Liu, Jingao, Gibson, Sally A., Becker, Harry (2019) The evolution of the Kaapvaal craton: A multi-isotopic perspective from lithospheric peridotites from Finsch diamond mine. Precambrian Research, 331. 105380 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105380 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crust formation in the Kaapvaal craton of southern Africa occurred at ca. 3.6-3.7 Ga, and is represented...represented by gneiss complexes in the Swaziland-Barberton area (e.g. Compston and Kroener, 1988; Poujol et al....Fe content of 32 wt% obtained on average for pentlandite by EMPA. The Iolite software was used for data...original primary sulfides and consist now mainly of pentlandite and magnetite with rare small copper sulfides...(red circles in Fig. S3). The 32 wt% Fe from pentlandite used as internal standard is probably a minimum |  | | Book (edition) | | Southern Africa a Collectorās Guide ā Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & ā - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collectorās Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...suggestions and advice. Authorās Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first...usually helpful and will know it there are any local gem clubs and how to get in touch with them. There |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4-65 ppb) by Moiseenkoet al. (1971), and from South Africa (10-20 ppb) by Vilioen et al. (1969). A preferredassociation...iron-formationcollectedfrom the Archean greenstone belts of South Africa. Researchon the goldcontentsof mineralsindicates...and chemical sediments) B Belingwe Belt A Barberton Mountain Land p Pieteraburg /i-.ā¢ā¢0 Belt ...Dyke ā¢ Witwaterarand Basin ..... BOTSWANA AFRICA _._ .... ./ PRETORIA t ,.'ā¢ Pongola Group ā¢iā¢...extrusivekomatiitic and basaltic lavas in the Barberton Mountain Land. There was no gold producedin the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | F. FOUCHER 297 CHERTS OF THE BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA: PETROLOGY AND TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa e-mail: ahofmann@uj.ac.za R. BOLHAR Department...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa School of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland...foucher@cnrs-orleans.fr Ā© 2013 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT A suite of green and carbonaceous...stratigraphic levels of the Onverwacht Group of the Barberton greenstone belt, from the top of the ~3.48 Ga |  | Maier, W. D., Gomwe, T., Barnes, S.- J., Li, C., Theart, H. (2004) Platinum Group Elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology, 99 (3) 499-516 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.3.0499 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Platinum Group Elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa W. D. MAIER,ā T. GOMWE, Centre for Research...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...Anglovaal Mining Ltd. (Avmin), which is currently South Africaās only primary Ni producer. The Uitkomst...(mainly chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, with minor pentlandite). The sulfides tend to be concentrated toward |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from komatiites and basalts in the Suomussalmi district in Finland; by Manhbs et al. (1980) in layered...correct ages for basalts from the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa and komatiites from Munro Township...greenstone belts. Samples come from the Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa), the Belingwe Belt (Zimbabwe)...[ 6 ] Africa: Komati Fm. Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Mundt's Concession Barberton Intrusion...Intrusion Greenstone Belt, South Africa Belingwe Reliance Fro., Belingwe Belt, Zimbabwe Canada: komatiite+basalt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | characterized by cubanite that exceeds 20 percent in local abundance, it still does not typically occur in...Henderson No. 2 mine in the Chibougamau mining district, Quebec, Canada, made an appearance on the collector...canogenic, massive sulfide deposits and pyrrhotite-pentlandite Cu-Ni ores in which it commonly occurs as oriented...cupriferous pyrrhotite deposits of the Great Gossan lead district, Carroll and Grayson Counties, Virginia, contain...other mines of the nowdefunct Ducktown mining district, Tennessee. Cubanite was a minor constituent of |  | | Report (issue) | | secondary mineral; in mantle xenoliths. Association: Pentlandite, chalcopyrite, violarite, cubanite, millerite...the Amianthus mine, Kaapsche Hoop, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. From the Ban Phuc deposit, Vietnam...Vietnam. In the Otoigawa district, Niigata Prefecture; from the Kamuikotan zone and the Horoman peridotite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | illustrating the nature of Archean volcanismin southern Africa and elsewhereare made available for purposesof...mineralization. The Archean mineralization of southern Africa is briefly compared and contrasted with that of...the easternpart southern Africa. of Botswana, the northeasternsegment of South The purposes of this paperare...paperare, briefly,to consider Africa, and Rhodesia,the shield consistsof two crathe nature and distribution...26 SUTHERLAND 27 RETERSBURG 28 MURCHISON 29 BARBERTON 30 MULDERSDRIF 31 AMALIA ā¢ 50 1.00 km LEGEND |
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