 | | 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 |  | 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...cooperite, braggite, isomertieite or mertieite I, stibiopalladinite or mertieite II, and RuâOsâIrâPt alloy. Polyphase...placer, Maandagshoek, eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. SOMMAIRE Lors de nos campagnes de terrain...cooperite, braggite, isomertieĂŻte or mertieĂŻte I, stibiopalladinite or mertieĂŻte II, et un alliage Ă RuâOsâIrâPt...Merensky Reef, on the farm Maandagshoek, close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld (Figs. 1, 2). Some of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Platinum-group minerals of concentrates from the Driekop platinum pipe, Eastern Bushveld Complex â Tribute...concentrates originating from the Driekop platinum mine, South Africa, collected and first described by...by E. F. Stumpfl (1961), were investigated. Driekop is one of several zoned dunite pipes crosscutting...in the Bushveld Complex. The concentrates from Driekop contain single and polyphase grains, 5 to 500 ”m...and minor Rh â Ir â Pt â Ru sulpharsenides, stibiopalladinite, moncheite, ruthenium, osmium, and laurite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1975 Platinum Mineralogy of the Driekop Mine, South Africa M. TARKIAN and E. F. STUMPFL* Hamburg...investigation of concentrates from the Driekop platinum mine, South Africa, has resulted in significant additions...but copper-bearing stibiopalladinite, PtSb is actually (Pt, Pd)aSb2. The Driekop platinum group minerals...pipes. Introduction Platinum Mineralization at Driekop, Eastern Transvaal, occurs in a pipe-like body...of the critical zone of the Bushveld Complex. The mine is now dormant: it was in operation until 1961. |  | | Report (issue) | | (3) 44.48 98.4 100.00 55.52 (1) Driekop mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds...corresponds to Pt1.00 Sb1.84 . (2) Onverwacht mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Pt1.00...PtâFeâNiâCu deposits in ultramafic rocks (Driekop mine, South Africa). Association: Platinum, gold, hollingworthite...hollingworthite, sperrylite, stibiopalladinite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite (Driekop mine, South Africa); vozhminite, heazlewoodite...Distribution: In South Africa, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, Transvaal, in the Driekop [TL] and Onverwacht |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AmericanMineralogist, Volume61, pages1249-1254,1976 Stibiopalladinite from the typelocalityr Lours J. Cesnl e,NoTzor...1970). The X-ray powder diffraction data for stibiopalladinite (Berry and Thompson, 1962;Genkin, 1968) havenot...Noril'skand(Pd,Cu)r*,(Sb, As) from Ingali,U.S.S.R. district,Northern Transvaal,SouthAfrica, the localSuccessfulsynthesisof...heavy-mineralconcentratecontaininggrainsof stibiopalladinite,braggite, cooperite, and mertieite II of approximately...stibiopalvery ments in the mineral are ladinite from the Driekop mine, SouthAfrica, which (Boyd l; Pd,0-l; Sb, homogeneity |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platinum concentrates from the Driekop mine, Transvaal, South Africa. Conventional ore microscopy also...the Driekop mine, Transvaal, South Africa, which the author collected during a visit to the mine in 1957...approximate. Geological environment. The Driekop platinum mine is situated in the norites of the critical...remarkable that the occurrence of platinum pipes (Driekop, Onverwacht, Mooihoek) in this part of the Bushveld...dealing with the petrography of the rocks in the Driekop area, failed to establish any relationship between |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ULTRAMAFIC PIPES, EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FEDERICA ZACCARINI§ Via B. Ramazzini 15, I-41100...University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, South Africa ABSTRACT The ultramafic pipes of Onverwacht...the eastern part of the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa, contain small xenoliths of chromitite that...ultramafic pipes, Bushveld Complex, Republic of South Africa. SOMMAIRE Les pipes ultramafiques de Onverwacht...The Merensky Reef in the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa, was discovered at about the same time (1924) |  | | Report (issue) | | Stibiopalladinite Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 6/m 2/m 2/m, 6mm, or 6m2. to thick tabular crystals...= 12 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tweefontein Farm, South Africa. 2.236 (100), 2.194 (100),1.279 (50),1.228 (50)...100.9 100.00 Total 100.5 (1) Tweefontein Farm, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Pd4...Alaska. In Transvaal, South Africa, from Tweefontein Farm, Potgietersrust district, and from the Elephant...Winze, near Rietfontein; at the Onverwacht and Driekop mines. From the Department of Choco, Cauca, Colombia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA T. OBERTHĂR Bundesanstalt fĂŒr Geowissenschaften...ac.at © 2014 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The present work provides an initial...sperrylite (33%), cooperite/braggite (11%), and stibiopalladinite (2%). This PGM assemblage distinctly contrasts...sperrylite (14%), and many rarer PGM including stibiopalladinite, hollingworthite, laurite, PGE arsenides and...platinum deposits of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. The initial major discovery of platinum in |  | OberthĂŒr, Thomas, Melcher, Frank, Fusswinkel, Tobias, van den Kerkhof, Alfons M., Sosa, Graciela M. (2018) The hydrothermal Waterberg platinum deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa. Part 1: Geochemistry and ore mineralogy. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 725-749 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.073 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Platinum Deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa â Part 1 â Geochemistry and ore mineralogy Thomas...Naboomspruit) in the Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Fig. 1). The deposit was discovered...âplatinumâ in economically feasible quantities in South Africa (Wagner and Trevor, 1923; Wagner, 1929). However...2005) after a few months of production only, and the mine was closed in 1926. McDonald and Tredoux (2005)...of ongoing studies on platinum ores of southern Africa, a set of samples was collected on site and further |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 0961-0128/82/75/1492-7$2.50 The detailed geologyof the Driekop dunRe pipe and surroundingarea hasbeen adequatelydescribed...lower criticalzone.Accordingto Sehiffries(1982)the Driekop dunitcpipe wasalsoformedby replacement;the cou...locallysplittingthe chromitite. 1452 INFLUENCE OF DRIEKOP Materials Studied and Methods Employed Materials...boreholesV4, DC5, DC6, DC7, and DC8 drilled on the farm Driekop DISTANCEFROM DRIEKOPPIPE [m)- The mineralogictechniquesutilized...these 1. 14:3:3 BOREHOLE NO- boreholesand the Driekop pipe are shownin Figure PIPE Approximate State |  | | 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) | | is close to the platiniferous dunite pipes of Driekop, Mooihoek and Onverwacht. In this study, the chemical...contributions of PGM from the Mooihoek, Onverwacht and Driekop pipes, with abundant PtâFe alloys. For example...UGâ2 are much smaller, commonly <10â30 mm. In the Driekop pipe, PtâFe alloy grains make up 50 vol.% of the...%, and the remaining 5 vol.% consists of stibiopalladinite, cooperite, laurite, stumpflÂite, braggite...alloys, platarsite, genkinite, sperrylite, stibiopalladinite, rutharsenite, and mertieite II from the Onverwacht |  | | Report (issue) | | 112(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tweefontein Farm, South Africa. 2.236 (100), 2.194 (100), 1.279 (50), 1.228...100.5 100.9 100.00 (1) Tweefontein Farm, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Pd4...Distribution: In Transvaal, South Africa, from Tweefontein Farm, Potgietersrus district [TL], and from the Elephant...and Driekop mines, all on the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex. In Russia, from the Morozova mine, Norilâsk...of ChocoÌ, Cauca, Colombia. At Kambalda, 56 km south of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. From the Santo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | differentiatingthe oresin the vicinity (north and south) of the PilansbergAlkaline Complexfrom thoseof the...UG-2 layer. The region around the dunite pipe at Driekop (Peyerl,in press)is in effect a microcosmof riched...within thesetwo mineralizedlayersis in fact one of Driekop will be discussedbelow in relation to the the majorfeaturesof...Stannopalladinite? Pd-Sn Froodite? PdBi2 Stibiopalladinite? Pd-Sb Pd-TI Pd-Cu ? ? 2.0 Pt-Pd-Sn Pd-Pb...E. D. KINLOCH TABI.E9. UG-2 Chromitite Layer, Driekop, Hackney, Thorncliffe (EasternTransvaal) Volume |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy...bindheimite, 664 Geevor mine, Pendeen, St. Just-inPenwith: uraninite, 654 Levant mine, St. Just-in-Penwith: |  | | Report (issue) | | 790(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Onverwacht mine, South Africa; all reflections broad. 1.746 (100), 2.896...7 Total 99.98 100.2 98.9 (1) Onverwacht mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...)ÎŁ=0.98 As1.15 S0.86 . (3) Western Platinum mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...and ophiolites; in placers. Association: Stibiopalladinite, ruthenarsenite, mertieite-II, genkinite,...chromite. Distribution: From the Onverwacht [TL], Driekop, Union, and Western Platinum mines, in the Merensky |  | | Report (issue) | | 161(2) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Onverwacht mine, South Africa. 2.265 (100), 3.020 (90), 1.934 (60), 1.910...38.96 Total 100.64 99.47 (1) Onverwacht mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pt2...ruthenarsenite, stibiopalladinite, mertieite-II, PtâFe alloy, chromite (Onverwacht mine, South Africa); osmium...(Shetland Islands, Scotland). Distribution: In South Africa, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, Transvaal...Transvaal, at the Onverwacht [TL] and Driekop mines. From the Joubdo stream, Birbir River, Ethiopia. On |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Platinum-Group Minerals in the Merensky Reef and in the Driekop Pipe Atok, Mineral Platinum-iron alloy (Pt, Fe)...platinum* Transvaal** and the silicates are common." Driekop*** 6.4 2 50 50.3 2 30 -- Hollingworthite...alloy, 25 Laurite Stumpflite Pt (Sb, Bi) Stibiopalladinite faces. These variouslines of evidenceclearlypoint |  | Mekhonoshin, A. S., Tolstykh, N. D., Podlipsky, M. Yu., Kolotilina, T. B., Vishnevsky, A. V., Benedyuk, Yu. P. (2013) PGE mineralization of dunite-wehrlite massifs at the Gutara-Uda interfluve, Eastern Sayan. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55 (3) 162-175 doi:10.1134/s1075701513030021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (PdBi), kotulskite (PdTe), geversite (PtSb2), stibiopalladinite (Pd5Sb2), mertieite II (Pd8Sb3), PtâFeâNi... Vol. 55 No. 3 2013 muthic analogs of stibiopalladinite and mertieite II: Pd5Bi2 and Pd8Bi3, respectively...deposit (Tolstykh and Podlipsky, 2010) and the Driekop dunite pipe (Tarkian and Stumpfl, 1975). 168...(PdBi); (14, 15) kotulskite (PdTe); (16) stibiopalladinite (Pd 5 + xSb2 â x); (18) mer tieite II (Pd8Sb3);...Pd8Bi3 compounds, which are Bi counterparts of stibiopalladinite and mertieite II, have not been mentioned |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the resultsof the author'sinvestigations of the Driekop, Transvaal,dunitepipe (10). The mostdetailedaccountof...platinummineralsare widespread in the Merenskyreef rocksand in the mine concentrates, and it now seemsimprobable,therefore... the occurrence of sperrylite,native Pt, stibiopalladinite and of the recentlydiscovered new mineralsfroodite...locatedwithin the latticesof Fe-Nisulfides. In the Frood mine,from whichmostof the productionof Pt in the Sudburyregionis...Pt-metalsin the chalcopyriteorebodyat the Frood mine. Again, in the Norilsk ores there is no indicationthat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. A. HOLWELL1, I. MCDONALD1...K EY WORDS : PGM, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Sandsloot mine, Platreef, Pt, Pd, base-metal sulphides...sulphides. Introduction THE Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the largest layered igneous intrusion in...Anglo Platinum, at the Sandsloot and Zwartfontein South pits ~30 km northwest of the town of Mokopane (formerly...the RLS. The geology of the Platreef at Sandsloot Mine has been described by Harris and Chaumba (2001) |  | Auge, T., Salpeteur, I., Bailly, L., Mukherjee, M. M., Patra, R. N. (2002) MAGMATIC AND HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS AND BASE-METAL SULFIDES IN THE BAULA COMPLEX, INDIA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (2) 277-309 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.2.277 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ultramafic intrusive bodies clustered near the central-south margin of the craton, one of which (Sukinda) is...time between the Eastern Ghats Mountains to the south and the Archean Singhbhum nucleus to the north....established because of the lack of exposure. To the south, the Baula Complex is cut by the coarse-grained...two basal layers of chromitite disappear. In the south, in the Bangur sector, the chromitite layers are... such as amphiboles and micas, and also by the local transformation of chromite into ferrian chromite |
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