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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:705354
Long-form Identifier:1:3:705354:2
GUID (UUID V4):3494dbe7-50ae-409d-9285-dbf60f3b1e4a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
43.3km (26.9 miles) ā“˜Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
46.3km (28.7 miles) ā“˜New Consort Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
48.4km (30.1 miles) ā“˜Fairview Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
55.9km (34.8 miles) ā“˜Bon Accord Ni deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
75.9km (47.2 miles) ā“˜Bien Venue deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
88.0km (54.7 miles) ā“˜Booysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.2km (59.8 miles) ā“˜Helena Chrome Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
97.3km (60.5 miles) ā“˜M'hlati prospect, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1025ā€“1037 The Mineralogy and Crystallography of Pyrrhotite from Selected Nickel and PGE Ore Deposits MEGAN...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...Australia Abstract The nonstoichiometric sulfide pyrrhotite (Fe(1ā€“x)S) common to many ore deposits occurs...mineralogy of pyrrhotite derived from several different nickel and PGE ore deposits in South Africa, Botswana
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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...Mineral grains are preferentially associated with pyrrhotite and generally located along grain boundaries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evaluation of Chromite at the Nkomati Nickel Mine, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,ā€ ...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...different chromite-bearing ore types at the Nkomati nickel mine was undertaken, with focus on chromite. Chromite...a by-product of the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE ore at Nkomati Nickel mine. These being the PCMZ_MG (medium-grade Ni-Cu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa Thomas Dzvinamurungu 1,2 , Derek Hugh...the Pentlandite-Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa. Minerals 2022, 12, 649. https:// doi...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...mineralogy and texture of Ni-sulfide ores at the Nkomati nickel mine are highly variable, and this results in
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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-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...Africaā€™s largest Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposits, Nkomati. The sulphide ore occurs in the form of massive lenses in the...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
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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
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)
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...The Uitkomst Complex is a satellite intrusion of the Bushveld Complex and contains the only mine currently...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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...deposits able to be considered for mining if the run-of-mine (ROM) feed grade can be upgraded to an acceptable...of DMS [5,6]. Low-grade ores commonly display complex mineralogy in terms of mineral composition and
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born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...special talents, I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein. ā€ƒā€ƒ When I was a postgraduate student...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solutionā€”it has to be implemented...Bushveld chromiteā€“platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickelā€“copper, Canada, and a few new
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Cape Town, 6 Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa 7 2. Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa 8 *Corresponding author: megan.becker@uct.ac.za 9...magmatic nickel sulfide ore from the Nkomati nickel mine in South Africa (Li et al., 2002; Gauert et 80 ...of 117 local variation in an image. A high contrast measure means a degree of high local variation...Mineralised Zone (MMZ) from the Nkomati Ni-sulfide deposit in South Africa. The samples are 131 gabbros
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, the Platreef in the Bushveld Complex (South Africa) has aspects of both of these end members...best-known example is the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1C). This exceptional layer is commonly only...intrusions. An example is the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex (McDonald and Holwell 2011). Sulfide-rich deposits...peridotite Gabbro, dolerite Chr EE. ā€œNorilā€™sk (Nkomati) Typeā€ chonolith/elongate sill D MelN Olivine...of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Igneous Complex (South Africa). Layer of coarse melanorite (MelN) with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
incorporated the concept of self-organization within complex systems (McCuaig and Hronsky, 2014). This contribution...ore-forming processes. This contribution also avoids the complex topic of stratiform PGE-rich disseminated sulphide...sulphide ores such as the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex that have aspects of both Reefs TE and Ni-Cu-PGE...1999, Skufin and Theart, 2005) and the Duluth Complex deposits of the Mid-Continent Rift of the USA (Ripley...the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex and the associated Uitkomst Ni sulphide deposit (Gauert et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, the JM Reef of the Stillwater Complex, Montana, and the Main...For example, the PGE reefs of the giant Bushveld Complex can be laterally correlated over tens of kilometres...sedimentary rocks Fault JM reef of Stillwater Complex; K, Kambalda; MK, MtKeith; MR and UG2, Merensky...Merensky Reef and UG2 chromitite of Bushveld Complex; MSZ, Main Sulfide Zone of Great Dyke; No, Norilā€™sk; Tal... Miner Deposita (2011) 46:841ā€“857 by sulfides (pyrrhotiteā€“pentlanditeā€“chalcopyrite), except in some chromitite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a Case Study from the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) are described. A model for the formation...at BRPM and at other locations in the Bushveld Complex. To achieve this it is necessary to understand...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
represents a ~ 400-m-thick, out-of-sequence sill complex that comprises a ~ 200-m- 10 thick glomeroporphyritic...sulphides are present at the base of the sill complex, whereas disseminated to net- 13 textured sulphides...sulphide, mineral exploration, Canada, 32 sill complex 3 33 1. Introduction 34 The Labrador Trough...mafic-ultramafic lithologies of the Montagnais Sill 38 Complex (MSC; Dimroth, 1978; Skulski et al., 1993). The...glomeroporphyritic basalts belonging to the Willbob (south) and Hellancourt 73 (north) Formations were emplaced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa Derek H. Rose 1 &...the Bushveld Complex is generally limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management that...Rivers platinum mine (TRP), is urgently required in order to extend the life of mine, presented an opportunity...such a study on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. A process mineralogical investigation was undertaken...minerals . Two Rivers Platinum mine Introduction The Bushveld Complex is the worldā€™s largest layered
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gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The pond...in the lower left include the shaft, the mill complex, and offices. Photograph by Michael L. Zientek...Methods......................................N39 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................N42 Mine Closure...........................................sulfide ore exposed in a stope in the Oktyabrā€™sk Mine in the Talnakh area, Russia....................
 
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