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Sperrylite from
Central Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sperrylite
Formula:PtAs2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sperrylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Central Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752148
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752148:5
GUID (UUID V4):5824564f-d34f-49bb-b077-cb70548c4edb
References
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variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Malte Junge 1,2,3 & Thomas Oberthßr 1 & Dennis...oxidized and pristine Platreef ore from the Mogalakwena mine were studied. Further, sulfides and platinum-group...Nonnenwerth were compared to those of the Mogalakwena mine (Overysel, Sandsloot). In the pristine ore...Pd)-bismuthotellurides, cooperite-braggite, and sperrylite. Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and laser...128 Western Service Road Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa 8 Institut fßr Geologie und Paläontologie
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Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, Far Northern Bushveld Complex: implication...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 2. CIMERA the NRF/DST Centre of Excellence...Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa * E-mail: marina.yudovskaya@wits.ac.za ABSTRACT...mineralogical data on PGE mineralisation of the Waterberg project, in a previously unknown segment of the...Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. The lower ultramafic F zone is dominated by sperrylite (up to 82 area %)
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sulphides from the Platreef, Mogalakwena Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex, South Africa R. Klemd and T. Herderich... Johannesburg, PO Box 106 Crown Mines, 2025 South Africa e-mail: robertschouwstra5@gmail.com J. Roberts...2025 South Africa e-mail: jacques.r@telkomsa.net © 2016 December Geological Society of South Africa Abstract...Overysel and Sandsloot localities of the Mogalakwena Platinum Mine. These localities access the Platreef...the mass balance calculations for Pt and by the SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 2016 • VOLUME 119.4 PAGE
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into Placers: Case Studies Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas Oberthür Bundesanstalt...weathering cycle in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were...and Rh are hosted in pentlandite. Pt–Fe alloys, sperrylite, and most PGE-sulfides survive the weathering...REVIEW 2 of 27 further modification, whereas sperrylite largely remains a stable phase, and grains of...PGM and Archean age (e.g., Bushveld Complex, South Africa; the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; the Stillwater grains
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University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Petrography...Exploration & Geology, Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa * Corresponding author email: marina...analyzed laurite (RuS2), hollingworthite (RhAsS), sperrylite (PtAs2) and Pt-Fe alloys from the Merensky Reef...laurite is 0.1751 Âą0.0004 whereas the ratios for sperrylite and hollingworthite range to slightly higher...sulfides (BMS), laurite inclusions in chromite and sperrylite rims around sulfide-silicate aggregates, are
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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...share of global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean...group elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex; Great Dyke 1. Introduction...deposits are located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, in the Noril’sk–Talnakh field in Russia, in
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Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...(Pd(BiTe), 17 %), isoferroplatinum (Pt3Fe, 15 %), sperrylite (PtAs2, 11 %), cooperite (PtS, 5 %), moncheite...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055–2060 Ma Bushveld Complex in South Africa...Project is located on the Platreef within the Central Sector of the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex...approximately 25 km north-west of the town of Mokopane (Fig. 1; Van der Merwe 1976; White 1994; Eales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the lower mineralized Zone of the Waterberg Project, South Africa T ⁎ Florian M. Huthmanna, , Marina...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy...mineralization The Waterberg deposit is located north of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa...succession. The Waterberg Project is located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. This position...that the mafic to ultramafic succession of the Waterberg Project does not represent a simple marginal extension
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Economic Geology, v. 112, pp. 1367–1394 The Waterberg Platinum Group Element Deposit: Atypical Mineralization...Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Judith A Kinnaird,1,2,† Marina Yudovskaya,1...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 2 Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 3 Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...osite sequence, and an Upper zone. Overlying Waterberg red beds were deposited between ~2.05 and ~1.93
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Clinopyroxenite from the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa Reiner Klemd 1 , Andreas Beinlich 2, * , Matti...Engineering, University of Cape Town; Rondebosch 7103, South Africa; robertschouwstra5@gmail.com Department of Geology...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa Correspondence: andreas.beinlich@uib.no Received:...the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, hosts platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization...whereas magmatic δ34 S values suggest the absence of local crustal contamination during emplacement. This is
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Abstract The northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa contains a number of occurrences of platinum-group...magmatic deposits, with Pt and Pd tellurides and sperrylite, are present in the ‘reefstyle’ package, whereas...Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK local country rock sediments of the Transvaal Supergroup...occurrences in the Main Zone at the Aurora and Waterberg projects, although the stratigraphic position... Introduction The 2.06-Ga Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Fig. 1) is the world’s largest layered intrusion
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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...opportunity for PGE mineralisation higher up in the local magmatic stratigraphy, AC or in later magma emplacement...typically occurs as stratiform reefs in the lower to central portions of an intrusive body, following some degree...Rustenburg Layered Suite has been described at the Waterberg project (Huthmann et al., 2018; Kinnaird et al
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by an ultramafic cumulate that sits within the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB). The CLGB stratigraphy...Broughton Ivanplats Ltd, 82 Maude St, Sandton 2146, South Africa Ivanplats Ltd’s Platreef project is located...inclusions in other PGM. The most common PGM are sperrylite PtAs2, isoferroplatinum Pt3Fe, cooperite PtS...Suite 201, Private Bag X30500, Houghton, 2041, South Africa (rmontjoie@ umbono.co.za) 2 MSA Group Services...Services, PO Box 81356, Parkhurst, 2120, South Africa Introduction: Village Main Reef’s Lesego Platinum Project
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The Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa – Part 1 – Geochemistry...*Email: mut.oberthuer@yahoo.de Abstract The Waterberg Platinum deposit is an extraordinary example of...opaque mineral and the lack of sulfides. The “Waterberg type” mineralization is characterized by unique...presently still active. 2 Keywords: Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Bushveld Complex, platinum-group...Introduction The historic Waterberg Platinum deposit – not related to the current "Waterberg Project" exploration
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Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy, Petrography...Exploration & Geology, Ivanplats (Pty.) Ltd., Mokopane, South Africa 4 Department 5 Sciences of Earth Science...the Paleoproterozoic Transvaal Supergroup from south to north, eventually resting upon Archean granite-gneisses...of the studied UMT314 borehole is indicated. Waterberg sequence is shown after Huthmann et al. (2016)...by Transvaal contact-metamorphosed rocks to the south of Sandsloot, or by granofels, which are products
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proportions of individual PGE within a deposit or a district. processes are also known but these are of relative...a molecule, ion, or atom that is bonded to the central metal atom of a coordination compound. Mafic: composed...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , ...• • 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
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private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...Building Maps Dealer Directory Sparkling Rarity - Sperrylite By Ivo SzegÊny Fluorites from Strzegom, Poland...Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Member may be specifically a source for the nearby Waterberg hydrothermal Pt deposit. Furthermore, this study...(Capistrant et al., 2015), the Waterberg hydrothermal Pt deposit in northern South Africa (McDonald et al., 1995)...occurrences in the northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Smith et al., 2011, 2014), the Lac Des Iles...in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and is made up of a thick (400–800 m) package...assemblages: • Style 1 (‘primary’): dominated by sperrylite (PtAs ) and the Pdbismuthotelluride, michenerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa D. Hutchinson and Judith A. Kinnaird In the...for the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in Platreef, South Africa 1 Map showing the location of the drill cores...variations in dip and dip-direction controlled by the local footwall geometry. On Macalacaskop, Turfspruit and...Zone dips from 20° to almost 60° close to surface. Local changes in dip-direction are most noticeable at...north of Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus). These are separated by shale interlayers with a local footwall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 molal HCl at 400 °C, 80 MPa, and of PtAs2 (sperrylite) and Pt metal in 1 and 6.86 molal HCl at 500...footwall-type deposits in the Sudbury District and the growth of large sperrylite crystals are likely related to...mineralization are well known, e.g. at the Cobalt District, Canada (Marshall and Watkinson, 2000), Kongsberg...such as the Co-Ni-As-Au-Ag mines in the Bou Azzer District, Morocco (Ahmed et al., 2009), the Ni-S mineralization...several localities in the Kupferschiefer area in Central Europe (Vaughan et al., 1989) or sandstone-hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dispersed bornite with chalcopyrite exsolution and local traces of chalcocite and covellite related to fluid...Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 2 Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg...2006, South Africa 3 Palabora Mining Company Limited, 1 Copper Road, Phalaborwa 1389, South Africa Despite...area of about ~ 18 km2 and is elongated in a north-south direction (Fig. 1). It was originally emplaced as...granites and gneisses of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa (Wu et al. 2011). Previous studies aimed at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Marina YUDOVSKAYA§ School...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...variably mineralized in PGE, Ni and Cu. In the Central Platreef, the zone with the highest exploitable
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Flotation of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) in South Africa and Russia Cyril O’Connor 1, * and Tatiana Alexandrova...Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa Department of Minerals Processing, St Petersburg...cyril.oconnor@uct.ac.za Abstract: Russia and South Africa are the world’s leading producers of platinum...ulphide oxide formations. Keywords: Russia; South Africa; PGMs; geology; mineralogy; flotation Alexandrova...Flotation of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) in South Africa and Russia. Minerals 2021, 11, 54. https://doi
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accompanied by As-bearing platinum group minerals (PGM) sperrylite (PtAs2), and irarsite ([RhIrPt]AsS). These As-bearing...As-bearing PGM are extremely rare in the central zone of the intrusion, suggesting that As has been introduced...been divided into three zones for mining purposes—central, southern, and northern (Fig. 2). The platinum...mineralogy of 21 samples from two boreholes in the central zone of the intrusion has been documented by Knight...northern and southern zones as well as those from the central zone studied by Knight et al. (2011). These combined
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Platreef: northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Received: 17 June 2004 / Accepted: 9 August...Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Platreef, the putative local analogue of the Merensky Reef, forms the floor to... University of the Witwatersrand, Wits2050, South Africa E-mail: kinnairdj@geosciences.wits.ac.za L....Nickel and Platinum Ltd, 2 First Avenue, Mokopane 0600, South Africa are typically quartzites and hornfelsed...from <50 m in the north to 400 m locally in the south. The outcrop generally strikes NNW and dips 40–45
 
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