 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bi, Sn and Sb during the formation of platinum-group-element reef deposits: examples from the Bushveld...Bi, Sn and Sb during the formation of platinum-group-element reef deposits: examples from the Bushveld...Bi, Sn and Sb during the formation of platinum-group-element reef deposits: examples from the Bushveld... G7H 2B1, Canada Abstract The distribution of platinum-group element (PGE) and Te, As, Bi, Sb and Sn...reported. The samples are from: the Merensky Reef (Bushveld), the J-M Reef (Stillwater), Picket Pin deposit |  | Yudovskaya, M. A., Kinnaird, J. A., Udachina, L. V., Distler, V. V., Kuz’min, D. V. (2014) Role of magmatic and fluid concentrating in formation of platinum mineralization in the Lower Zone and Platreef as follows from composition of phlogopite, cumulus silicates, and sulfide melt, the northern limb of Bushveld Complex. Geology of Ore Deposits, 56 (6) 451-478 doi:10.1134/s1075701514060063 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Magmatic and Fluid Concentrating in Formation of Platinum Mineralization in the Lower Zone and Platreef...Platreef As Follows from Composition of Phlogopite, Cumulus Silicates, and Sulfide Melt, the Northern Limb of...the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa c Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy...units—reefs—throughout the section. The main reef can be correlated with the Merensky Reef. The objective of this study...in rock. In contrast, Ni partitioning between phlogopite and sulfide melt does not provide evidence in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAPER The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum group elements and gold in the Platreef at Zwartfontein...Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Frits van der Merwe & Fanus Viljoen & Mike Knoper...Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract The mineralogy of the platinum-group elements (PGE), and gold, in the Platreef...two boreholes, for the in-situ examination of platinum group minerals (PGM). PGM and gold minerals encountered...2006, South Africa e-mail: fanusv@uj.ac.za Introduction The 2055–2060 Ma Bushveld Complex in South Africa |  | Barkov, A. Y., Martin, R. F., Kaukonen, R. J., Alapieti, T. T. (2001) THE OCCURRENCE OF Pb Cl (OH) AND Pt Sn S COMPOUNDS IN THE MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD LAYERED COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (5) 1397-1403 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.5.1397 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pt–Sn–S COMPOUNDS IN THE MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD LAYERED COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA ANDREI Y. BARKOV§ AND ROBERT...in chalcopyrite, in a spatial association with platinum-group minerals, in a sulfide-poor (≤5 vol.% of...enstatite orthocumulate of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld layered complex, South Africa. This seems to be the first...compound in mafic-ultramafic rocks. The associated platinum-group minerals are members of the braggite series...Keywords: Cl-rich phase, platinum-group minerals, stannosulfide of Pt, Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex, mafic-ultramafic |  | Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., Grobler, Danie F., Costin, Gelu, Abramova, Vera D., Dunnett, Tim, Barnes, Sarah-Jane (2017) Zonation of Merensky-Style Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in Turfspruit Thick Reef Facies (Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex)*. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1333-1365 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4512 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zonation of Merensky-Style Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in Turfspruit Thick Reef Facies (Northern...Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy, Petrography...& Geology, Ivanplats (Pty.) Ltd., Mokopane, South Africa 4 Department 5 Sciences of Earth Science,...Platreef structure updip although the high-grade platinum-group element (PGE) reefs, located close to the...Main zone, are much thicker than any known Merensky reef facies. A key feature that marks the conversion |  | Smith, William, Maier, Wolfgang, Barnes, Stephen, Moorhead, Gareth, Reid, David, Karykowski, Bartosz (2021) Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex. Geoscience Frontiers, 12 (3) 101101pp. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2020.11.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Journal Pre-proof Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex W.D. Smith, W.D. Maier,...Maier, S.J. Barnes, et al., Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, (2020), https://doi...Elsevier. Journal Pre-proof Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex W.D. Smitha,*, W.D....Victoria, Australia d University of Cape Town, South Africa e Fugro Germany Land GmbH, 12555 Berlin, Germany...author: smithwd1@cardiff.ac.uk Abstract ro The Merensky Reef hosts one of the largest PGE resources globally |  | Armitage, P. E. B., McDonald, I., Edwards, S. J., Manby, G. M. (2002) Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa. Applied Earth Science, 111 (1) 36-45 doi:10.1179/aes.2002.111.1.36 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus...Potgietersrus District, South Africa Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 06:43 15 March 2016...Edwards and G. M. Manby Synopsis The Platreef is a platinum-group element (PGE) deposit in the form of a mafic–ultramafic...limb of the 2050 m.y. Bushveld Igneous Complex. The reef transgresses sedimentary floor rocks (footwall)...granite basement. The roof rocks (hangingwall) of the reef are PGE-free Main Zone gabbronorites of the Rustenburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bodies Roger N. Scoon PO Box 2461, Rivonia 2128, South Africa e-mail: rnscoon@iafrica.com Andrew A. Mitchell...4000, South Africa e-mail: mitchell@pixie.udw.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...discovery of the Mooihoek pipe by Hans Merensky and his Lydenburg Platinum Syndicate on 15th August 1924, the...the first occurrence of economic platinum mineralization to be located in the Bushveld Complex, is recounted...and Onverwacht pipes, which are among the oldest platinum mines in the World, and review the comprehensive |  | Li, Chusi, Ripley, Edward M., Sarkar, Arindam, Shin, Dongbok, Maier, Wolfgang D. (2005) Origin of phlogopite-orthopyroxene inclusions in chromites from the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 150 (1) 119-130 doi:10.1007/s00410-005-0013-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maier Origin of phlogopite-orthopyroxene inclusions in chromites from the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld...Bushveld Complex, South Africa Received: 22 March 2005 / Accepted: 6 June 2005 / Published online: 12 July...sizes in a chromitite seam at the base of the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex on the farm Vlakfontein...and not amalgamations of multiple grains. Na-phlogopite and orthopyroxene are most abundant in the inclusions...inclusions. Edenitic hornblende, K-phlogopite, oligoclase and quartz are less abundant. Cl-rich apatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SIMILARITIES WITH REPLACED MERENSKY REEF AT THE AMANDELBULT MINE, SOUTH AFRICA R.N. SCOON Department of...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa e-mail: rnscoon@iafrica.com A.A. MITCHELL School...4000, South Africa e-mail: mitchaa@mweb.co.za © 2011 March Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...in the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, differ sufficiently from one another to warrant...the first discovery of economic platinum mineralization in South Africa. The pipe crosscuts a sequence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pyroxenite–Anorthosite (GNPA) member, south of Mokopane, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa J. W. Smith*1, D. A....located in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, south of the town of Mokopane. On the farm Rooipoort it...Transvaal Supergroup sediments, whereas further south on the farm Grasvally it overlies Lower Zone rocks...(LGN) and the Mottled Anorthosite Unit (MANO). Platinum-group element (PGE) mineralisation is closely...Bushveld Complex, Northern limb, GNPA member, Platinum-group elements, Base metal sulphides, Low temperature |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 9 Springer-Verlagt991 Petrogenesis of the Merensky Reef in the Rustenburg section of the Bushveld Complex...1990 Abstract. A petrogenetic model for the Merensky Reef in the Rustenburg section of the Bushveld Complex...electron microprobe data. The model maintains that the reef formed by reaction of hydrous melt and a partially...feldspathic pyroxenite, there is a continuous range of reef lithology from pyroxenite to pegmatoidal harzburgite...in the same sequence as that at the base of the reef. (4) Chromite in seams adjacent to plagioclase-rich |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASSESSMENT OF PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMITITE STRINGERS IN THE MERENSKY REEF OF THE EASTERN...EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Derek ROSE, Fanus VILJOEN§, Mike KNOPER and Hariharan RAJESH Department...524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa Abstract The minerals of the platinum-group elements (PGM) and...host minerals from the Merensky Reef at the Two Rivers platinum mine, South Africa, were investigated using...from 12 boreholes drilled into a variety of Merensky Reef facies types. Primary minerals associated with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1986 Sulfide and platinum mineralization in the Merensky Reef: evidence from hydrous silicates...Austria Abstract. The base metal sulfides of the Merensky Reef are associated with hydrous silicates and intense...cumulus and postcumulus silicates. Biotite and phlogopite crystallized in the vicinity of sulfides from...which have thus far not been described from the Merensky Reef. The earliest fluid inclusion compositions are...the intercumulus stage of the crystallizing Merensky Reef is directly related to the mode of sulfide precipitation |  | McCreesh, Matthew J. G., Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., Reinke, Christian (2018) Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 539-575 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.83 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...sperrylite, braggite, Pd stannides and antimonides. The platinum-group minerals (PGM) of the F zone are mainly...production process. DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2018.83. phlogopite, epidote and chlorite). The fluid-induced style |  | Osbahr, Inga, Klemd, Reiner, Oberthür, Thomas, Brätz, Helene, Schouwstra, Robert (2013) Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the Merensky Reef from the eastern and western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (2) 211-232 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0413-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the Merensky Reef from the eastern...eastern and western Bushveld Complex, South Africa Inga Osbahr & Reiner Klemd & Thomas Oberthür & Helene...magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits are important carriers of platinum-group elements (PGE). The distribution and concentrations...samples from the mineralized portion of four Merensky Reef intersections from the eastern and western Bushveld...samples to obtain mineralogical balances. In Merensky Reef samples from the western Editorial handling: |  | | 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..................... 50 4.2 Unidentified Non-Platinum-Group Phases .......................................................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ........................... |  | Li, C., Ripley, E. M., Merino, E., Maier, W. D. (2004) REPLACEMENT OF BASE METAL SULFIDES BY ACTINOLITE, EPIDOTE,CALCITE, AND MAGNETITE IN THE UG2 AND MERENSKY REEF OF THE BUSHVELDCOMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. Economic Geology, 99 (1) 173-184 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.1.0173 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAGNETITE IN THE UG2 AND MERENSKY REEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA CHUSI LI,†EDWARD M. RIPLEY...Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa Abstract Interaction of base metal sulfides...fluids in the UG2 chromitite layer and the Merensky reef in the western Bushveld Complex has produced...serpentinization superimposed on the Union section. Platinum group minerals, including Ru, Pt, and Pd sulfides...as within the aggregates, suggesting that the platinum group minerals are more resistant to hydrothermal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MetalBearing Reefs in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Based on Research Data on Fluid Inclusions...the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa d Tomsk Polytechnic University, pr. Lenina 30...19, 2015 Abstract—Fluid inclusions in the Merensky Reef quartz and later pegmatite veins crosscutting...intergrowths with intercumulus plagioclase from the Merensky Reef pyroxen ite occurs as a homogenous dense dry...the formation of eco nomic concentrations of platinum minerals and gold in the Bushveld Complex rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | its stratiform pegmatoids, Bushveld Complex, South Africa – characteristics, timing and origins. R.J....Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa e-mail: ron.voordouw@gmail.com, nbeukes@uj.ac...Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The UG2 chromitite at Two Rivers Platinum Mine (eastern limb...world-class PGE deposits in the Bushveld Complex (Merensky Reef, UG2, Platreef) are associated with stratiform...melanorite and its stratiform pegmatoids, at Two Rivers Platinum Mine, and discussing models for their petrogenesis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1990, pp. 537-555 Platinum-GroupMinerals in VariousRock Types of the Merensky Reef: Genetic Implications...Utilizingourcurrentdataonthe platinum-group minerals,certainsuitespeculiarto normal andanomalous reef conditions havebeenrecognized...Potholes arecharacterized by a zonaldistribution of platinum-group minerals, withPt-Fe at their centersand...beingPt-Fe (andolivine)bearing,with largeamountsof platinum-group elementsin thebasemetalsulfides. Multip..."normal"Merenskyreef, various other disturbed reef conditions. Such reef con- enite, bounded by thin chromitite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | practical one of how the Merensky reef and the UG2 chromitite, the two major platinum group element (PGE)-rich...stratigraphic subdivision that includes the Merensky reef and UG2, is well known from the classic works...the Middelpunt mine, which is one of the Lebowa Platinum Mines in the Oliphants River valley, and to a...A shows the location of the Complex in southern Africa. Inset B is an outline of its mafic rocks and shows...positions of the upper group chromitites and the Merensky reef. dominated by pyroxenite, and the immediately |  | Yudovskaya, M., Kinnaird, J., Naldrett, A. J., Mokhov, A. V., McDonald, I., Reinke, C. (2011) FACIES VARIATION IN PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1349-1384 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1349 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Marina YUDOVSKAYA§ School of Geosciences, University...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...524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa Abstract The lateral variation in platinum-group mineral (PGM) assemblages...highest exploitable PGE grade (referred to as PGE reef) occurs at the top of the sequence and is hosted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence for extensive melt migration within...Lower Zone Introduction The Bushveld Complex of South Africa, forming the world’s largest layered intrusion...hosts the most important 13 60 Page 2 of 18 platinum-group element (PGE), chromite and vanadiferous...interstitial plagioclase, clinopyroxene and minor phlogopite, amphibole, quartz and sulphide (Cameron 1978a;...areas, known as limbs, covering >100,000 km2 of South Africa (Fig. 1). The igneous succession reaches up |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bushveld Complexes: Evidence for Transport of the Platinum-Group Elements by Cl-Rich Fluids by A. E. BOUDREAU...98195 ABSTRACT Compositional data on apatite, phlogopite, and amphibole indicate that the high-temperature...Bushveld Complexes were Cl-rich. Apatites from the platinum-group element (PGE) ore zones from both complexes...The compositions of coexisting minerals from the platinum deposit of Oli vine-Bearing Subzone I of the Stillwater...the genesis of the stratiform deposits of the platinum-group elements (PGE) in the Bushveld and Stillwater |
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