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Chromite from
Makwiro River, Chiredzi mining district (Hartley mining district), Chiredzi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Makwiro River, Chiredzi mining district (Hartley mining district), Chiredzi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:896007
Long-form Identifier:1:3:896007:8
GUID (UUID V4):6e73fba4-4754-4fd8-b2a8-f33774362cc2
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
2.5km (1.6 miles) Hartley Mine, Chegutu District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
66.4km (41.2 miles) Perseverance mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE Thomas OBERTHÜR§, Thorolf W. WEISER, Frank MELCHER...grains, present in the samples from the Umtebekwe River in the Shurugwi area, possibly originate from the...and PGE-oxides (unstable). Keywords: Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, alluvial sediments, Pt-Fe alloy, Os-Ir-Ru alloy...Bushveld Complex of South Africa, the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in Russia came into...intrusions (Bushveld, South Africa; Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; Stillwater, USA) that host the overwhelming proportion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy of platinum-group elements at Hartley Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe Part 2: Supergene redistribution in...assemblage of detrital PGM present in the Makwiro River close to the Hartley Platinum Mine indicates further mineralogical...Sulfide Zone Æ Placers Æ Great Dyke Æ Hartley Platinum Mine Æ Zimbabwe Editorial handling: O. Thalhammer...Espoo, Finland Introduction In the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, economic concentrations of platinum-group elements...MSZ ores mined underground are the major focus of mining and were described in Part 1 of this study (Oberthür
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas Oberthür Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften...Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were obtained underground, from core...Bushveld Complex, South Africa; the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; the Stillwater grains, and they are ofthe subordinate...Bushveld Complex in South Africa, of the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in Russia grand style...Bushveld Complex; South Africa; Great is Dyke; Zimbabwe; platinum-group minerals; Bushveld Complex in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
less than 10 lm, occasionally up to 100 lm) in chromite. The origin of coarse-grained PGM, in the form...extremely large IPGM grains (up to 1.3 mm) in chromite ores related to ophiolites was found to be approximately...than 10 lm, occasionally up to 100 lm) within chromite grains in many mafic–ultramafic complexes, including...described in the Somabula gravels of the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe, and detrital grains of Pt–Fe alloy are ubiquitous...ubiquitous in the alluvial sediments along the Makwiro river (Oberthür et al., 1998; Oberthür, 2002; Oberthür
Book
of Platinum Group Minerals (PGM) Inclusions in Chromite Deposits of the Urals Reprinted from: Minerals...and Gold in the Ophiolite-Related Placer of the River Bolshoy Khailyk, Western Sayans, Russia Reprinted...Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 581, doi:10...PGM from China, Russia, South Africa, USA, and Zimbabwe are reported. In his contribution, Oberthür [3]...rarely preserved. The origin of magmatic PGM in chromite deposits associated with ophiolites and Alaskan-type
Report (issue)
INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 2002 CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY...Platinum-group element mineralization of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. In The Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and...Elements. Edited by L.J. Cabri. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Special Volume 54, p...These include the East Bull Lake, Agnew Lake, and River Valley intrusions, as well as the Nipissing Gabbro...PGE-Cu-Ni mineralization in the Fox River Sill and the Bird River Belt. The PGE deposits in the Bushveld
 
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