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Gold from
Union Mine, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Union Mine, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:898605
Long-form Identifier:1:3:898605:4
GUID (UUID V4):f296c787-25ce-4be8-ab0d-9725ecf39dbb
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
16.0km (10.0 miles) Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
23.3km (14.5 miles) North Mine, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
28.0km (17.4 miles) Zanspruit Farm, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
32.3km (20.1 miles) South Mine, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
45.1km (28.0 miles) Bakubung Mine, Frischgewaagd Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
53.8km (33.5 miles) Bafokeng-Rasimone Mine, Royal Bafokeng, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
62.6km (38.9 miles) Impala Platinum mines, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
68.1km (42.3 miles) Waaikraal gold deposit, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
72.5km (45.1 miles) Thembelani 1 Mine, Paardekraal Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
77.2km (48.0 miles) Rustenburg Town & Townlands Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
References
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Book
LEGACY OF THE MINE LEGACY OF THE MINE LEGACY OF THE MINE ILAN GODFREY JACANA CONTENTS The...The Long (and Dark) Shadow of Mining in South Africa 10 The Photographs 7 Extended Captions 131 ...went Noe rani ese talicim'y z i Palabora Copper Mine, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, 2013. = SS > a 7 =i...Ose The Long (and Dark) Shadow of Mining in South Africa Sakhela Buhlungu For nearly 150 years the mining...mining industry has been the catalyst for South Africa’s economic development and therefore the country’s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Platinmn mine differs in many respectsfrom the reef at its type locality at Rustenburg,30 km to the...the west. The reef averages 4 m thick and consistsof major porphyritic melanorite and minor pegmatitic...pegmatiticmelanoriteenclosingtwo thin chromitite bands. Platinum-groupmineralization occursmainly in the vicinity...vicinity of the upper chromitite seam, whereas at Rustenburg, where the reef is very thin and consistsof pegmatitic...between the two localities. The proportionsof the platinum-groupminerals are different from those at all
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 ...........................
Journal (issue)
Renewable Energy A key enabler for African mines Mine Closure Identifying key challenges POWER UP anywhere...COVID-19 pandemic, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has been able to continue with its operations...development and prosperity of the people of South Africa, by regulating the energy industry in accordance...Renewable energy a key enabler for remote mines in Africa............................ 15 Ergo’s surface tailings....................................20 8 MINE CLOSURE 3 mine closure challenges… and how to overcome them
Report (issue)
Economic Geology of the Platinum Metals By JOHN B. MERTlE, ]R. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...PAPER 630 A summary report on the geology of the platinum deposits of the world, with a discussion of the...the chemistry and mineralogy of the platinum group of metals and a comprehensive bibliography UNITED...production _____________________________ -----Platinum metals _____________________________ ----- __...alloys of platinum metals ____________ _ Chemical compounds of platinum metals ______ _ Platinum deposits
Report (issue)
International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report-Platinum-Group Metals Prepared as a cooperative effort...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of... International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report-Platinum-Group Metals By David M. Sutphin and Norman J...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of
Report (edition)
bookseller 1936 Price 3s. Net IMPERIAL INSTITU1··E SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 7 Ts E~ Imperial Institute was...• • • • • • • •• • • 12 MINERALS OF THE PLATINUM METALS MonE OF OccuRREN0E • • MINING AND CONCENTRATION...Protecto1·ate .. Southe1n Rhodesia • • • • Union of South Africa • • • • Canada .. •• • • • • Newfoundland... • o I p • • e ' I 97 • • 98 • 4 PLATINUM METALS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES United States . ... • • PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS INTRODUCTION The platinum group of metals includes platinum, palladium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa CHRISTOPHER A. LEE¶ Anglo Platinum Geology Department, PO Box...62179, Marshalltown, 2107, South Africa ROBERT P. SCHOUWSTRA Anglo Platinum Research Centre, PO Box 6540...1412, South Africa PETER MELLOWSHIP Impala Platinum Mines, PO Box 5683, Rustenburg, 0300, South Africa...Africa ABSTRACT The abundances of the platinum-group elements (PGE), and their relative proportions, are...and eastern limbs of the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa. Grades for the mined reef interval are uniform
Book
86. Chamber of Mines of South Africa: Figure 16; Table 28. Consolidated Gold Fields PLC: Tables 11, 27;...H and I. Hutchinson Educational: Map 3. Impala Platinum Ltd: Photographs p. 99. International Lead and...16; Photographs pp. 67, 72, 90, 91, 92. Rustenburg Platinum Holdings Ltd: Figure 14. Scottish Examination...Questions 7, 8, p. 118. University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate: Questions 9, 12, p. 118.... Case study - 1. Manganese mining in Gabon, West Africa Case study - 2. Uranium mining in Australia and
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Recent Strikes in South Africa’s Platinum-Group Metal Mines—Effects Upon World Platinum-Group Metal Supplies...Recent strikes in South Africa’s platinum-group metal mines—Effects upon world platinum-group metal supplies...secured from the copyright owner. Contents South African Platinum-Group Metal Producers ................................... 1 Underlying Problems in the Platinum-Group Metal Industry ...........................the (A) distribution and (B) geology of South Africa's platinum-group metal (PGM) deposits ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS AND MINES South Africa's prominent position in the mining world is recognized, but rarely has...Island in the Pacific. Of particular interest to South Africa are the figures relating to the African Continent...three-million tons a year. Of these 209 mines, South Africa has 96 (23 open pit mines and 73 underground...underground mines). The Republic is the only country in Africa which has six mines producing more than three-million...also carried on in South Africa on a large scale. South West Africa has one mine which handles more than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Northeastern University] at 11:35 25 October 2014 D Two South Africans Hans Merensky and Cecil John Rhodes P...first new mineral species to be described from South Africa. It was named after Col. Hendrik von Prehn (1733-85)...Europe in 1774. Seventy years elapsed before South Africa produced another species-teschemacherite, described...Further new mineral descriptions had to wait until South Africa’s modern mining industry was established...century with the discovery of gold and diamonds. Profiled here are two famous South Africans who have minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W H I T E GOLD FF )M RUSTENBURG (South A ica Scope) The name Rustenburg is often asso­ ciated with...with platinum mining. The soil around this average-sized Transvaal town has yielded the metal since the...of the overseas motor industry have stimulated platinum production which is experiencing a peak period...wellknown South African geologist, Dr. Hans Merensky, resulted in the discovery of platinum-bearing ore...vaal district of Lydenburg. Dr. Merensky's geological research led to the discovery of platinum in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
theMererisky Reefin 1924,surprisingly of Rustenburg Platinum Mines, are listed in the little work hasbeenpublished...ZK 9 Borehole ZK 9 Borehole ZK 7 Union Crosscut Union Crosscut Union Crosscut Borehole TRF1 --588.5 m...m --589.6 m --590.4 m --543.5 m 6-6 north 7-1 south 7-1 south --1240 m Clino- pyroxene Feldspar Olivine...5 15.0 18.0 13.0 41.0 9. Rustenburg Platinum Mines 10. Rustenburg Platinum Mines 73.0 51.7 25.0 I 1...Quartz. Sources:1-7. Farm Zwartklip 405 KQ--Union Platinum Mine (van Zyl, 1960,p. 43); 8. Farm Turffontein302
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Canada 2 Gold Fields Mining and Development, Zwartkloof Geological Centre, Warmbaths 0480, South Africa Received:...River mine, the Rustenburg, hnpala, Union, and Amandelbult sections. Concentrations of platinum-group...only moderately lower than those at Western Platinum mine. This renders models explaining P G E enrichment...a mines, the Rustenburg section, the Western Platinum mine, and the Crocodile River mine near Brits in...in the south, Fig. 1). To the east of Brits the only published records of Bushveld cumulates are those
Book
revised edition) 2 2 . N. DEKUN MINERAL ECONOMICS OF AFRICA 2 3 . B.L GULSON LEAD ISOTOPES IN MINERAL EXPLORATION...Ores DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 2 6 platinum-group element exploration Dennis L. Buchanan Department...will never be spoken. " P. A. WAGNER, The platinum South Africa deposits so be alluring prophesied and... Foirewoird. The platinum-group elements rhodium, ruthenium, (PGE) include platinum, iridium and osmium...as well a s major industrial uses. a permanent Platinum has aesthetic qualities, combined lustre, which
Book
‘Whatever our ideological departure points, How South Africa Works illuminates the importance of debate in...SIPHO PITYANA, Chairperson, AngloGold Ashanti ‘South Africa 20 years after transition is a complex and multidimension-...have changed the dynamics of the “new South Africa’. How South Africa Works helps to understand the evolving...between South Africa’s potential and its performance has never been as stark. How South Africa Works is...is an urgent call to all South African leaders to revisit yesterday's assumptions and to abandon the
Book
metals and their history Properties of metals Platinum Palladium Rhodium Iridium Ruthenium Osmium Historical...Pharmaceuticals Sensors 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Platinum group metal pricing Evolution of the pricing system...Consignment stocks and sales 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Platinum group metal trading International exchanges Metal...people, if asked, would be able to name the six platinum group metals. Even fewer could describe their...are an essential part of modern life. Comprising platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Author(s) 2018 Abstract The Flatreef is a world-class platinum-group element (PGE) deposit recently discovered...MaierW@cardiff.ac.uk 1 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa 2 School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff...Cardiff, UK Introduction The Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the world’s largest layered intrusion and...Northam platinum mines; 2, Union platinum mine; 3, Impala platinum mines; 4, Rustenburg platinum mine; 5,...Western platinum and Karee mines; 6, Crocodile River mine; 7, Limpopo platinum mine; 8, Atok platinum mine;
Book (volume)
Papers and Discussions Volume I , I JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY 1961... 01", ~TALLUf>iYY. © Copyright 1961 by The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Ext'racts...I (1v DEC 196f Printed in t!te Republic of South Africa by Hortors Limited, Johannesburg V r. 1 The...organisation and n1anagement of the gold mining industry in South Africa -C. B. ANDERSON . . . . . . . .... . page r J ( 2. The economy of the Union of South Africa-W. J. BusSCI-IAU 9 3. An introduction to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analysis of Merensky Reef potholing, Northam Platinum Mine, western Bushveld Complex: implications for...horizon. The base of a FWP2 pothole on Northam Platinum Mine consists of an unconformable stringer Merensky...Lehmann D. S. Smith Northam Platinum Mine, P.O. Box 441 Thabazimbi, 1380, South Africa e-mail: dsmith@norplats...Town, Private Bag Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa e-mail: ianbasson@tect.co.za Present address:...15 Rue le Havre, Monte Sereno, Somerset West, 7130, South Africa that potholes with long axes <100 m have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
77, 1982, pp• 1867-1884 A Contributionon the Platinum-GroupMineralogy of the MerenskyReef at the Ru...variations,and possible parageneticposi- tionsof the platinum-group minerals(PGM)in samples of MerenskyReefpyroxenite...normalreef faciesin the centralsectionof the Rustenburg mine are described and discussed. The studyindicatesthat...reflectanceand hardnessdata are presented.The platinum-groupmineralsare an intimate part of the crystallization...conformsto the known geochemicalcharacter of the platinum-groupelements,especiallywith regardto the fractionationof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Waterberg hydrothermal platinum deposit, Mookgophong, Limpopo Province, South Africa P. Armitage*1, I. McDonald2...around the unusual quartz-vein hosted Waterberg platinum deposit was mapped using aerial photographs at...Mookgophong (Naboomspruit) District of the Limpopo Province in South Africa and is dominated by a gently...merge with the Planknek–Ysterberg Fault system, south of Mokopane (Potgietersrus). The Welgevonden Fault...Rooiberg volcanics and younger rocks supplied the platinum-group elements in the deposit and the source for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Pretoria University, Hillcrest 0002, South Africa Received: 17 May 1994/Accepted: 9 December 1994...preserved in the floor and roof of the marie Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex. Field...imply that they are genetically related to the Rustenburg Layered Suite. Four major ore-forming events...portion of the Rooiberg Group, underlying the Rustenburg Layered Suite. This type of mineralisation is...is tentatively linked to initial Rustenburg Layered Suite intrusions. Stratabound arsenic mineralisation
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...November 2017; Published: 18 November 2017 Abstract: Platinum group elements (PGEs) are an important resource...share of global PGE supply is extracted from the South African Bushveld Complex and from the Zimbabwean...industry. Keywords: platinum group elements (PGE); mineral resources; Southern Africa; Bushveld Complex;
 
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