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Platinum from
South Mine, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa


Classification
Species:Platinum
Formula:Pt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Mine, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:901515
Long-form Identifier:1:3:901515:9
GUID (UUID V4):dbc6a203-7b78-4470-bfec-20d91b47309e
Nearest other occurrences of Platinum
4.9km (3.0 miles) Zanspruit Farm, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
10.2km (6.3 miles) North Mine, Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
16.3km (10.1 miles) Pilanesberg platinum mines, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
24.9km (15.5 miles) Bakubung Mine, Frischgewaagd Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
35.1km (21.8 miles) Bafokeng-Rasimone Mine, Royal Bafokeng, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
45.5km (28.2 miles) Impala Platinum mines, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
54.9km (34.1 miles) Tumela mine, Thabazimbi, Thabazimbi Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
57.2km (35.6 miles) Thembelani 1 Mine, Paardekraal Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
67.9km (42.2 miles) Siphumelele 1 Shaft, Klipfontein Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
69.8km (43.4 miles) Siphumelele 3 Shaft, Klipfontein Farm, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
References
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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
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 ...........................
Corporate Document
pertinent to the: • resettlement at Mogalakwena mine; • alleged impact on water quality in Ga-Molekana...Ga-Molekana community; and • company’s response to the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) recommendations...recommendations: Anglo Platinum, affected communities and other stakeholders in and around the PPL Mine, Limpopo’...provide: • background information about Mogalakwena mine; • history of the resettlement and what the current... MOGAL A K W E N A M I N E Mogalakwena mine (formally PPL mine) is located 20 km northwest of the town
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GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE MINING AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Aberra Mogessie, Christoph Hauzenberger...Department of Geology, University of the Free State, South Africa 1. Preface Almost a year ago Aberra Mogessie...(where we had organized past excursions) and South Africa. Having discussed the matter with Christoph...areas of South Africa. We contacted Christoph Gauert from the University of Free State, South Africa to help...help us with the local organization especially to get permission from the different mining companies to
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investigation of the chromite, platinum and magnetite deposits north of the Pilanesberg in the Western Transvaal...from the farthest point in the north to as far south as the Pilanesberg. Considered as a whole, the Merensky...over distances of ten and seven miles in the north and south respectively. The great petrographical diversity... 388 TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA that the several rock-types resulted from transformation...The area described is bordered by the Pilanesberg in the south, the high quartzite ridges of the Pretoria
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Rustenburg Layered Suite in the Swartklip Sector, north-western Bushveld Complex, on the farm Wilgerspruit...patterns A.A. Mitchell P.O.Box 421, McGregor, 6708, South Africa e-mail: mitchaa@mweb.co.za J. Henckel Acacia...Office Suite, Bedford Gardens, Bedfordview, 2007, South Africa e-mail: hhenckel@acaciamining.com A. Mason-Apps...2107, South Africa e-mail: AMasonApps@Anglogoldashanti.com © 2019 Geological Society of South Africa. All...Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) in the Swartklip Sector, north-western Bushveld Complex, is considerably attenuated
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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
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Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: rais.latypov@wits.ac.za; sofia.chistyakova@wits...der Merwe and J. Westraat Pilanesberg Platinum Mines, Sedibelo Platinum Mines group company, Private Bag...Bag X11, Highveld, South Africa e-mail: JvanderMerwe@sedibeloplatinum.com; JWestraat@sedibeloplatinum....com © 2019 South African Journal of Geology. All rights reserved. Abstract We describe an impressive...impressive ~55 m high outcrop from the Pilanesberg Platinum Mine open pit, located in the NorthWestern Bushveld
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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...are summarized for all the mines exploiting the Merensky Reef on both western and eastern limbs of the
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and Geologic Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska V .U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR...and Geologic Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska By D.J. MADDEN-McGUIRE and G.R. WINKLER...and geologic maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, south-central Alaska / by DJ. Madden-McGuire and G.R....4/3: 1904 1. Geology Alaska Anchorage Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources Alaska Anchorage Region. 3...and Placer Gold and Platinum..................... 5 Podiform Chromite and Platinum-Group Elements ...
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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 ...........
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of “loss-of-ground” features at platinum and coal mines in South Africa G. Campbell GAP Geophysics (Pty)...2132, South Africa. e-mail: gapgeo@icon.co.za © 2006 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...features within the lease areas of South African platinum and coal mines. The mapping targets comprise dykes...Vertical displacements in coal seams at Karoo coal mines are usually associated with sill-breakthrough features...led to the first surveys of this type in Southern Africa, airborne survey parameters being based on modelling
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PGE exploration targets to the west of the Pilanesberg, South Africa R. Kiefer and M.J. Viljoen MinEx...2024, South Africa. Department of Geology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The main approach to PGE target selection west of the Pilanesberg was to...available. A small gravity anomaly to the west of the Pilanesberg could represent stratigraphic thickening...thickening of the Bushveld stratigraphy or a local magma feeder zone. If the Merensky Reef is present in this
Book (edition)
Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first
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Geochemical exploration for platinum-group elements in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Received: 31 May 1996...and soil samples from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa have revealed enhanced precious metal concentrations...activities and the presence of hidden concentrations of platinum-group elements (PGEs) and gold. The economically...Almost 90% (Barry 1994) of the world's reserves of platinum-group elements (PGEs) are concentrated in three...Geoscience, Private Bag X 112 Pretoria 0001, South Africa; fax +27 12 841-1278, e-mail: hwilhelm@geoscience
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Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 2 Institut ffir Allgemeine und Angewandte Geologic...the Centennial of the Geological Society of South Africa, by examining most of the important ore deposits...Transvaal Sequence in the Transvaal and Griqualand West structural basins, and in the acid phase of the...fitting that some less well known personalia in the South African geological fraternity should merit some...smelting activity within the Transvaal region of South Africa during the Iron Age produced iron, copper, tin
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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...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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REEF AT NORTHAM PLATINUM MINE, ZWARTKLIP FACIES, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA DAMIAN S. SMITH§...SMITH§ Northam Platinum Mine, P.O. Box 441, Thabazimbi, 1380, South Africa IAN J. BASSON AND DAVID L. REID...of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa ABSTRACT The Normal Reef Subfacies of the Swartklip...Rustenburg Layered Suite, exposed on Northam Platinum mine, displays lateral and vertical variations in...in its inter-chromitite lithologies, content in platinum-group elements and grade, and the mode of sulfide
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and its clear purpose to ‘Make Life Brilliant’, Moses Madondo, MD at De Beers Group Managed Operations...FEATURE P12 THE TOP 3 mining jurisdictions in Africa in 2022 011 949 1157 sales@astafrica.com www...EDITOR’S STANDOUT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MINING REVIEW AFRICA | ISSUE 2 – 2022 PROVIDING THE EDGE IN TOUGH TIMES...and its clear purpose to ‘Make Life Brilliant’, Moses Madondo, MD at De Beers Group Managed Operations...FEATURE P12 THE TOP 3 mining jurisdictions in Africa in 2022 FRONT COVER The economy, efficiency and
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EXCELLENCE MINING IN WEST AFRICA NIGERIA, TAKE A BOW P4 P14 MINING REVIEW AFRICA | SEPTEMBER 2020 www...sustainably, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, Minister of Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria SPECIAL REPORT...September 2020 www.miningreview.com MINING IN WEST AFRICA: NIGERIA SPECIAL 46 14 The role of Nigeria’s...Nigeria’s mining ROBUST SCREEN EXCELLENCE MINING IN WEST AFRICA NIGERIA, TAKE A BOW P4 sector in minimising...minimising the effects of COVID-19 P14 MINING REVIEW AFRICA | SEPTEMBER 2020 18 Nigeria advancing infrastructure
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Cornish Lithium's origins Potential of the UK's South West/ Cornwall CL's role in UK EV supply chains CL's...Chris Bray, Principal Consultant - 'Underground mine planning considerations for Battery Electric Equipment...Resources' Brett Grist on: 'Redmoor, Cornwall: A Cornish Mine of Global Significance' The Redmoor tin-tungsten-copper...and makes no endorsement of any of the content. Africa DRC Experts say artisanal mining is here to stay...8 Latin America Chile (9.5.20) Chile's copper mines' Codelco & Escondida output rises despite Covid-19
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Renewable Energy A key enabler for African mines Mine Closure Identifying key challenges POWER UP...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....................................20 8 MINE CLOSURE 3 mine closure challenges… and how to overcome them
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learn a lot. Unfortunately the student unrest in South Africa has caused some of our visitors to pull out...will be both our representative at the Chamber of Mines and the Patron of the Mennell Society. With respect...completed an extensive exploration programme in the west-central portion of Zimbabwe (Stocklmayer, 1981)...with three associated with Karoo lithologies at the west end of Lake Kariba and a further four within the...River Ranch Kimberlite The River Ranch Mine is located 12.5 km west–northwest of the border town of Beitbridge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the direct control of the mu­ nicipality of the district in which they are located. Applications for leases...larger part of the output was trans­ ported to the local mills or to the Marina by ox team. The Marina, the...and crowbars. Blocks intended for sawing at the local mills are transported thither by either the railroad...foot ............ 81 As has been stated, the municipality leases the quar­ ries for a merely nominal sum;...near the villag es of Gragnana and Castelpoggio, north of Carrara. In the vicinity of Castelpoggio, a very
Report (issue)
Platinum-Group Elements Chapter N of Critical Mineral Resources of the United States—Economic and Environmental...9 rhenium 186.2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204...gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The pond...offices. Photograph by Michael L. Zientek, 2006. Platinum-Group Elements By Michael L. Zientek, Patricia...H.L., Schulte, R.F., and Seal, R.R., II, 2017, Platinum-group elements, chap. N of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung
 
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