 | Smith, A.J.B., Viljoen, K.S., Schouwstra, R., Roberts, J., Schalkwyk, C., Gutzmer, J. (2013) Geological variations in the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine and its influence on flotation performance. Minerals Engineering, 52. 155-168 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2013.05.015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations in the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine and its influence on flotation performance...Johannesburg, South Africa Anglo American Technical Solutions – Research, Crown Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa...Complex of South Africa is marked by prominent lateral and vertical variations in its geology, platinum group...grade distribution and platinum group mineralogy. At Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine on the western limb...pothole and pothole edge reef facies) at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine has been carried out in an attempt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Original Article Concentration of Particulate Platinum-Group Minerals during Magma Emplacement; a Case...Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) are described. A model for the formation of platinum-group...To achieve this it is necessary to understand platinum-group element (PGE) behaviour in naturally occurring...magma emplacement owing to interaction with the local Transvaal sediments. As a result, mechanical separation...The 206 Ga magmatic event recorded in southern Africa led to the formation of several layered intrusions |  | Osbahr, Inga, Oberthür, Thomas, Klemd, Reiner, Josties, Anja (2014) Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa—a reconnaissance study. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (6) 655-665 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0538-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 49:655–665 DOI 10.1007/s00126-014-0538-z LETTER Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides...sulfides of the UG2 chromitite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa—a reconnaissance study Inga Osbahr & Thomas...Sulfides mostly occur as aggregates of pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and rare pyrrhotite and pyrite or as individual...distinctly elevated platinum-group element (PGE) contents. In contrast, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite contain very...Germany 50 %), Ir (2 to 17 %), and Ru (1–39 %). Platinum-group mineral (PGM) investigations support these |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | little sulphide, but hosts the world’s largest platinum-group element deposits. The most recent calculations...University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa E-mail: cawthorng@geosciences.wits.ac.za Tel...mineral assemblage. In the case of the genesis of platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization, a number of...models, not discussed further here, suggest that platinum-group minerals may precipitate directly from the...upward, the North Range consists of mafic norite, felsic norite and quartz gabbro. In the South Range, the |  | Bachmann, Kai, Osbahr, Inga, Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon, Chetty, Deshenthree, Gutzmer, Jens (2018) Variation in Platinum Group Mineral and Base Metal Sulfide Assemblages in the Lower Group Chromitites of the Western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (5) 723-743 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700094 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2018) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1700094 VARIATION IN PLATINUM GROUP MINERAL AND BASE METAL SULFIDE ASSEMBLAGES...CHROMITITES OF THE WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA KAI BACHMANN§ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...Division, Mintek, Malibongwe Drive, 2125 Randburg, South Africa JENS GUTZMER Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...chromite as a primary product. The recovery of platinum group elements and base metals (Ni, Cu) as by...seams at the Thaba mine located on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex. Platinum group minerals and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the recovery of platinum group elements from Merensky Reef and UG2 at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern...Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa Derek H. Rose 1 & K. S. Viljoen 1 & Antoine Mulaba-Bafubiandi...limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management that another resource, in addition to...Two Rivers platinum mine (TRP), is urgently required in order to extend the life of mine, presented an...processing . Merensky Reef . UG2 . Platinum-group minerals . Two Rivers Platinum mine Introduction The Bushveld |  | Trubač, Jakub, Ackerman, Lukáš, Gauert, Christoph, Ďurišová, Jana, Hrstka, Tomáš (2018) Platinum-Group Elements and Gold in Base Metal Sulfides, Platinum-Group Minerals, and Re-Os Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology, 113 (2) 439-461 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4557 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2, pp. 439–461 Platinum-Group Elements and Gold in Base Metal Sulfides, Platinum-Group Minerals, and...Isotope Compositions of the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Jakub Trubač,1,2,† Lukáš Ackerman,1,3 Christoph...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa of Applied Geology and Geohazards, Geological...mafic-ultramafic intrusion situated in South Africa. The platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and Au contents...determined, as well as the occurrence of associated platinum-group minerals (PGMs) in the various mineralized |  | Aird, Hannah M., Ferguson, Katherine M., Lehrer, Malia L., Boudreau, Alan E. (2017) A study of the trace sulfide mineral assemblages in the Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (3) 361-382 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0664-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mainly of variable proportions of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and ±pyrite. Excluding vein assemblages...form of pyrite being converted to magnetite and chalcopyrite to a Cu-Fe-oxide (delafossite), with little...metals by vapor refining, eventually producing a platinum group element-enriched sulfide ore zone, such...Complex, Republic of South Africa, contain the richest sulfide-hosted deposits of platinum-group elements (PGE)...sections of intrusive contact are preserved in the west (Labotka and Kath 2001). The temperature and pressure |  | Haluzová, E., Ackerman, L., Pašava, J., Jonášová, Š., Svojtka, M., Hrstka, T., Veselovský, F. (2015) Geochronology and characteristics of Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization at Rožany, Lusatian Granitoid Complex, Czech Republic. Journal of GEOsciences, 60 (4) 219-236 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization itself is represented by pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite; the latter is commonly replaced...alteration. The origin and formation of at least some platinum-group minerals was probably closely associated...hydrothermal processes, causing remobilization of platinum-group elements from the primary base-metal sulphides...komatiites, basalts) represent important source of platinum-group (PGE) and chalcophile (e.g., Ni, Cu, Zn)...character. However, fairly recent discovery of platinum-group mineralization (Vavřín and Frýda 1998) indicates |  | Kern, Marius, Kästner, Julian, Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon, Jeske, Tilman, Gutzmer, Jens (2019) The inherent link between ore formation and geometallurgy as documented by complex tin mineralization at the Hämmerlein deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany) Mineralium Deposita, 54 (5) 683-698 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0832-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposit is excellent. Access to extensive underground mine workings—developed for the exploitation of uranium...ores during GDR times—is provided by the visitors mine Besucherbergwerk Zinnkammern Pöhla. The results... The white spot in the center is a marking from mine workings. b Polished hand specimen from the IOL...associated with the other sulfide minerals (chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, or pyrite) (Fig. 5c). Gneiss...of abundant chlorite 3 (Fe/Mg 2:1), fluorite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrite. This assemblage is |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum-Group Elements Edited by Louis J. Cabri Ottawa...PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montréal, Québec, Canada H3Z 3B8 ISBN 1-894475-27-5...as follows in this example: OBERTHÜR, T., 2002. Platinum-group element mineralization of the Great Dyke...Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum-Group Elements. Edited by L.J. Cabri. Canadian... Preface Background The need for a new book on the platinum-group elements (PGE) became apparent about four |  | | Book | | EXPLORATION FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS DEPOSITS Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series...OF CONTENTS Introduction xvi GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS 1. Magmatic Geochemistry of the...Mungall 1-34 2. The Aqueous Geochemistry of the Platinum Group Elements (PGE) in Surficial, Low-T Hydrothermal...Magmatic-Hydrothermal Environments 35-56 J.J. Hanley DESCRIPTIVE PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT ORE DEPOSIT MODELS – PRECIOUS-METALDOMINANT...Pt & Pd Deposits A. Wilde 145-161 DESCRIPTIVE PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT ORE DEPOSIT MODELS – BASE-METALDOMINANT |
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