 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | investigation of the Waterberg hydrothermal platinum deposit, Mookgophong, Limpopo Province, South Africa P. Armitage*1...geology around the unusual quartz-vein hosted Waterberg platinum deposit was mapped using aerial photographs...Mookgophong (Naboomspruit) District of the Limpopo Province in South Africa and is dominated by a gently...rocks, that form part of the extensive 2?06 Ga Rooiberg Group, that are cut by variably striking, steep...the ‘Main Lode’) juxtaposes volcanic rocks of Rooiberg age against Triassic sandstones and therefore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE MINING AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Aberra Mogessie, Christoph Hauzenberger...State, South Africa 1. Preface Almost a year ago Aberra Mogessie planned to organize a field excursion...(where we had organized past excursions) and South Africa. Having discussed the matter with Christoph...to organize a field excursion to the geologically interesting mining areas of South Africa. We contacted...from the University of Free State, South Africa to help us with the local organization especially to get |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1995 Economic potential of the Rooiberg Group: volcanic rocks in the floor and roof of...Department, Pretoria University, Hillcrest 0002, South Africa Received: 17 May 1994/Accepted: 9 December 1994...1994 Abstract. Volcanic rocks of the Rooiberg G r o u p are preserved in the floor and roof of the marie...Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex. Field and geochemical characteristics of these volcanic...major ore-forming events are identified in the Rooiberg Group. The first phase was accompanied by volcanic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | precolonial (1650–1850 CE) tin smelting slags from Rooiberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa ROBERT B. HEIMANN1...Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, South Africa 3 Department of Anthropology, University of...prehistoric tin smelting activities (1650–1850 CE) excavated at Rooiberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa were...concentrations of tin oxide suggesting a low level of metal recovery that resulted in substantial tin losses. In...skeletal cassiterite, and complex spinels, as well as tin prills ranging in size from a few to tens of micrometres |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent |  | Huthmann, F.M., Yudovskaya, M.A., Frei, D., Kinnaird, J.A. (2016) Geochronological evidence for an extension of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 280. 61-75 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2016.04.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa F.M. Huthmann a,⇑, M.A. Yudovskaya...Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Department...Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa c IGEM, Moscow, Russia b a r t i c l e i n...succession (the Waterberg Project) located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt north of the...mineralized reefs as well as on detrital zircons of the Waterberg Group unconformably overlying the mafics. This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mid-Proterozoic Waterberg Group, northwestern Kaapvaal craton, South Africa Received: 31 May 1996...1997 Abstract The 1900±1700 Ma Waterberg Group in the main Waterberg fault-bounded basin consists of...were located along the Thabazimbi-Murchison lineament (TML) fault system in the south, and along the Palala...from stanniferous Bushveld Complex lithologies south of the TML. Hydrothermal zinc and U-Cu mineralisation...deposits and anomalous tungsten values occur in the south of the basin, where they are again closely spatially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa Current address: Department of Geology, Rand...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa e-mail: glgy13@na.rau.ac.za L.J. Robb EGRI-HAL...2050, South Africa e-mail: robblj@geosciences.wits.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT Field mapping of a region in the central southeastern portion of the Bushveld Complex in an area...granophyres of the Rashoop Granophyre Suite, the Rooiberg Group and Transvaal Supergroup has identified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits of the Campbellrand and Malmani Subgroups, South Africa A review J.E.J. Martini 1, P.G. Eriksson 2,...0001, South Africa 2 Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa Received:...with the deposits of the Mississippi Valley. These South African deposits are of special interest since they...Location ....----. BOTSWANA ',~South Africa 9 r-] zeerust mineralized field (Fig. 4) 1 26~ , LEGEND Qu~ema~...Qu~ema~ Permian .... 3,~ ~ "------ Waterberg, Olifantshoek Groups and younger Proterozoic (<1.9 Ga) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfidessuchas pyrite, pyrrhotite, and minor sphalerite, chalcopyrite,bornite, and galena. The Plattekoporebodyis...study of the genic province encompassesthe Vergenoeg mine pyroclasticrocksand the mineralization.He mapped...fluorite ore in the vicinity of the "Big North" Africa. He related the pyroclastic rocks to the and "Northern"...SUITE •+++ • RUSTENBURG LAYER• SUITE ++ •+ ROOIBERG GROUP •++++ •ANSVA•SEQUENCE fR• ++••"' •+++++++...Schrikkloofand the lower Kwaggasnek magmaticrocksand Waterberg host, i.e., the Rust Formation.The pyroclasticsuite |  | Kinnaird, Judith A, Yudovskaya, Marina, McCreesh, Matthew, Huthmann, Florian, Botha, Thys J. (2017) The Waterberg Platinum Group Element Deposit: Atypical Mineralization in Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1367-1394 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4513 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Economic Geology, v. 112, pp. 1367–1394 The Waterberg Platinum Group Element Deposit: Atypical Mineralization...Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Judith A Kinnaird,1,2,† Marina Yudovskaya,1...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 2 Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral...University of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa 3 Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...osite sequence, and an Upper zone. Overlying Waterberg red beds were deposited between ~2.05 and ~1.93 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050 South Africa email: kinnairdj@geosciences.wits.ac.za F.J...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050 South Africa email: krugerj@geosciences.wits.ac.za R.G....Wits 2050 South Africa cawthorng@geosciences.wits.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...30 000km2. The granite suite and the overlying Rooiberg Group felsic volcanics are near coeval with the...marginal tectonism of the Kaapvaal craton in the Limpopo belt, which may have been a longer-lived event |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 527-557 THE ROOIBERG AND LEEUWPOORT TRANSVAAL, A. LEUBE PART II. PETROLOGY, AND SOUTH TIN MINES, ... AFRICA E. F. STUMPFL MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY PAGE Petrology,mineralog-y and geochemistry............................................. 531 B-Mine (Nieuwpoort) ....................................................................... 556 THE ROOIBERG MINES The Country Rocks The hypothetical possibility...acceptable. In Figure 19, the composition field of the Rooiberg"quartzites"is projecteduponPettijohn's (27 |  | Oberthür, Thomas, Melcher, Frank, Fusswinkel, Tobias, van den Kerkhof, Alfons M., Sosa, Graciela M. (2018) The hydrothermal Waterberg platinum deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa. Part 1: Geochemistry and ore mineralogy. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 725-749 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.073 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Mookgophong (Naboomspruit), South Africa – Part 1 – Geochemistry...*Email: mut.oberthuer@yahoo.de Abstract The Waterberg Platinum deposit is an extraordinary example of...opaque mineral and the lack of sulfides. The “Waterberg type” mineralization is characterized by unique...target area would be along the corridor of the Thabazimbi-Murchison-Lineament where geothermal springs...presently still active. 2 Keywords: Hydrothermal Waterberg Platinum Deposit, Bushveld Complex, platinum-group |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1995 The tin zone: sediment-hosted hydrothermal tin mineralization at Rooiberg, South Africa A. Rozendaal...7600, South Africa 2 Gold Fields of South Africa, 75 Fox Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Received:...December 1994 Abstract. The Rooiberg tin field, also known as the Rooiberg Fragment, is located within...Lebowa Granite Suite. Practically all the significant tin deposits are hosted by arkoses, located towards the...hydrothermal carbonate breccias appear to dominate each mine. Petrological and geochemical investigations of |  | | Book (edition) | | OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1963, pp. 391-418 THE ROOIBERG AND LEEUWPOORT TIN TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA A. PART LEUBE I. GENERAL...415 B-Mine (Nieuwpoort).............................................. 417 ABSTRACT The tin depositsof...depositsof the Rooiberg-Leeuwpoort region occurin arkosites and shalesof the Precambrian Transvaal systemwhich...faulting and folding, mainly in the central part (Rooiberg) and around Leeuwpoort. There are two typesof...and a variety of sulfides (pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite,bismuthinite,sphalerite,galena). 2) In the Leeuwpoortarea |  | Goff, B. H., Weinberg, R., Groves, D. I., Vielreicher, N. M., Fourie, P. J. (2004) The giant Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in a magnetite?fluorite?fayalite REE pipe: a hydrothermally-altered carbonatite-related pegmatoid?. Mineralogy and Petrology, 80 (3) 173-199 doi:10.1007/s00710-003-0012-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia 2 Vergenoeg Mine, Farm Kromdraai, Rust De Winter, SA, Pienaar’s River, South Africa Received February...Paleoproterozoic Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in South Africa is hosted in a breccia pipe comprising units...Traditionally, the Vergenoeg Pipe, which intrudes the Rooiberg Group of the Transvaal Supergroup (Fig. 2), has...Bushveld Complex in the northeastern part of South Africa (RSA). Modified after Crocker (1985) The giant...Geological setting Regional geology The Vergenoeg mine, owned and operated by Metorex Ltd., is located |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PLATINIFEROUS MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA, BY THE U-Pb ZIRCON CHEMICAL ABRASION ID-TIMS...V6T-1Z4, Canada Abstract The Bushveld Complex, South Africa, is the world’s largest layered intrusion and...orthopyroxenite from the PGE-rich Merensky reef, West mine (Townlands shaft), Rustenburg section. Low U (21–105...activity across the northern Kaapvaal craton of South Africa and Botswana. Introduction The Paleoproterozoic...Bushveld Complex in the northern Kaapvaal craton of South Africa is the world’s largest layered intrusion. The |  | Möller, V., Klemd, R., Joachimski, M., Barton, J.M. (2014) Hydrothermal controls on iron and lead mineralization on the farms Leeuwbosch and Cornwall, Thabazimbi District, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 63. 40-63 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.04.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the farms Leeuwbosch and Cornwall, Thabazimbi District, South Africa V. Möller a,b,1, R. Klemd a, M. Joachimski...of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...April 2014 Keywords: Hematite Galena Leeuwbosch Thabazimbi Fluid inclusions Stable isotopes a b s t r a...Leeuwbosch and Cornwall north of Thabazimbi (Limpopo Province, South Africa) host hydrothermal Pb–Ag– Cu–Zn...deposits which include the historic Leeuwbosch lead mine. Based on ore petrography, fluid inclusion and stable |  | Graupner, Torsten, Mühlbach, Caroline, Schwarz-Schampera, Ulrich, Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm, Melcher, Frank, Terblanche, Hennie (2015) Mineralogy of high-field-strength elements (Y, Nb, REE) in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. 583-601 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa Torsten Graupner a,⁎, Caroline Mühlbach b, Ulrich...Germany Vergenoeg Mining Company (PTY) LTD., South Africa d Chair of Geology and Economic Geology, University...Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa is hosted by a volcanic pipe-like body. The...in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa, Ore Geol. Rev. (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10...samples The Vergenoeg mine is located in the Kaapvaal Craton in southern Africa. Its host rocks form the |  | | Report (issue) | | ASSISTANCE OF THE SCIENTTFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF TIN ORES BY G. M. DAVIES, M.Sc. (LoND.), F.G.S. Scientinc... CONTENTS CHAPTER I TIN ORES : T THE ORES R OCCURRENCE, CHARACTERS AND USES PAOB OF TIN-WORLD'S PRODUCTION...PRODUCTION OF TIN ORE-VALUATION OF TIN ORE-THE PRICE OF TIN -THE PROPERTIES OF TIN-THE USES OF TIN• SECONDARY...SECONDARY TIN • • • • • I CHAPTER II SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF TIN ORES {a) BRITISH EMPIRE : Europe : United...Settlements . 29 Africa: Gold Coast, Nigeria, N yasaland, Rhodesia, Union of South Africa, Swaziland 47 |  | de Waal, S., Schweitzer, J.-K., Graham, I., Gauert, C., Ripley, E. (2008) A Bushveld-related high-Ti igneous suite (HITIS) derived from an alkali to transitional basaltic magma, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (2) 201-224 doi:10.2113/gssajg.111.2-3.201 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from an alkali to transitional basaltic magma, South Africa Sybrand de Waal Centre for Research on Magmatic...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: PO Box 21167, Windhoek, Namibia...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa. Current address: Shango Solutions, HHK House...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Current address: School of Biological, Earth...Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, 2052 Australia e-mail: i.graham@unsw |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Mineralizing Fluids at the ZaaiplaatsTin Mine, PotgietersrusDistrict G. VON GRUENEWALDT Institute...Taylor, P. THE close genetic relationshipbetween tin miner- Pollard, and co-workers.In effect, therefore...deposits of which the undergroundexploration. Rooiberg-Leeuwpoortdepositsare the best known Geologic...of the Mineralization examples. The Zaaiplaats tin mine is situated within the Three different types of...endograniticmineralization are developedat the Zaaiplaatstin mine. First, northwesternpart of the BushveldComplex |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Services, P.O. Box 432, Florida 1710, South Africa E-mail: fjk@moruominerals.co.za overlies but...but also onlaps the floor-rocks to the south of the Steelpoort area . The source of the magmas also appears...appears to have been towards the south as the MG chromitite layers degrade and thin northward whereas the...Critical Zone, and onlaps the floor-rocks to the south, and the north where it is also the basal zone in...first intruded the Northern lobe north of the Thabazimbi–Murchison Lineament, interacted with the floor-rocks |
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