 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | ALLUVIAL AND ELUVIAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA T. OBERTHÜR Bundesanstalt...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The present work provides an initial description of detrital platinum-group...alloys (together 54%), sperrylite (33%), cooperite/braggite (11%), and stibiopalladinite (2%). This PGM assemblage...as these tools can provide useful indicators of platinum mineralization. Introduction Placers in Colombia...the major source of platinum-group minerals (PGM) before the discovery of the platinum deposits of the Bushveld |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Petrology (2000) 68: 213±222 The recovery of platinum-group elements from the UG-2 chromitite, Bushveld...Mintek, Randburg, South Africa Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, South Africa With 6 Figures...accepted April 2, 1999 Summary The behaviour of platinum-group elements (PGE) during milling and ¯otation...the UG-2 chromitite occur primarily in discrete platinum-group mineral phases, varying from sulphide assemblages...assemblages (predominantly cooperite, braggite, malanite and laurite) to assemblages comprising a signi®cant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EconomicGeology Vol 77, 1982,pp. 1848-11366 The Platinum-GroupChemistryand Mineralogyof the UG-2 Chromitite...concentrationsof the platinum-groupelementsin Bushveldmagmas. More than6,000grainsof platinum-group mineralswere...cooperite(PtS),an unnamed Pt-Ir-Rh-Cu sulfide,braggite([Pt, Pd, NilS), an unnamedPt-Pb-Cu sulfide,vysotskite(PdS)...chalcopyrite,pyrrhotite,and pyrite. Variation in the platinum-groupmineral assemblages can be explainedby variationsin...andthechemicalvariationsin platinum-groupelementsplusgoldcontents PRODUCTION of platinum-groupelements(PGE) in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Reef at Rustenburg (western Bushveld Complex, South Africa) ALEXANDER KAWOHL1,* AND HARTWIG E. FRIMMEL1...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa [Received 30 July 2015; Accepted 4 November...Merensky Reef from Frank Shaft No.1 at Rustenburg Platinum Mine revealed the presence of a Pt-Fe-alloy, probably...bismuthotellurides (10 vol.%), electrum (9 vol.%) and platinum group element- (PGE-) sulfides and stannides (2...Y WO R D S : Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, platinum-group minerals, troilite, isoferroplatinum, Pt-Fe-alloy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EconomicGeology Vol. 81, 1986, pp. 1067-1079 Platinum-Group Element-Chromitite Associations in the Bushveld...Bushveld Complexareevaluated. Chondrite-normalized platinum-group elementplotsof these datashowthat trendsfor...formationof chromitite layersandtheir associated platinum-group elementmineralization were very uniformover...particularlayer are only evidenton a regionalscale. The platinum-group mineralsof the middlegroupof chromititelayersin...1982) havebeen quotedmorefreely. PlatinumHIGH platinum-groupelement concentrationsare a groupelementdatafor |  | Junge, Malte, Oberthür, Thomas, Kraemer, Dennis, Melcher, Frank, Piña, Ruben, Derrey, Insa T., Manyeruke, Tawanda, Strauss, Harald (2019) Distribution of platinum-group elements in pristine and near-surface oxidized Platreef ore and the variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 54 (6) 885-912 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0848-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00126-018-0848-7 ARTICLE Distribution of platinum-group elements in pristine and near-surface oxidized...variation along strike, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa Malte Junge 1,2,3 & Thomas Oberthür 1 & Dennis...Mogalakwena mine were studied. Further, sulfides and platinum-group minerals (PGM) at various locations along...comprise (Pt,Pd)-bismuthotellurides, cooperite-braggite, and sperrylite. Electron probe microanalysis...Spain 7 Nkwe Platinum (SA) Pty Ltd, 128 Western Service Road Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa 8 Institut |  | Groshev, Nikolay Yu., Rundkvist, Tatyana V., Karykowski, Bartosz T., Maier, Wolfgang D., Korchagin, Aleksey U., Ivanov, Anton N., Junge, Malte (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals, 9 (12) 764 doi:10.3390/min9120764 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Review Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered...Kievey and the North Kamennik deposits represent the first ore type and are confined to the North PGE Reef...Reef located 600–800 m above the base of the West Pana Intrusion. The reef is associated with a horizon of...are 0.15, 0.53 and 3.32 ppm, respectively. The North Kamennik deposit has similar contents of noble metals...considered significant ore districts of the Kola platinum-metal province [1]. A characteristic feature of |  | Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., Grobler, Danie F., Costin, Gelu, Abramova, Vera D., Dunnett, Tim, Barnes, Sarah-Jane (2017) Zonation of Merensky-Style Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in Turfspruit Thick Reef Facies (Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex)*. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1333-1365 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4512 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 112, pp. 1333–1365 Zonation of Merensky-Style Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in Turfspruit Thick...Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy, Petrography...& Geology, Ivanplats (Pty.) Ltd., Mokopane, South Africa 4 Department 5 Sciences of Earth Science,...Platreef structure updip although the high-grade platinum-group element (PGE) reefs, located close to the...suggesting the same enrichment process. Introduction Platinum-group element (PGE) reefs are a type of deposit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 77, 1982, pp. 1:328-1:347 RegionalTrendsin the Platinum-GroupMineralogyof the Critical Zone of the BushveldComplex...volume distribution,and mode of occurrence of the platinum-groupmineralsresidingin the MerenskyReef, the...unexploredareascan perhapsnow be predicted.The platinum-group mineralsof the UG-2 and overlyingMerenskylayers...in differentiatingthe oresin the vicinity (north and south) of the PilansbergAlkaline Complexfrom thoseof...westernBushveld)and hasled to an overall conceptrelating platinum-groupmineral types to postulatedcentersof increasedvolatile |  | | 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; |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4000, South Africa AND ROGER N. SCOON Postnet Suite 291, Private Bag X31, Knysna 6570, South Africa...may be described as a wide-reef facies, in which platinum group element (PGE) mineralization is largely...chromite crystallization and consequent sulfide and platinum group mineral (PGM) precipitation resulting from...of the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Fig. 1). The original discovery of the Merensky...eastern limb is due to the fact that concentrated platinum exploration and mining only commenced here in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WOLF MAIER AND SARAH-JANE BARNES 159 Platinum-group elements in the UG1 and UG2 chromitites, and the...Bastard reef, at Impala platinum mine, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Evidence for late magmatic...sjbarnes@uqac.ca © 2008 September Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT We have examined the UG1 and UG2 chromitites...correlatives to the Pseudoreef, in drill core at Impala platinum mine. The UG2 consists of a 66 cm main seam and...walls on the farm Reinkoyalskraal 278JQ, Impala platinum mines, western Bushveld Complex (Figure 1). In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Middle Group of the eastern Bushveld complex, South Africa Part 1 – the chromitite layers J. Kottke-Levin*1...base metal sulphides only. About a sixth of the platinum-group mineral observed is associated with As,...the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 2 Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg...Xstrata Head Office, PO Box 2131, 0300 Rustenburg, South Africa *Corresponding author, email KottkeLevinJ.SCI@ufs...contains approximately 75 and 50% of the world’s platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) resources respectively |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | Holwell, David A., Barnes, Stephen J., Le Vaillant, Margaux, Keays, Reid R., Fisher, Louise A., Prasser, Richard (2016) 3D textural evidence for the formation of ultra-high tenor precious metal bearing sulphide microdroplets in offset reefs: An extreme example from the Platinova Reef, Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland. Lithos, 256. 55-74 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.03.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | referred to as “offset reefs”. These typically show platinum-group element (PGE) enrichment immediately below...Keywords: AC CE P TE D MA NU SC RI Skaergaard, platinum-group elements, gold, microtomography, sulfide...(Prendergast, 2000) and the Stella Intrusion, South Africa (Maier et al., 2003). These all display NU...Syn-magmatic processes include pre-formation of platinum-group minerals (PGM) prior to collection by sulfide...magmatic activity associated with the opening of the north Atlantic Ocean and passage of Greenland over the |  | | 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 | | chambers. I am grateful to the many colleagues in South Africa with whom I have explored and experienced the...been suggested for the Calamity Peak intrusion, South Dakota (Duke et al., 1988). 2.4. Magma mixing A...anorthosite layers, Dwars River, BushveM Complex, South Afi'Jca. The extreme degree of fractionation between...movements" (Parsons, 1979, p. 691). Aftershocks and local deformation occurred in Long Valley in apparent...earthquake which had an epicentre 400 km away. These local events were attributed to the development of approximately |  | | 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; |  | | Book | | t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...CANADA Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust...Kronberg-Taunus Pferelstrasse 1, Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany Copyright © 1976 John Drew Ridge All Rights...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union Soviética), y |  | | Report (issue) | | 9 rhenium 186.2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204...China; niobium in Brazil; and platinum-group elements in South Africa and Russia), thus increasing the...the same commodities. Rare-earth elements and platinum-group elements particularly are broadly viewed...(In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE)...................................M1 Chapter N. Platinum-Group Elements By Michael L. Zientek, Patricia |  | | 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...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 the physical |  | | Book | | Pllhlisiled ill the USA h)' Chapman (Iml Hall 29 West 35th Street, ,\Iou York ,\IY1O()() I © 1986 R....regions. Term broadly applied in the SW USA and South America. Carbonatization A type of hydrothermal...An ocean which occupied the site of the present North Atlantic and which was at its widest extent in Lower...result of pressure solution followed by immediate local deposition. Talus An accumulation of rock fragments...investigation of the Coed-y-Brenin copper deposit in North Wales, UK. The mining of uranium is a sensitive |
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