 | | 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) | | 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 |  | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | carbonates,cassiterite,and sulfidessuchas pyrite, pyrrhotite, and minor sphalerite, chalcopyrite,bornite,...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) | | 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 |  | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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...cassiterite,carbonates,and a variety of sulfides (pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite,bismuthinite,sphalerite |  | | 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........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES |  | | 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...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...Greenland. This volume covers mineral deposits in Africa, Asia exclusive of the U.S.S.R., and Australasia...Philippines, and Japan are included with Asia. In South Africa, the deposits are arranged by prov inces, in |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | because * Present address: Asarco, Inc.,Sweetwater Mine,Route1, Box416,Ellingit contains transparent fluoritethatshould...Consulting Corporation, Johannesburg, South of inclusions Africa. whichthedeposit formed. Thepresence...564 VERGENOEG MAGNETITE-FLUORITE DEPOSIT, SOUTH AFRICA 565 rocksdo not cropoutin the immediateminearea(Crocker...Vergenoeg, although about90 km to the southeast Rooiberg rhyolite is5,000m thickandisintruded bylayered...bylayered marierock,andabout50kmtothenorthwest Rooiberg rhyolite is3,000m thickandisintruded bygranite(Twist |  | Huthmann, Florian M., Yudovskaya, Marina A., Kinnaird, Judith A., McCreesh, Matthew, McDonald, Iain (2018) Geochemistry and PGE of the lower mineralized Zone of the Waterberg Project, South Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 92. 161-185 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.10.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the lower mineralized Zone of the Waterberg Project, South Africa T ⁎ Florian M. Huthmanna, , Marina...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Mineralogy...mineralization The Waterberg deposit is located north of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa...succession. The Waterberg Project is located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. This position...that the mafic to ultramafic succession of the Waterberg Project does not represent a simple marginal extension |  | Yudovskaya, M., Belousova, E., Kinnaird, J., Dubinina, E., Grobler, D.F., Pearson, N. (2017) Re-Os and S isotope evidence for the origin of Platreef mineralization (Bushveld Complex) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 214. 282-307 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.029 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Petrography...Exploration & Geology, Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd, Mokopane, South Africa * Corresponding author email: marina.yudovskaya@wits...(PtAsS-RhAsS-IrAsS), Pt alloys and Os solid solution in pyrrhotite. Interpretation of their origin is not straightforward...occurrence of Pt alloys and other PGMs in the Waterberg quartz-hematite veins in the Bushveld aureole...rock such as granite and granophyre (Fig. 1). The Rooiberg rhyolites were formed slightly earlier (2061 ±2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Valley-type (MVT) deposits, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa Stephen E. Kesler a,⁎, Martin Reich a,b , Marlon...Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic Transvaal basin in South Africa, which were deposited before the 2.4 to 2.0...Paleoproterozoic Transvaal Supergroup of southern Africa ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 763 5057;...sulfate-rich basinal brines transport metals to local areas containing reduced sulfur (Anderson, 1983;...the Transvaal and Griqualand West basins in South Africa and the Kanye basin in Botswana (Fig. 1). These |  | Gudelius, D., Zeh, A., Wilson, A.H. (2020) Zircon formation in mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Constraints from composition, zoning, Th/U ratios, morphology, and modelling. Chemical Geology, 546. 119647pp. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119647 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld complex, South Africa: Constraints from composition, zoning, Th/U...mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld complex, South Africa: Constraints from composition, zoning, Th/U...mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: constraints from composition, zoning, Th/U...Geosciences, South Africa, 2050 Johannesburg, ro 2 of 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany -p South Africa re Keywords:...Geological Setting The Bushveld Complex (BC) in South Africa is the Earth‟s largest mafic layered intrusion |  | Klemd, Reiner, Beinlich, Andreas, Kern, Matti, Junge, Malte, Martin, Laure, Regelous, Marcel, Schouwstra, Robert (2020) Magmatic PGE Sulphide Mineralization in Clinopyroxenite from the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Minerals, 10 (6) 570 doi:10.3390/min10060570 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clinopyroxenite from the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa Reiner Klemd 1 , Andreas Beinlich 2, * , Matti...Engineering, University of Cape Town; Rondebosch 7103, South Africa; robertschouwstra5@gmail.com Department of Geology...University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa Correspondence: andreas.beinlich@uib.no Received:...the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, hosts platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization...some samples, which display differentiation into pyrrhotite and pentlandite in the lower, and chalcopyrite |
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