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| 00+0.00 A REVIEW OF THE MINERALS INDUSTRY IN ZIMBABWE T. J. VEASEY School of Chemical Engineering,...selected from the areas of diamond, copper and platinum production as examples of current developments...of the potential for the minerals industry in Zimbabwe. Some aspects of social and political factors...HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The minerals industry in Zimbabwe has its origins in ancient times and workings...the country - - the spectacular ruins of Great Zimbabwe. The ruins are a labyrinth of stone walls, fabricated |
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| PRENDERGAST 319 Platinum-Group Element Mineralisation in the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, and its Relationship...Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe. e-mail: marprend@hotmail.com ABSTRACT The platinum-group element (PGE)...Great Dyke of Zimbabwe contains the world’s second largest single resource of platinum-group elements...which the ultramafic rocks invariably display a platinum enrichment signature of tens to hundreds ppb Pt...Mimosa mine is commencing major expansion, open-cast operations recently began at the Ngezi mine and further |
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| Geological Society of Zimbabwe G Z S Newsletter October 2014 Prof. Nic Beukes, A.L. du Toit Memorial...contributing to the field excursion at the Orpheus Mine, Redcliff, 26th October 2014. See Field Notes in... Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter October, 2014 The Geological Society of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box CY 1719...……………………………….. NEWS Geology Department, University of Zimbabwe ……………………………….. The Professor Tom Blenkinsop UZ...Drive, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. 2 Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter October, 2014 Editorial |
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| Geological Society of Zimbabwe G S Z Newsletter June 2019 No. 2 of 3 of 2019 Nyagande Pools, Sunungukai...Society of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box CY 1719, Causeway, Harare Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter ... 6 10 NEWS Geology Department, University of Zimbabwe – Maideyi Meck …………… Midlands State University...Survey Department – Forbes Mugumbate ………………………… Zimbabwe Geological Survey – New Publications ……………………...Industry – Forbes Mugumbate ……………………….. Mining in Zimbabwe: From the 6th to the 21st centuries – Book Launch |
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| Geological Society of Zimbabwe G S Z Newsletter June 2018 No. 2 of 3 of 2018 Artisanal chrome...Society of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box CY 1719, Causeway, Harare Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter ...du Toit Memorial Lecture ……………………………...….…. The Zimbabwe Craton in Mozambique: A brief review of its geochronological...Department, University of Zimbabwe – Maideyi Meck …………… News from the Zimbabwe School of Mines – Maideyi...Symposium 2018 and Chewore Field Excursion …………………… Zimbabwe Mineral Resource Conference ……………………………………. 26 |
 | Oberthur, T., Weiser, T. W., Melcher, F., Gast, L., Wohrl, C. (2013) DETRITAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (2) 197-222 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.2.197 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| 2.197 DETRITAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN RIVERS DRAINING THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE Thomas OBERTHÜR§...the description of the assemblage of detrital platinum-group minerals (PGM) found in rivers draining...and PGE-oxides (unstable). Keywords: Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, alluvial sediments, Pt-Fe alloy, Os-Ir-Ru alloy...Bushveld Complex of South Africa, the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in Russia came into...Weiser 2002). Notably, the discovery of detrital platinum-group minerals (PGM) in gravels on the Maandagshoek |
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| minerals Review The Fate of Platinum-Group Minerals in the Exogenic Environment—From Sulfide Ores via...Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas Oberthür Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften...performed in order to investigate the behavior of the platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the weathering cycle in...Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were obtained underground, from core...particles, small The world’s prime sources of platinum-group (PGE) are layered intrusions of Proterozoic |
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| Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum-group elements at Hartley Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe Part 1. Primary distribution...carrying economic platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization. At the Hartley Platinum Mine, the MSZ is up...is dominantly present in the form of discrete platinum-group minerals (PGM). Within the MSZ sequence...Zone Æ Great Dyke Æ Hartley Platinum Mine Æ Zimbabwe Introduction Deposits of platinum-group elements (PGE)...Bushveld Complex, South Africa). The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe (Fig. 1) constitutes the world’s second largest |
 | Stribrny, B., Wellmer, F. -W., Burgath, K. -P., Oberthür, T., Tarkian, M., Pfeiffer, T. (2000) Unconventional PGE occurrences and PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke: metallogenic and economic aspects. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (2) 260-280 doi:10.1007/s001260050019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| September 1998 / Accepted: 7 December 1999 Abstract Platinum group elements (PGE) are strategic materials because...sul®dic part and distinct dierences between the platinum group mineral (PGM) assemblages of the MSZ and...redistributions should be kept in mind during planning and mine operation. Investigations of unconventional PGE...PGE-producing deposits in the world. Introduction Platinum group elements (PGE) were selected as strategic...stringent environmental standards. In 1997 the world platinum supply amounted to 154.5 t (Johnson Matthey 1998 |
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| Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum-group elements at Hartley Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe Part 2: Supergene redistribution...Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke, and alluvial platinum-group minerals Received: 27 February 2001 / Accepted:...Springer-Verlag 2003 Abstract The behaviour of platinum-group elements (PGE) in the exogenic cycle was...present in the Makwiro River close to the Hartley Platinum Mine indicates further mineralogical changes...Sulfide Zone Æ Placers Æ Great Dyke Æ Hartley Platinum Mine Æ Zimbabwe Editorial handling: O. Thalhammer |
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| interest in the geo logy and mineral resources of Zimbabwe which followed the removal of United Nations sanctions...original Bulletin is the insertion of Table IIIA, Zimbabwe Mineral Production and Value, on page 114A. Due...for views of Wankie Colliery and the Trojan nickel mine, and to the Photographic Section of the Ministry...Trojan Nickel Mine, near Bindura. facing page 33 V The Great Dyke. Northern part of the Hartley Complex...Complex. VI Chrome seam in the Great Dyke, Vanad Mine. VII Lower Karoo Landscape. No. 1 Colliery, Wankie. |
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| ARTICLE Platinum-group element distribution in the oxidized Main Sulfide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Marek...mafic/ultramafic layered intrusion of Zimbabwe, economic concentrations of platinum-group elements (PGE) are restricted...Zone . Platinum-group minerals . Beneficiation . PGE oxides Introduction The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe is a...cutting Archean granites and greenstone belts of the Zimbabwe Craton (Prendergast 1988; Oberthür et al. 2002)...that mainly form polyphase aggregates. The main platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the MSZ are sperrylite |
 | Oberthür, Thomas, Davis, Donald W., Blenkinsop, Thomas G., Höhndorf, Axel (2002) Precise U–Pb mineral ages, Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd systematics for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe—constraints on late Archean events in the Zimbabwe craton and Limpopo belt. Precambrian Research, 113 (3) 293-305 doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(01)00215-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe —constraints on late Archean events in the Zimbabwe craton and Limpopo belt...Department, Uni6ersity of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe Accepted 23 August 2001...interpretations of the crustal development of the Zimbabwe craton. Close temporal links between the intrusion...granitoids (Chilimanzi and Razi suites) of the Zimbabwe craton are indicated by the new precise age data...of the Northern Marginal Zone over the Zimbabwe craton. A west-to-east diachroneity in both thrusting |
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| Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter February, 2007 Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter February...SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE, P.O. BOX CY 1719, CAUSEWAY, HARARE • Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter...Department, University of Zimbabwe ……………………………………… The Geological Survey of Zimbabwe ………………………………………………… Mining...…………………………………………………… …. 22 2 Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter February 2007 Editorial All the very...endeavours is critical. 3 Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter February 2007 We continued to pursue |
 | Piña, R., Gervilla, F., Barnes, S.-J., Oberthür, T., Lunar, R. (2016) Platinum-group element concentrations in pyrite from the Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (7) 853-872 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0642-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| Deposita DOI 10.1007/s00126-016-0642-3 ARTICLE Platinum-group element concentrations in pyrite from the...the Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe R. Piña 1 & F. Gervilla 2 & S.-J. Barnes 3 & T. Oberthür...of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe hosts the world’s second largest resource of platinum-group elements (PGE)...other trace element contents in pyrite from the Hartley, Ngezi, Unki, and Mimosa mines of the Great Dyke... LA-ICP-MS . Main sulfide zone . Great Dyke . Zimbabwe Introduction Pyrite [FeS2] is a common minor |
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| 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...Redistribution in the Main Sulfide Zone of The Great Dyke, Zimbabwe T. Oberthür, F. Melcher 75-96 97-111 6. Placers |
 | Maier, W.D., Määttää, S., Yang, S., Oberthür, T., Lahaye, Y., Huhma, H., Barnes, S.-J. (2015) Composition of the ultramafic–mafic contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and implications for the origin of the PGE reefs. Lithos, 238. 207-222 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.09.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| ultramafic-mafic contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and...ultramafic-mafic contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and...contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi T mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex...Great Dyke contains the world’s second largest platinum resource after the Bushveld Complex. Isotopic...NU 1. SC R Sulfide Zone. The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe is one of the world’s largest layered mafic-ultramafic |
 | Li, Chusi, Ripley, Edward M., Oberthür, Thomas, Miller, James D., Joslin, Gregory D. (2008) Textural, mineralogical and stable isotope studies of hydrothermal alteration in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe and the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake Intrusion, Minnesota, USA. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (1) 97-110 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0159-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| alteration in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe and the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake...Stratigraphic offsets in the peak concentrations of platinum-group elements (PGE) and base-metal sulfides in...Lake Intrusion. The strong spatial association of platinum- Editorial handling: P. Lightfoot C. Li (*) :...mineralized layered intrusions of this type. Keywords Platinum-group minerals . Sulfide . Alteration . Stable...Lake Intrusion . Zimbabwe . USA Introduction The debate on the origin of platinum-group elements (PGE) |
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| Main Sulfide Zone at Unki Mine, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Evidence from Petrography...Abstract: The main platinum-group element (PGE) occurrence in the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, the Main Sulfide...silicate composition study across the MSZ at Unki Mine in the Shurugwi Subchamber was conducted to help...the mineralization. The PGE-enriched zone at Unki Mine is a ~10 m thick package of rocks ranging from gabbronorites...of sulfide mineralization likely occurred at Unki Mine with primary sulfides occurring in association with |
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| M.D. PRENDERGAST The Snake’s Head Platinum Project – layering, PGE mineralisation and deformation in...in the Musengezi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe M.D. Prendergast Guesachan, Shielhill Road, Kirriemuir...close to the Zambezi Escarpment, the Snake’s Head Platinum Project covers the northeastern half of the Musengezi...Great Dyke straddles the boundary between the Zimbabwe craton and the late Archaean Migmatitic Gneiss...containing one of the Great Dyke’s last undeveloped platinum resources (>80 m oz). The original, gently-plunging |
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| Nickeliferous Archean Madziwa Igneous Complex, Northern Zimbabwe: Petrological Evolution, Magmatic Architecture... am bia 30°E 32°E 100 km Fig.2 Eo M P Zimbabwe craton E Harare Mr Mutare 19°S Bulawayo ...Introduction The Madziwa Igneous Complex in northern Zimbabwe comprises a regional group of nickeliferous, mafic-ultramafic...principal causal role in sulfide segregation at Madziwa mine and the camp was later cited as a type-example of...light of investigations carried out before final mine closure (including detailed mapping, walk-over surveys |
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| Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter May 2006 Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter May 2006...SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE, P.O. BOX CY 1719, CAUSEWAY, HARARE Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter .............7 GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE ...................................................................7 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ZIMBABWE ………………………………………………………… 8 RECENT EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY........................15 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE HONORARY MEMBERS…………………………. 15 CONTACT DETAILS |
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| Gerais, Brésil. INTRODUCTION The remobilization of platinum-group elements (PGE) at low temperatures has been...of the questions refers to secondary growth of platinum-group minerals (PGM) in laterites (e.g., Bowles...Makwiro River, Zimbabwe, have pointed to a low-temperature origin for native platinum occurring as a...precursor of virtually Fe-free native platinum in the Waterberg district of South Africa (Wagner 1929, McDonald...AND SAMPLE MATERIAL Gongo Soco was a famous gold mine in the 19th century (Henwood 1871, Hussak 1904); |
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| communication Timing of thermal stabilization of the Zimbabwe Craton deduced from high-precision Rb–Sr chronology...Keywords: Rb–Sr Cooling age Archean Great Dyke Zimbabwe Craton a b s t r a c t Dating low temperature...4 Ma was obtained from the Archean Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Craton, in contrast to the intrusion age of 2575...age of the Great Dyke marks the final stage of Zimbabwe craton stabilization and that the greater craton...The map shows the Republic of Zimbabwe with the Rhodesian (or Zimbabwe) Craton as a grey-shaded area |
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| metals and their history Properties of metals Platinum Palladium Rhodium Iridium Ruthenium Osmium Historical...Pharmaceuticals Sensors 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Platinum group metal pricing Evolution of the pricing system...Consignment stocks and sales 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Platinum group metal trading International exchanges Metal...people, if asked, would be able to name the six platinum group metals. Even fewer could describe their...are an essential part of modern life. Comprising platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium |
