Commodities
PrimaryGold, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum, PGE
SecondaryRuthenium, Copper, Nickel, Osmium, Iridium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePGE reefs
Model4: Merensky Reef PGE
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formtabular
Ore controlIntrusive Sheet
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Cubanite, Graphite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Geology
Host rockNorite,Harzburgite,Pegmatite
Structure"Potholes" = Basin - Shaped Depression In Reef, "Koppies" = Dome Shaped Structure In Reef
Tectonic settingPlatform, Anorogenic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10038808
MRDS IDM046257
Alternate namesRustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd. Union Section
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.94087, 27.16139
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOL. OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 39 - 41VAN ZYLE, 1970, PETROLOGY OF MERENSKY REEF: GEOL. SOC. OF SOUTH AFRICA, SPEC. PUR. 1, SYMPOSIUM BUSHVELD, P. 80 - 107BRABERS, COMPILER, 1971, LIST OF WORKING MINES IN REPUBLICA OF SOUTH AFRICA: DEPT. MINES, REPUBLICA OF SOUTH AFRICA, 25 P.SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY, 1975.MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7, 1976.SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PLATINUM-GROUP METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.Anglo Platinum Limited (AngloAmerican), 2010, Annual Report 2009: Marshalltown, South Africa, Anglo Platinum Limited, Annual Report 2009, 276 p, accessed February 20, 2010, at http://angloplatinum.com/investors/reports/2009.asp.ISMI