Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryNickel, Copper
TertiaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model4: Merensky Reef PGE
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIGNEOUS SHEET
Ore controlMerensky Reef
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite
Tectonic settingIntracratonic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038814
MRDS IDM046265
Alternate namesA. T. O. K. Investments Co., Ltd.
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.31834, 29.8428
References
BRABERS, 1971, LIST OF WORKING MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPEC. PUB. 18, P. 11MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 62.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.