Producer

Western Platinum Mine

South Africa
PlatinumGoldCopperIridiumPalladiumRhodiumRuthenium
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Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryGold, Copper, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIGNEOUS SHEET
Materials
Ore mineralsPentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038821
MRDS IDM046273
Alternate namesLohnromiddelkraal 466 Jq
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-25.67996, 27.51256
References
COERTZE, 1974, GEOL. BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MEM. 66, P. 126BRYNARD & OTHERS, 1975, PLATINUM MINE NEAR MARIKANA, SOUTH AFRICA: SOC. OF ECON. GEOL. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, DENVER, COLO. PROGRAM, P. 4.BRYNARD, DE VILLIERS, AND VILJOEN, 1976, MINERAL. WESTERN PT MINE, S.A.: ECON. GEOL. V.71, NO.7, P. 1299STUMPFL, AND TARKIAN, 1976, PT GENESIS: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.75) SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SCALE 1:1,000,000.6) BUTTERMAN, 1976, PT-GROUP METALS : US DEPT. INT. MIN. YEARBOOK FOR 1974, V.1.