Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryVanadium, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlThe Various Components Of The Bushveld Igneous Complex Have Been Emplaced In Successive Eruptions As Sheet-Like Masses Into Pretoria Series Volcanics, And In Some Cases Into One Another, Dipping Inward Toward The Center Giving A Cone-Like Structure To The Complex As A Whole.
Geology
Associated rockGabbro,Norite,Pyroxenite · Bushveld Igneous Complex, Upper Zone (Titaniferous Magnetite Seams Separated By Gabbro, Norite, Anorthosite And Pyrozenite)
StructureInward-Dipping Cone-Like Structure; Folding And Faulting (Including Low-Thrusting) Exists, But Are Of Minor Importance; Erosion, Peneplanation And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments Are Basic Criteria Regionally., Three Magnetite Seams Occur In Upper Zone Of Bushveld Igneous Complex, Separated By Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro And Anorthosite. All Beds Flat-Dipping; Folding And Faulting Only Of Minor Importance Locally.
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationSurface And Near Surface Alteration Of Feldspathic Materials Separating Magnetite Seams Has Upgraded Ore Selectively.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Identification
Deposit ID10079127
MRDS IDW028040
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-25.2133, 29.91809
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; (IRON AND VANADIUM CHAPTERS); DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1975, OCTOBER 1975.HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION,1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORP LTD ANNUAL REPORTS ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1983 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; ANNUAL REPORT - HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM, 1981 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1978