Description
Dr. E. T. Mellor
Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryZirconium, Iron, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formRING STRUCTURE
Ore controlTransgressive Carbonatite
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite
GangueDiabase, Diopside
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Surface Limestones
Associated rockGneiss · Phalaborwa Igneous Complex And Granite-Gneissic Complex
StructurePyroxenite, Syenite And Carbonatite Intrusives In Granite-Gneissic Host Rocks, "Phalaborwa Igneous Complex", An Intrusive Near-Vertical Pipe Composed Largely Of Pyroxenite.
Tectonic settingShield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10079226
MRDS IDW028277
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-23.99667, 31.13472
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 , DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1978, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED,1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1974, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1973, ANNUAL REPORTS.PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, 1972, ANNUAL REPORTS.ISMIPHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORP., 1972-1978; KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984 ; FOSKOR ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; FOSKOR ANNUAL REPORT-1983 ; FOSKOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; FOSKOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; FOSKOR (PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED) ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; FOSKOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 1978