Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryOsmium, Iridium, Copper
TertiaryPalladium, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formCARROT - SHAPED PEGMATITE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1929
Identification
Deposit ID10103711
MRDS IDM046283
Alternate namesOnverwacht Platinum, Ltd., Onverwatch 330
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-24.67832, 30.17002
References
WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN, 1973, P. 285, 284, 65CAMERON AND DESBOROUGH, 1964, MAGNETITE - BEARING PEGMATITES OF BUSHVELD, S. AFRICA: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, NO. 2, P. 215 - 223MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 42 - 44CABRI, ROSENZWEIG AND PINCH, 1977, PT GROUP MINERALSFROM ONVERWACHT 1: CAN. MINERALOGIST, V.15, P.380-384. 5) CABRI, LAFLAMME, STEWART, 1977, PT GROUP METALS FROM ONVERWACHT 2,PLATARSITE: CAN. MINERALOGIST V.15, P.385 6) CABRI, STEWART, LAFLAMME AND SZYMANSKI, 1977, PT MINERALS FROM ONVERWACHT 3, GENKINITE: CAN. MINERALOGIST V.15, P.389