Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryIron, Silica, PGE
Deposit
Deposit typechromite-rich seams
Model2: Bushveld Cr
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTabular/Blanket
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueAnorthosite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock · Bushveld Igneous Complex
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1957
Identification
Deposit ID10107358
MRDS IDW028413
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.7838, 30.171
References
Src.Ref: Ferrous And Nonferrous Mines And Works In South Africa; Department Of Mines, Minerals Bureau; Directory No. 3/79; 1979Mineral Resources Of The Republic Of South Africa, Fifth Edition, Handbook 7, Geological Survey, Department Of Mines; 1976.Marketing Directory, No. 2 , Ferrous And Nonferrous Metals And Minerals In South Africa; Minerals Bureau, Department Of Mines; 1977 .Operating Mines In The Republic Of South Africa; Minerals Bureau, Department Of Mines; Directory No. 1/79 ; 1979 .Deyoung And Others, 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report-- Chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 P."Chromium And Ferrochromium In South Africa"; Saunders And Taylor, Stock And Share Brokers; Johannesburg; November 1975 ."The Chromite Deposits Of The Bushveld Igneous Complex", Geological Survey, Department Of Mines; Kupferburger, W., And Lombaard B. V. 1937