Plant

Ntuane

South Africa
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Chromite, Hornblende, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1917
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10183030
MRDS IDW028405
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-25.21336, 26.90975
References
WORLD MINING. CHROMITE PRODUCTION FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX.SEPT. 1979, PP. 97-101.BUCHANAN, D.L. "CHROMITE PRODUCTION FORM THE BUSHVELDCOMPLEX AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE FERROCHROMIUMINDUSTRY." BUREAU OF MINERAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF THEWITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG. 1978. PP. 3-20.CAMERON E.N. AND G.A. DESBOROUGH. "OCCURENCE ANDCHARACTERISTICS OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS - EASTERN BUSHVELDCOMPLEX." MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS SYMPOSIUM. PP. 23 AND31.WLLEMSE, J. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX,THE LARGEST REPOSITORY OF MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS IN THEWORLD." MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS SYMPOSIUM. 1969.PP. 1-21.SILK M H, 1988, "WORLD CHROMITE RESOURCE AND FERROCHROMEPRODUCTION", MINTEK SPECIAL PUBL. NO. 11.DAVIDOFF R L, BOYLE E H JR., 1988, "NOTES FROM VISIT TO THEREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA", USBM, MINERALS AVAIL. FIELDOFFICE.