Plant

Kroondal

South Africa
ChromiumIron
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAnorthoclase, Bronzite, Chromite, Diopside, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1947
Discovery year1932
Identification
Deposit ID10232002
MRDS IDM046256
Alternate namesNo Alternate Names.
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-25.72163, 27.33475
References
JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METAL-LURGY. 1968. CHROMIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA. V. 68.MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1959.CHROMIUM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA. 4TH. ED.,P. 187-200.RANKIN, G., 1975, CHROMIUM AND FERROCHROMIUM IN SOUTHAFRICA. SAUNDERS AND TAYLOR INC., INVESTMENT INDUSTRY REPORTJOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA, P. 1-117.SOUTH AFRICAN MINING &ENGINEERING JOURNAL.1974.KROONDALMECHANISES AND INCREASED OUTPUT.V.86.NO.4088.JAN.1974.PP.13-21.SIEMS,P.1976.CHROMITE MINES AND RESOURCES IN THE REPUBLICOF SOUTH AFRICA.MINERALS AVAIL.SYSTEM.DEC.1976.PP.21-23.BUCHANAN. "CHROMITE PRODUCTION FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX ANDRELATIONSHIP TO THE FERROCHROMIUM INDUSTRY. "UNIVERSITYOF THE WITWATERSTAND. 1978SA MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. "KROUNDAL MECHANIZES ANDINCREASES OUTPUT. "V.80. NO.488. JANUARY 1974. PP.13-22THE TEX REPORT. SOUTH AFRICAN CHROMITE, TOKOYO. 1977-78.SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1974,KROONDAL MECHANIZES AND INCREASES OUTPUT, V. 80,NO. 488, P. 13-22.WORST B G, CIRCA 1982, "THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS AT KROONDALCHROME MINE, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX", MINERAL DEPOSITSOF SOUTH AFRICA, GEOL. SOC. OF S.A..GOLDER AND ASSOC., MAY 1981, "DEPOSIT PROFILE - KROONDAL,TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA".SILK M H, 1988, "WORLD CHROMITE RESOURCES AND FERROCHROMEPRODUCTION", MINTEK SPECIAL PUBL. NO 11.DAVIDOFF R L, BOYLE E H JR., 1988, "NOTES FROM VISIT TOTHE REPUBLIS OF SOUTH AFRICA", USBM PUBL. .