Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Nickel
TertiaryIridium, Osmium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1993
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10305051
Alternate namesLebowa Platinym Mines Ltd., Rustenburg Platnum Mines Ltd., Platreef, Potgietersrus
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.0217, 28.82222
References
DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SF 35-16, SCALE 1:250,000.COETZEE,C.B., ED., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OFSOUTH AFRICA, HANDBOOK NO.7, GEOL.SURVEY OF S.A., 5TH ED.,1976, PRETORIA, PP. 95-97.JOHNSON MATTHEY-PLATINUM 1991, P.13.