Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Model2: Bushveld Cr
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureLAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1923
Identification
Deposit ID60000503
MRDS IDISM0001
Alternate namesGrootboom, Ucar, Waterkop, Groothoek, Dilokong, Montrose, Winterveld, Tweefontein, Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg Layered Suite
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-24.745, 30.184
References
VERMAAK, C. F., IN PRESS, SUMMARY ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF CHROMIUM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTHERN AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETYOF SOUTH AFRICA.VON GRUENEWALDT, G., 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 9, NO. 2, P. 83-95.DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.