Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureLAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1963
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID60000504
MRDS IDISM0002
Alternate namesGrasvally, Bushveld Complex, Potgietersrus Limb, Rustenburg Layered Suite
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.33948, 28.97142
References
VERMAAK, C. F., IN PRESS, SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMICS OF CHROMIUM, WIT SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTHERN AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA.VON GRUENEWALDT, G., 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 9, NO.2, P. 83-95.COERTZE, F. J., AND COETZEE, C.B., 1976, CHROMIUM, IN COETZEE, C.B., ED., MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK 7, P. 117-122.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.