Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureLAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID60000506
MRDS IDISM0004
Alternate namesPalmietfontein, Rietfontein, Groenfontein, Ruighoek (Bathaloko), Ntuane
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-25.17996, 26.92255
References
VERMAAK, C. F., IN PRESS, SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMICS OF CHROMIUM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTHERN AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTT 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.