Commodities
PrimaryGold, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1960
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID60000583
MRDS IDISM0203
Alternate namesBushveld Complex, Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Western Platinum Mines, Rustenburg Layered Suite
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-25.69663, 27.56395
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA ESTIMATE, 1982, UNPUB.VON GRUENEWALDT, GERHARD, 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, -V. 9, NO. 2, P. 83-95.