Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt, Gold, PGE, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1924
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID60000590
MRDS IDISM0210
Alternate namesAtok Mine, Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg Layered Suite
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.28837, 29.87641
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA ESTIMATE, 1982, UNPUB.SCHWELLNUS, J.S.I., HIEMSTRA, S.A., AND GASPARRINI, ELVIRA, 1976, THE MERENSKY REEF AT ATOK PLATINUM MINE AND ITS -ENVIRONS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 1, P. 249-260.