Producer

Union-Amandelbult Sector: Merensky Reef

South Africa
PGECopperNickel
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Commodities
PrimaryPGE, Copper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructurePLUTONIC
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID60000593
MRDS IDISM0213
Alternate namesUnion Platinum Mine, Amandelbult Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg Layered Suite
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.77168, 27.33474
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.