Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel, PGE, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1920
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID60000642
MRDS IDISM0322
Alternate namesUnion Platinum Mines, Amandelbult Platinum Mines, Impala Platinum Mines, Bafokeng Platinum Mine, Wildebeestfontein Platinum Mine, Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Western Platinum Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-25.66334, 27.25145
References
HAMILTON, J. (1977): SR-ISOTOPE AND TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES OF THE GREAT DYKE AND BUSHVELD MAFIC PHASE AND THEIR RELATION TO EARLY PROTEROZOIC MAGMA GENESIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.-JOURNAL FOR PETROLOGY 18, 24-52.VERMAAK, C.F. AND GRUENEWALDT, G.V. (1981): BUSHVELD EXCURSION GUIDEBOOK.-3RD. INTERNATIONAL PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM SOUTH AFRICA 1981.ALLCOCK, B. AND MACCASKIE, A. (1984): PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX.-INTERNAL REPORT (UNPUBL.), GEOL. SURV. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA.