Commodities
PrimaryZirconium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, CARBONATITE/ALKALIC
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureARCHEAN GRANITE AND GNEISS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Last production1987
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID60000767
MRDS IDISM0602
Alternate namesPalabora
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-23.97998, 31.11809
References
KAWATA Y., ROUSE, I.M, AND VAN DER SPUY, R.C.M, 1986, BADDELEYITE ZI RCONIA - NOW AND THE FUTURE: PRESENTED AT THE 7TH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTER NATIONAL CONGRESS, MONTE CARLO, 1986.KEYSER U., 1976, ZIRCONIUM: IN COETZEE, C.B., ED, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (5TH ED.): SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY H ANDBOOK 7, P 250-252.PALABORA MINING CO LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORT.DE JAGER D.H. AND FOURIE, P.J., 1978, A REVIEW OF AND SOME NEW ASPEC TS ON PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE PALABORA IGNEOUS COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA: PRESENTED AT THE 1978 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, COLORADO.