Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID60000836
MRDS IDISM0703
Alternate namesWestern Section, Brits, Rustenburg, Northam
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-25.44664, 27.35145
References
MACCASKIE, A., 1984, INTERNAL REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICASCRUTON, B., PERSONAL COMMUNICATIN, UNION CARBIDE MINERALS CORPORATION.DUKE, V.W.A., 1983, VANADIUM - A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW, MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURGHAMILTON, 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, J. PETROL. 18, 24-52