Producer

Bushveld Complex

South Africa
IronVanadium
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructurePLUTONIC
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID60000839
MRDS IDISM0706
Alternate namesSekhukhuneland, Eastern Section, Stoffberg, Roossenekal, Mapochs Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-25.16333, 29.91812
References
MACCASKIE, A. 1984, INTERNAL REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICAHIGHVELD DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD., 1962, INVESTIGATION OF THE VANADIUM-BEARING TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITIES OF THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEXRALSTON, I.T. AND HOLANHAN, D.M., 1981, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE RESERVES OF MAPOCHS MINE, VOL. I.DUKE, V.W.A., 1983, VANADIUM - A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW, MINERALS BEREAU, JOHANNESBURGMATTHEWS, L.C., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TRANSVAAL ALLOYS (PTY) LTD.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, J. PETROL. 18, 24-52.