Mine detail: Western Platinum Mine

Previously called 'Lohnromiddelkraal 466 Jq'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: -25.67996, 27.51256

Resource(M)

Primary: Platinum
Secondary: Gold, Copper, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Ore: Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Orebody form: IGNEOUS SHEET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSM046273
DEP10038821
Reference{Deposit:: COERTZE, 1974, GEOL. BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MEM. 66, P. 126}{Deposit:: BRYNARD & OTHERS, 1975, PLATINUM MINE NEAR MARIKANA, SOUTH AFRICA: SOC. OF ECON. GEOL. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, DENVER, COLO. PROGRAM, P. 4.}{Deposit:: BRYNARD, DE VILLIERS, AND VILJOEN, 1976, MINERAL. WESTERN PT MINE, S.A.: ECON. GEOL. V.71, NO.7, P. 1299}{Deposit:: STUMPFL, AND TARKIAN, 1976, PT GENESIS: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7}{Deposit:: 5) SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: 6) BUTTERMAN, 1976, PT-GROUP METALS : US DEPT. INT. MIN. YEARBOOK FOR 1974, V.1.}
ReporterBlair, Will N.