Mine detail: Palabora Carbonatite Mine

Previously called 'Palabora Mining Company Limited'

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Location

Lat / long:

-23.99667, 31.13472

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Vermiculite, Iron, Uranium
Secondary:	Hafnium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Aluminum, Potassium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium
Ore:	Apatite, Bornite, Bravoite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Ilmenite, Linnaeite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chondrodite, Diabase, Dolomite, Mica, Olivine, Phlogopite
Orebody form:	RING STRUCTURE
Discovery year:	1912

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1965

Geology

Host type:	Intrusive Carbonatite,Gneiss
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pyroxenite, Syenite And Carbonatite Intrusives In Granite-Gneissic Host Rocks, *alabora Complex, An Intrusive Near-Vertical Pipe Composed Largely Of Pyroxenite.
Tectonic:	Shield

References

MRDS	W007520
DEP	10069814
Reference	{Deposit:: PALABORA ANNUAL REPORTS: 1974, 1975}{Deposit:: PHALABORWA REPORT}{Deposit:: LEAFLET-PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED}{Deposit:: LOMBAARD AND OTHERS, 1964, GEOLOGY SOC. SOUTH AFRICA, ORE DEPOSITS, V. II, P. 315-317.}{Deposit:: COUSINS AND VERMAAK, 1976, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 287-305.}{Deposit:: LIST OF WORKING MINES IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1968: SOUTH AFRICA DEPT. MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NO. 18, SUPPL., P. 1.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977, PALABORA: MAY.}{Deposit:: VERWOERD, 1967, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK SOUTH AFRICA NO. 6.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1967, PALABORA BULLETIN K8-B32: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1967.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORTS, 1974, MINERALS: CERP B-429, 1974, 1975.}{Production:: PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT, 1980 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT 1977 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1981 ; PALABORA MINING COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; PALABORA MINING COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; PALABORA MINING COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT. - 1982 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; PALABORA ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; PALABORA COMPANY REPORT 1976}
Reporter	Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.