| Lat / long: | -25.2133, 29.91809 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Secondary: | Vanadium, Titanium, Metal |
| Gangue: | Olivine |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR/BLANKET |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1968 |
| Associated rock: | Bushveld Igneous Complex, Upper Zone (Titaniferous Magnetite Seams Separated By Gabbro, Norite, Anorthosite And Pyrozenite) |
| Associated type: | Gabbro,Norite,Pyroxenite |
| Structure: | Inward-Dipping Cone-Like Structure; Folding And Faulting (Including Low-Thrusting) Exists, But Are Of Minor Importance; Erosion, Peneplanation And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments Are Basic Criteria Regionally., Three Magnetite Seams Occur In Upper Zone Of Bushveld Igneous Complex, Separated By Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro And Anorthosite. All Beds Flat-Dipping; Folding And Faulting Only Of Minor Importance Locally. |
| Tectonic: | Platform |
| Alteration processes: | Surface And Near Surface Alteration Of Feldspathic Materials Separating Magnetite Seams Has Upgraded Ore Selectively. |
| MRDS | W028040 |
| DEP | 10079127 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; (IRON AND VANADIUM CHAPTERS); DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976}{Deposit:: COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1975, OCTOBER 1975.}{Deposit:: HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION,1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Production:: HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORP LTD ANNUAL REPORTS ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1983 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; ANNUAL REPORT - HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM, 1981 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1978} |
| Reporter | Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D. |