Mine detail: Zeerust Chrome Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -25.04667, 26.25146

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Secondary: PGE, Iron, Silica
Ore: Chromite, Magnetite
Gangue: Anorthosite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: TABULAR/BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gabbro
Associated rock:Bushveld Igneous Complex (Including The Overlying Merensky Reef)
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:Inward-Dipping Cone-Like Structure; Folding And Faulting (Including Low-Angle Thrusting) Exists, But Are Of Minor Importance; Erosion, Peneplanation And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments Are Basic Criteria Regionally., The Marico Extension Of The Bushveld Igneous Complex If A Shallow Kidney-Shaped Syncline Occuring In Pyroxenite And Harzburgite. Five Chromite Seams Lie Concentrically Around The Basin And Dip Toward The Center At 2.7 Degrees. Three Seams Are Thought To Be Continuous, And Two Intermittent. Faults And Folds, Locally, Are Of Minor Importance Only.
Tectonic:Platform
Alteration processes:Surface And Near-Surface Alteration Of Feldspathic Material Only.

References

MRDSW028401
DEP10079231
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: FERROUS AND NONFERROUS MINES AND WORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU DIRECTORY NO. 3/79}{Deposit:: FERROUS AND NONFERROUS MINES AND WORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, DIRECTORY NO. 3/79; 1979 .}{Deposit:: OPERATING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINES; DIRECTORY NO. 1/79; 1979 .}{Deposit:: CHROMITE MINES AND RESOURCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOR M.A.S., US BUREAU OF MINES; SIEMS, P., CRIST, E. M., AND SHEEHAN, L. E., JR.; 1976 .}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF MINES HANDBOOK 7, FIFTH EDITION.}{Deposit:: GOSSLING, H.H., 1978, FLUORSPAR: 1973-1980, A COMMODITY PROFILE: MINERALS BUREAU,DEPARTMENT OF MINES.}{Production:: REPORTE* ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND OFFICIAL (MINERALS BUREAU) COUNTRY TOTALS. ; REPORTERS ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND OFFICIAL (MINERALS BUREAU) COUNTRY TOTALS}
ReporterMccarter, Lorna D., Sweetwood, Charles W.