Mine detail: Henry Gould Chrome Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -25.72996, 27.58478

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Secondary: PGE, Iron, Silica
Ore: Chromite, Magnetite
Gangue: Anorthosite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: TABULAR/BLANKET
Discovery year: 1931

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
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 Are* Upper, Middle And Lower Chrome Groups (Underlying The Merensky Reef) Are Extraordinarily Uniform As To Composition And Thickness. Faults And Folds, Locally, Are Of Minor Importance Only. Seam Undulations, However, Are Common And Thus Present Localized (Albeit Moderate) Changed In The Dip.
Tectonic:Platform
Alteration processes:Surface And Near-Surface Alteration Of Feldspathic Materials Only

References

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DEP10089695
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: FERROUS AND NONFERROUS MINES AND WORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU DIRECTORY NO. 3/79}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF MINES; 1976.}{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:: MARKETING DIRECTORY, NO. 2 , FERROUS AND NONFERROUS METALS AND MINERALS IN SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINES; 1977 .}{Deposit:: OPERATING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINES; DIRECTORY NO. 1/79 ; 1979 .}{Deposit:: KUPFERBURGER, W., AND LOMBAARD, B.V., 1937, THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ^253 SAUNDERS AND TAYLOR, 1975, CHROMIUM AND FERROCHROMIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA: SAUNDERS AND TAYLOR, STOCK AN}{Production:: REPORTERS ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND OFFICIAL (MINERALS BUREAU) COUNTRY TOTALS ; REPORTE* ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND OFFICIAL (MINERALS BUREAU) COUNTRY TOTALS ; REPORTERS ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND OFFICIAL (MINERALS BUREAU) COUNTRY TOTALS.}
ReporterSweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.