Mine detail: Northern Bushveld: Potgietersrus Sector

Previously called 'Potgietersrus LimbBushveld ComplexGrasvallyRustenburg Layered Suite'

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Location

Lat / long: -24.33948, 28.97142

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1963

Geology

Structure:LAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION

References

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Reference{Deposit:: VERMAAK, C. F., IN PRESS, SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMICS OF CHROMIUM, WIT SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTHERN AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA.}{Deposit:: VON GRUENEWALDT, G., 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 9, NO.2, P. 83-95.}{Deposit:: COERTZE, F. J., AND COETZEE, C.B., 1976, CHROMIUM, IN COETZEE, C.B., ED., MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK 7, P. 117-122.}{Reserve-Resource:: DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.}