Mine detail: Eastern Bushveld: Ug2 Chromitite Layer

Previously called 'Bushveld ComplexRustenburg Layered Suite'

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Location

Lat / long: -24.77165, 30.16811

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Chromium, Nickel, PGE
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Structure:LAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION

References

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Reference{Deposit:: VON GRUENEWALDT, G., 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 9, NO. 2, P. 83-95.}{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.}