Mine detail: Rustenburg-Brits Sector: Merensky Reef

Previously called 'Bushveld ComplexWestern Platinum MinesRustenburg Platinum MinesRustenburg Layered Suite'

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Location

Lat / long: -25.69663, 27.56395

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Cobalt
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1960

Geology

Structure:PLUTONIC

References

MRDSISM0203
DEP60000583
Reference{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA ESTIMATE, 1982, UNPUB.}{Deposit:: VON GRUENEWALDT, GERHARD, 1977, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, -V. 9, NO. 2, P. 83-95.}