Mine detail: Eastern Bushveld Sector: Merensky Reef

Previously called 'Bushveld ComplexAtok MineRustenburg Layered Suite'

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.28837, 29.87641

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Cobalt, Gold, PGE, Nickel
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, DISSEMINATED
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1924

Geology

Structure:

PLUTONIC

References

MRDS	ISM0210
DEP	60000590
Reference	{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA ESTIMATE, 1982, UNPUB.}{Deposit:: SCHWELLNUS, J.S.I., HIEMSTRA, S.A., AND GASPARRINI, ELVIRA, 1976, THE MERENSKY REEF AT ATOK PLATINUM MINE AND ITS -ENVIRONS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 1, P. 249-260.}
Reporter	HAMMERBECK, ERIK C.I