Mine detail: Merensky Reef: Eastern Bushveld

Previously called 'Der BrochenKenned* ValeMaandagshoekWinnaarshoekAtok Platinum MineHermansdalBuffelshoek'

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Location

Lat / long: -24.31337, 29.83471

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1969

Geology

Structure:PLUTONIC

References

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DEP60000641
Reference{Deposit:: MINERALS BUREAU OF SOUTH AFRICA (1982): NO FERROUS METALS AND MINERALS PRODUCED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.-MINERALS BUREAU DIRECTORY 3/82; JOHANNESBURG.}{Deposit:: SCHWELLNUS, J.S.I., HIEMSTRA, S.A. AND GASPARINI, E. (1976): THE MERENSKY REEF AT THE ATOK PLATINUM MINE AND ITS ENVIRONS.-ECON. GEOL. 71/1, 249-260.}{Deposit:: ALLCOCK, B. AND MACCASKIE, A. (1984): PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX.-INTERNAL REPORT (UNPUBL.), GEOL. SURV. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA.}{Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION E.R. CORIN, MINERALS BUREAU OF SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG.}
ReporterPAGE, NORMAN J.