Mine detail: Phalaborwa

Previously called 'Palabora'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.97998, 31.11809

Resource(M)

Primary: Zirconium
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, CARBONATITE/ALKALIC
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1955
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Structure:ARCHEAN GRANITE AND GNEISS

References

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DEP60000767
Reference{Deposit:: KAWATA Y., ROUSE, I.M, AND VAN DER SPUY, R.C.M, 1986, BADDELEYITE ZI RCONIA - NOW AND THE FUTURE: PRESENTED AT THE 7TH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTER NATIONAL CONGRESS, MONTE CARLO, 1986.}{Deposit:: KEYSER U., 1976, ZIRCONIUM: IN COETZEE, C.B., ED, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (5TH ED.): SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY H ANDBOOK 7, P 250-252.}{Deposit:: PALABORA MINING CO LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: DE JAGER D.H. AND FOURIE, P.J., 1978, A REVIEW OF AND SOME NEW ASPEC TS ON PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE PALABORA IGNEOUS COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA: PRESENTED AT THE 1978 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, COLORADO.}