Mine detail: Bushveld Complex

Previously called 'RustenburgBritsWestern SectionNortham'

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Location

Lat / long: -25.44664, 27.35145

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium, Iron
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1968

Geology

Structure:PLUTONIC

References

MRDSISM0703
DEP60000836
Reference{Deposit:: MACCASKIE, A., 1984, INTERNAL REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA}{Deposit:: SCRUTON, B., PERSONAL COMMUNICATIN, UNION CARBIDE MINERALS CORPORATION.}{Deposit:: DUKE, V.W.A., 1983, VANADIUM - A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW, MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG}{Deposit:: HAMILTON, J., 1977, SR-ISOTOPE AND TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES OF THE GREAT DYKE AND BUSHVELD MAFIC PHASE AND THEIR RELATION TO EARLY PROTEROZOIC MAGMA GENESIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, J. PETROL. 18, 24-52}