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Atok

Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038814
MRDS ID M046265
Record type Site
Current site name Atok
Alternate or previous names A. T. O. K. Investments Co., Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.8428, -24.31834 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIETERSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 4
USGS model code 2b
Deposit model name Merensky Reef PGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.8428, -24.31834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IGNEOUS SHEET
    Dip 12 DEG - 17 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Merensky Reef

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lydenburg District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Africa Triangle Mining Controlled By Angovaal / Middle Wits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRABERS, 1971, LIST OF WORKING MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPEC. PUB. 18, P. 11

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Blair, Will N.; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1988 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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