1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Bafokeng South Mine

Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Copper, Nickel, Palladium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038826
MRDS ID M046282
Record type Site
Current site name Bafokeng South Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.25145, -25.49664 (WGS84)
Relative position NNW AND ADJOINING RUSTENBURG PLATINUM LTD.

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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary

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) 27.25145, -25.49664
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustenburg District , Merensky Reef

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Impala Platinum, Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • INITIAL PRODUCTION OF 100,000 OZ PLATINUM PER YEAR. ESTIMATED OUTPUT IN 1971 WILL BE 250,000 OZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1968, IMPALA MAKES ITS BOW: MIN. JOUR. V.271, P.358

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1970, IMPALA, V.274, P.243

  • 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. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site