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Impala Platinum Co.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038836
MRDS ID M046295
Record type Site
Current site name Impala Platinum Co.
Alternate or previous names Impala Prospecting Co. Pty., Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.18478, -25.56331 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF BOSHOEK, ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF RUSTENBURG

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
Palladium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cubanite Ore
Gold Ore
Graphite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Platinum Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.18478, -25.56331
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description "Potholes" = Basin - Shaped Structure In Reef. "Koppie" = Dome - Shaped Structure In Reef.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR SHEET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Sheet

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustenburg District

Comments on the production information

  • IMPALA'S SPRINGS REFINERY IN THE TRANSVAAL HAS A MAXIMUM RATED YEARLY CAPACITY OF 950,000 OZS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSTALLED CAPACITY (1975) = 950,000 TOZ/YEAR, PLANS FOR 1974 TO PRODUCE 750,000 OZ PT/YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRABERS, 1971, LIST OF MINES IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: DEPT. MINES, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, P. 11, WITH MAP.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    BUTTERMAN, 1976, PT-GROUP METALS: U.S. DEPT. INT. BUR. MINE , MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1974

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 26, 1975, V. 284, NO. 7310, P. 238

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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