| Deposit ID | 10038993 |
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| MRDS ID | M046493 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Artonvilla Mine |
| Related records | 10207918 |
| Geographic coordinates: | 30.13471, -22.3301 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | FOUR MILES EAST OF MESSINA, SOUTH OF LIMPOPO RIVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
South Africa(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| South Africa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Primary |
| Rhodium Critical | Secondary |
| Iridium Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | CLAUSTHALITE - RICH SEAM FROM 8 - 360 LBA STOPE: PT = 24 PPM, PD = 116 PPM, RH 1.3 PPM, IR = 2.5 PPM, AU = 0.6 PPM, AG = 152.4 PPM |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||
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| (1) | 30.13471, -22.3301 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
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| Structure description | Messina Fault |
| General form | SHEET LIKE BODIES |
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| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| District name | Messina District |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M046493 |
MIHALIK, JACOBSEN, AND HIEMSTRA, 1974, ECON. GEOL., V. 69, P. 257 - 262
GRAAN, 1964, GEOL. SOC. SOUTH AFRICA, ORE DEPOSITS, V. II, P. 303 - 314
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1951 INTO PRODUCTION |
| Deposit | NEWMAN (1973) GIVES MINING, METALLURY AND COST DATA AVAILABLE RESOURCES: PGM + AU A ANNUAL GROWTH RATE O OF 3% = 223 YEARS; 5% = 135 YEARS; 10% = 69 YEARS. MERENSKY REEF WAS NAMED FOR DR. HANS MERENSKY. THE B USHVELD COMPLEX CONSISTS OF THREE EXTENSIVE DEPOSITS: THE MER ENSKY REEF; THE UG2 CHROMITITE LAYER BELOW THE MERENSKY REEF ; THE PLATREEF IN THE POTGIETERSRUS AREA. MERENSKY REEF WAS NAMED FOR DR. HANS MERENSKY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1976 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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