| Deposit ID | 10039232 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M046821 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merensky Reef |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.50142, -24.49668 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
South Africa(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| South Africa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| PGE Critical | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Primary |
| Rhodium Critical | Primary |
| Iridium Critical | Primary |
| Osmium | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Skutterudite | Ore |
| Sperrylite | Ore |
| (1) | 28.50142, -24.49668 |
|---|
| General form | SHEET |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | A. F. Lombard, A Prospector |
| District name | Bushveld Complex |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M046821 |
WAGNER, 1929 , PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: C. STRUIK, CAPETOWN
VON GRUENWALDT, 1977 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX
VERMAAK AND HENDRIKS, 1976 , MINERALOGY OF MERENSKY REEF: ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , N. 7
VERMAAK, 1976 , MERENSKY REEF ENVIRONMENT AND GENESIS: ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , N. 7 .
5) COUSINS, 1969 , THE MERENSKY REEF OF THE BUSHVELD: ECON. GEOL. MON. NO. 4 .
6) VON GRUENWALDT, 1977 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BUSHVELD: MINERALS SCI. ENG. V. 9 , NO. 2 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REEF NAMED FOR DR. HANS MERENSKY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1977 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.