(Facility) Rustenburg Refinery

Plant in South Africa with commodities PGE, Nickel, Refiner, Gold, Refinery, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304937
MAS/MILS ID 7910202057
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Rustenburg Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 27.324, -25.675 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • Large plant facility on Rustenburg lease seen in Google Earth that is assumed to be the refinery.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary
Nickel, Refiner Critical Secondary
Gold, Refinery Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 27.324, -25.675

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd.
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Group

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Causey, J.D. and others, Unpublished database of PGE deposits in southern Africa

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Zimbelman U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-JUL-10 Causey, J.Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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