Northern Bushveld: Potgietersrus Sector

Producer in South Africa with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000504
MRDS ID ISM0002
Record type District
Current site name Northern Bushveld: Potgietersrus Sector
Alternate or previous names Grasvally, Bushveld Complex, Potgietersrus Limb, Rustenburg Layered Suite
Related records 10134718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.97142, -24.33948 (WGS84)
Relative position INCLUDES DEPOSIT ON ZWARTFONTEIN; TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH OF SECTOR IS 11 KM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.97142, -24.33948

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description LAYERS IN A STRATIFORM INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1963

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S.A. MANGANESE AMCOR, LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner GRASVALLY CHROME MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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