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Western Platinum Mine

Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Gold, Copper, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038821
MRDS ID M046273
Record type Site
Current site name Western Platinum Mine
Alternate or previous names Lohnromiddelkraal 466 Jq

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.51256, -25.67996 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES EAST 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
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result FLOTATION CONCENTRATE 455 GRAINS AVG: PERCENT, SPERRYLITE = 50.3, COOPERITE = 10.3, BRAGGITE = 6.8, KOTULSKITE = 8.1, MERENSKYITE = .2, MONCHEITE = 13, PT-FE ALLOY = 6.4, STIBIO-PALLADINITE= .4, LAURITE = .2: AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF WHOLE ROCK SAMPLES
Result PT= 3.73 PPM, PD= 1.64 PPM, IR= .041 PPM, AU= .455 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.51256, -25.67996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IGNEOUS SHEET
    Thickness 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustenburg District , Merensky Reef

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COERTZE, 1974, GEOL. BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MEM. 66, P. 126

  • Deposit

    BRYNARD & OTHERS, 1975, PLATINUM MINE NEAR MARIKANA, SOUTH AFRICA: SOC. OF ECON. GEOL. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, DENVER, COLO. PROGRAM, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    BRYNARD, DE VILLIERS, AND VILJOEN, 1976, MINERAL. WESTERN PT MINE, S.A.: ECON. GEOL. V.71, NO.7, P. 1299

  • Deposit

    STUMPFL, AND TARKIAN, 1976, PT GENESIS: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    6) BUTTERMAN, 1976, PT-GROUP METALS : US DEPT. INT. MIN. YEARBOOK FOR 1974, V.1.

Reporter information

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

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