Platreef

Producer in South Africa with commodities PGE, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106904
MRDS ID M046820
Record type Site
Current site name Platreef
Alternate or previous names Potgietersrus Limb

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.83475, -23.99669 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH AND SOUTH OF POTIETERSRUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED IN CENTER OF POTGIETERSRUS LIMB

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Ruthenium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.83475, -23.99669

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET
    Thickness 200M
    Length 110000M
    Width 15000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RUSTENBURG LAYERED SUITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AU TO PGM = 1:28

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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