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Rustenburg Section - Bathopele, Khomanani, Thembelani, Khuseleka, Siphumelele - Bushveld Complex
South Africa
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The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2011.     Record last updated: 10/11/2012
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Rustenburg Section

    Selected References
Ballhaus C G  1988 - Potholes of the Merensky Reef at Brakspruit Shaft, Rustenburg Platinum Mines: Primary Disturbances in the Magnetite Stratigraphy: in    Econ. Geol.   v83, no.6 pp 1140-1158
Ballhaus C G  1988 - Potholes of the Merensky Reef at Brakspruit Shaft, Rustenburg Platinum mines: primary disturbances in the magmatic stratigraphy: in    Econ. Geol.   v83 pp 1140-1158
Barnes S-J, Maier W D and Curl E A,  2010 - Composition of the Marginal Rocks and Sills of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Implications for the Formation of the Platinum-Group Element Deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v.105 pp. 1491-1511
Harris C, Pronost J J M, Ashwal L D and Cawthorn R G,  2005 - Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Stratigraphy of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex: Constraints on Crustal Contamination: in    J. of Petrology   v46 pp 579-601
Kingston G A, El-Dosuky B T  1982 - A contribution on the Platinum-Group mineralogy of the Merensky Reef at the Rustenburg Platinum Mine: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp 1367-1384
Kingston G A, El-Dosuky B T  1982 - A Contribution on the Platinum-Group Mineralogy of the Merensky Reef at the Rustenburg Platinum Mine: in    Econ. Geol.   v77, no.6 pp 1367-1384
Lomberg K G, Martin E S, Patterson M A, Venter J E  1999 - The Morphology of Potholes in the UG2 Chromitite Layer and Merensky Reef (Pothole Reef Facies) at Union Section, Rustenburg Platinum Mines: in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v102, no.3 pp 209-220
Naldrett A J, Gasparrini E C, Barnes S J, Von Gruenewaldt G, Sharpe M R  1986 - The upper critical zone of the Bushveld complex and the origin of Merensky-type ores: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 1105-1117
Nex P A, Kinnaird J A, Ingle L J, van der Vyver B A and Cawthorn R G,  1998 - A new stratigraphy for the Main Zone of the Bushveld Complex, in the Rustenburg area : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v101 pp 215-223
Penberthy C J, Merkle R K W  1999 - Lateral Variations in the Platinum-Group Element Content and Mineralogy of the UG2 Chromitite Layer, Bushveld Complex: in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v102, no.3 pp 240-250
Viljoen M J, Hieber R W  1986 - The Rustenburg Section of Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited, with Reference to the Merensky Reef: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (eds),  Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa Geol. Soc. of South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 1107-1134
Von Gruenewaldt G, Hatton C J, Merkle R K W  1986 - Platinum-group element-Chromitite associations in the Bushveld complex: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 1067-1079
Wilson A H, Lee C A, Brown R T  1999 - Geochemistry of the Merensky reef, Rustenburg Section, Bushveld Complex: controls on the silicate framework and distribution of trace elements: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 657-672


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