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Palabora, Phalaborwa, |
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Limpopo (Northern) Province, South Africa |
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Cu Fe P U PGE PGM Au Ag
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The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2001.
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below. © Copyright Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, storage or dissemination prohibited.
Phalaborwa (Palabora)
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Fourie P J, de Jager D H 1986 - Phosphate in the Phalabowra Complex: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (eds), Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa Geol. Soc. of South Africa, Johannesburg v2 pp 2239-2253
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Giebel, R.J., Marks, M.A.W., Gauert, C.D.K. and Markl, G., 2019 - A model for the formation of carbonatite-phoscorite assemblages based on the compositional variations of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa: in Lithos v.324-325, pp. 89-104.
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Groves D I and Vielreicher N M 2001 - The Phalabowra (Palabora) carbonatite-hosted magnetite-copper sulfide deposit, South Africa: an end-member of the iron-oxide copper-gold-rare earth element deposit group?: in Mineralium Deposita v36 pp 189-194
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Harmer R E 2000 - Mineralisation of the Phalaborwa Complex and the Carbonatite Connection in Iron Oxide Cu-Au-U-REE Deposits: in Porter TM (Ed.), Hydrotherml Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide v1 pp 331-340
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Le Bras, L.Y., Bolhar, R., Bybee, G.M., Nex, P.A.M., Guy, B.M., Moyana, T. and Lourens, P., 2021 - Platinum-group and trace elements in Cu-sulfides from the Loolekop pipe, Phalaborwa: implications for ore-forming processes: in Mineralium Deposita v.56 pp. 161-177.
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Milani, L., Bolhar, R., Cawthorn, R.G. and Frei, D., 2017 - In situ LA-ICP-MS and EPMA trace element characterization of Fe-Ti oxides from the phoscorite-carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa: in Mineralium Deposita v.52, pp. 747-768.
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Milani, L., Bolhar, R., Frei, D., Harlov, D.E. and Samuel, V.O., 2017 - Light rare earth element systematics as a tool for investigating the petrogenesis of phoscorite-carbonatite associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa: in Mineralium Deposita v.52, pp. 1105-1125.
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Palabora Mining Co Ltd Mine Geological & Mineralogical Staff 1976 - The geology and the economic deposits of copper, iron and vermiculite in the Palabora Igneous Complex: A brief review: in Econ. Geol. v71 pp 177-192
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Vielreicher N M, Groves D I and Vielreicher R M, 2000 - The Phalaborwa (Palabora) Deposit and its Potential Connection to Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits of Olympic Dam Type: in Porter T M (Ed), 2000 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide v.1 pp. 321-329
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