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Impala Platinum - Bafokeng North and South, Wildebeestfontein South and North - Bushveld Complex
North West Province, South Africa
Main commodities: PGE PGM




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2006.     Record last updated: 22/11/2012
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Barnes S-J and Maier W D  2002 - Platinum-group Elements and Microstructures of Normal Merensky Reef from Impala Platinum Mines, Bushveld Complex : in    J. of Petrology   v43 pp 103-128
Leeb-Du Toit A  1986 - The Impala Platinum mines: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 1091-1106
Mostert A B, Hofmeyr P K, Potgieter G A  1982 - The Platinum-Group mineralogy of the Merensky Reef at the Impala Platinum mines, Bophuthatswana: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp 1385-1394
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
Prichard H M, Barnes S-J, Maier W D, Fisher P C,  2004 - Variations in the nature of the platinum-group minerals in a cross-section through the Merensky Reef at Impala Platinum: implications for the mode of formation of the reef - **CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE**: in    The Canadian Mineralogist   v42 pp 423-437
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


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