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The Great Dyke
Zimbabwe
Main commodities: Cr PGE PGM




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2010.     Record last updated: 12/11/2012
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Li C , Ripley E M, Oberthur T, Miller J D and Joslin G D,  2008 - Textural, mineralogical and stable isotope studies of hydrothermal alteration in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe and the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake Intrusion, Minnesota, USA: in    Mineralium Deposita   v43 pp 97-110
Locmelis M, Melcher F and Oberthur T,  2010 - Platinum-group element distribution in the oxidized Main Sulfide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.45 pp. 93-109
Oberthur T, Weiser T W, Gast L  2003 - Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum-group elements at Hartley Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe. Part 1: Primary distribution patterns in pristine ores of the Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38 pp 327-343
Oberthur T, Weiser T W, Gast L  2003 - Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum-group elements at Hartley Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe. Part 2: Supergene redistribution in the oxidized Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke, and alluvial platinum-group minerals: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38  pp 344-355
Schoenberg R, Nagler Th F, Gnos E, Kramers J D, Kamber B S  2003 - The source of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, and its tectonic significance: Evidence from Re-Os isotopes: in    J. of Geol.   v111 pp 565-578
Stribrny B, Wellmer F K, Burgath K P, Oberthur T, Tarkian M, Pfeiffer T  2000 - Unconventional PGE occurrences and PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke: metallogenic and economic aspects: in    Mineralium Deposita   v35 pp 260-280
Wilson A H and Prendergast M D,  2001 - Platinum-Group Element Mineralisation in the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, and its Relationship to Magma Evolution and Magma Chamber Structure : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v104 pp 319-342
Wilson A H, Tredoux M  1990 - Lateral and vertical distribution of Platinum-group elements and petrogenetic controls on the Sulfide mineralization in the P I pyroxenite layer of the Darwendale Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: in    Econ. Geol.   v85 pp 556-584


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