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Western Platinum Section - Marikana (Karee, Middelkraal), Pandora - Bushveld Complex
Gauteng, South Africa
Main commodities: PGE PGM Pt Pd




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2011.     Record last updated: 14/11/2012
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Carr H W, Kruger F J,. Groves D I, Cawthorn R G  1999 - The petrogenesis of Merensky Reef potholes at the Western Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex: Sr-isotopic evidence for synmagmatic deformation: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 335-347
Farquhar J  1986 - The Western Platinum Mine: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 1135-1142
Junge M, Oberthur T and Melcher F,  2014 - Cryptic Variation of Chromite Chemistry, Platinum Group Element and Platinum Group Mineral Distribution in the UG-2 Chromitite: An Example from the Karee Mine, Western Bushveld Complex, South Africa : in    Econ. Geol.   v.109 pp. 795-810


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