The history of the Waterberg deposit: Why South Africa's first platinum mine failed

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  McDonald, Iain ^a   Tredoux, Marian ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grade control; Platinum; South Africa; Transvaal Platinum Ltd; Waterberg

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METALLURGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PLATINUM MINES; PLATINUM ORE TREATMENT;

GRADE CONTROL; METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL PLATINUM LTD (CO);

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29544435571     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X62884     Document Type: Article

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