Detrital platinum-group minerals in rivers draining the eastern Bushveld complex, South Africa

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 563-582

  Oberthür, Thomas ^a   Melcher, Frank ^a   Gast, Lothar ^a   Wöhrl, Christian ^a   Lodziak, Jerzy ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Bushveld complex; Maandagshoek; Placer; Platinum group minerals; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PIPE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

ATTRITION; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS (PGM);

MINERALOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142672064     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.563     Document Type: Article

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