Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-101

  Holwell, D A ^a   McDonald, I ^a   Armitage, P E B ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base metal sulphides; Bushveld Complex; Pd; PGM; Platreef; Pt; Sandsloot mine; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PALLADIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BASE METAL SULPHIDES; PLATINUM GROUP MINERAL (PGM) ASSEMBLAGES; SANDSLOOT MINE;

PLATINUM;

MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

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

EID: 33645527985     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461067010315     Document Type: Article

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