Three-dimensional mapping of the Platreef at the Zwartfontein South mine: Implications for the timing of magmatic events in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Holwell, D A ^a   Jordaan, A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Hangingwall; Platreef; Shear zones; Zwartfontein

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAPPING; MINERALOGY;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; HANGINGWALL GABBRONORITE; PLATREEF;

LITHOLOGY;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; NORITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PYROXENE;

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

EID: 33748283795     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327506X113046     Document Type: Article

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