A geological investigation of the Waterberg hydrothermal platinum deposit, Mookgophong, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-129

  Armitage, P ^a,d   McDonald, I ^b   Tredoux, M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d London Bridge Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Platinum; Quartz veins; Rooiberg; Waterberg; Welgevonden Fault

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALISATION; PLATINUM DEPOSIT; QUARTZ VEINS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PLATINUM; PLATINUM MINES; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

FAULT ZONE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM; QUARTZ VEIN; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

AFRICA; KAROO; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35548944832     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327507X207483     Document Type: Article

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