Bushveld Igneous Complex
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The Bushveld Igneous Complex is a vast layered mafic intrusion in South Africa renowned as the world’s largest known source of platinum-group metals, chromium, and vanadium.
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
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igneous complex ⓘ layered mafic intrusion ⓘ |
| approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears | 2050 ⓘ |
| approximateArealExtentInSquareKilometers | 66000 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| discoveryCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major global source of chromium
ⓘ
major global source of vanadium ⓘ world’s largest known source of platinum-group metals ⓘ |
| formationProcess | large layered mafic magma chamber differentiation ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleoproterozoic ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chromitite layers
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Critical Zone ⓘ Eastern Limb NERFINISHED ⓘ Far Western Limb NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebowa Granite Suite NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Main Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Merensky Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Limb NERFINISHED ⓘ Platreef NERFINISHED ⓘ Rooiberg Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Rustenburg Layered Suite NERFINISHED ⓘ UG2 Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Zone ⓘ Western Limb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCraton | Kaapvaal Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bushveld region
NERFINISHED
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Gauteng Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Limpopo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpumalanga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ North West Province NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South Africa ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
laterally extensive ore horizons
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well-developed magmatic layering ⓘ |
| notableMiningDistrict |
Polokwane area
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Rustenburg mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oreDepositType |
layered mafic intrusion PGE deposit
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stratiform chromitite deposit ⓘ vanadium-bearing magnetite deposit ⓘ |
| produces |
chromite
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iridium ⓘ osmium ⓘ palladium ⓘ platinum ⓘ rhodium ⓘ ruthenium ⓘ vanadiferous magnetite ⓘ |
| rockType |
anorthosite
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gabbroic rock ⓘ granite ⓘ granophyre ⓘ harzburgite ⓘ mafic rock ⓘ norite ⓘ pyroxenite ⓘ ultramafic rock ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
economic geology
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geochemistry ⓘ petrology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | intracratonic basin ⓘ |
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