The distribution of platinum group elements in the Insizwa lobe, Mount Ayliff Complex, South Africa: implications for Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide exploration in the Karoo igneous province

Maier, W D; Marsh, Julian S; Barnes, Sarah-Jane; Dodd, D C

Title: The distribution of platinum group elements in the Insizwa lobe, Mount Ayliff Complex, South Africa: implications for Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide exploration in the Karoo igneous province
Creator: Maier, W D
Creator: Marsh, Julian S
Creator: Barnes, Sarah-Jane
Creator: Dodd, D C
Date Issued: 2002
Date: 2002
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150353
Identifier: vital:38969
Identifier: https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.2113/gsecongeo.97.6.1293
Description: The Mount Ayliff Complex of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa is a layered intrusion of some 800 km2 surface area and up to 1,200 m thickness. On the basis of compositional similarities and spatial association, it is generally interpreted to form part of the Karoo igneous province. Similarities between the Mount Ayliff Complex and the staging chambers and feeder conduits to flood basalts that host magmatic sulfide ores elsewhere in the world suggest that the Mount Ayliff Complex may have an enhanced potential for Noril’sk-Talnakh–type massive Ni-Cu sulfide ores, an idea that is supported by the well-known sulfide occurrence at Waterfall Gorge.
Format: 14 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Economic Geology
Relation: Maier, W.D., Marsh, J.S., Barnes, S.J. and Dodd, D.C., 2002. The distribution of platinum group elements in the Insizwa lobe, Mount Ayliff Complex, South Africa: implications for Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide exploration in the Karoo igneous province. Economic Geology, 97(6), pp.1293-1306.
Relation: Economic Geology volume 97 number 6 1293 1306 September 2002 1554-0774
Rights: GeoScienceWorld
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