Aurora Ni (nickel) Cu (copper) PGE (platinum-group elements) deposit data (NERC Grants NE/M010848/1, NE/M011615/1)

Sample locations and geochemical data from the Aurora Ni-Cu-PGE magmatic sulphide deposit, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Samples were taken from two boreholes on the La Pucella farm, courtesy of Pan Palladium Limited. This data contains petrological photographs; scanning electron microscope element maps and identification of platinum group minerals and precious metal minerals; and trace element concentration of ore minerals. This data was collected as part of the TeaSe consortium NERC grant in order to determine the concentration and hosting of critical and precious metals in various types of ore deposits and barren rocks from different geological environments. This data was collected and interpreted by researchers at Cardiff University and is used in a paper, available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.02.008.

Date (Creation): 2020-04-30

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607630

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University of Cardiff - Katie McFall ( School of Earth and Ocean Science )

Main Building, Park Place , Cardiff , CF10 3AT ,

Principal investigator

University of Cardiff - Dr I McDonald ( School of Earth and Ocean Sciences )

Main Building, Park Place , Cardiff , CF10 3AT ,

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Mineralogy
Mass spectroscopy
NGDC Deposited Data
Sulphides
Mineral deposits
ICP spectroscopy
Platinum group elements

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NGDC Deposited Data

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2017-01-09

End date: 2020-02-28

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

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Pass: No

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Statement: Dataset A1 contains sample locations, A3 are element maps from scanning electron microscope (SEM) energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) mapping, A4 is data from SEM-EDS analysis, A5 is a compilation of SEM back-scatter electron (BSE) pictures of platinum group minerals (PGM) from the deposit, A6 is a compilation of SEM-BSE images of other minerals of interest from the deposit, dataset A7 are photos of location for laser-ablation inductively-coupled mass-spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) analysis of sulphides and A8 is data from LA-ICP-MS analysis of sulphide minerals.