• The allanite deposits on Vrede, Gordonia District, Cape Province 

  Hugo, Petrus Jacobus (University of the Free State, 1961-11)

  Allanite deposits of an unusual nature occur in two types of granulite on the farm. Vrede, portion of Cnydas West, Gordonia District, Cape Province. The granulites belong to the Archaean complex which is also represented ...

• A stratigraphic-structural investigation of an area south of Pofadder, Namaqua Mobile Belt, South Africa 

  Nel, Wayne Justin (University of the Free State, 2021-12)

  The area of the Namaqua Mobile Belt investigated is situated in the eastern part of the Aggeneys Terrane (2-1.06 Ga), south of Pofadder in the Northern Cape. The mapping campaign covered an area of 1,350 km², in the eastern ...

• The Sr isotopic stratigraphy of the LCZ-UCZ transition in the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex 

  Malatji, Mafete (University of the Free State, 2021)

  Data on the modal mineralogy, whole-rock geochemistry, plagioclase mineral chemistry and Sr isotopic compositions in lithologies covering an interval of ~100 m across the Upper Critical Zone (UCZ) and Lower Critical Zone ...

• The parageneses of sulphide minerals in transgressive carbonatite of the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa 

  Du Plessis, Pieter George (University of the Free State, 2019-03)

  The Palabora Complex, also known as the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, is situated in the Limpopo Province, next to the town of Phalaborwa. The complex intruded the Kaapvaal Craton in early Proterozoic times. The centre of ...

• Die geologie in die omgewing van Britstown 

  Lemmer, William Murray (University of the Free State, 1977)

  Afrikaans: 'n Stratigrafiese kolom is met behulp van geologiese kartering en profiele vir die gebied opgestel. Die twee eenhede van die Ventersdorpgroep kan gekorreleer word met die eenhede in die Bothaville-omgewing. Die ...

• Die sedimentologie van die Soutpansbergsteenkoolveld met spesiale verwysing na steenkoolvorming 

  Van der Berg, Hendrik Jacobus (University of the Free State, 1980)

  Afrikaans: Die Karoolae noord van die Soutpansberg is geleë in die Tshipise-kom wat tydens vorming deur oos-wesverskuiwings beheer is. 'n Hoë rug in die vloer verdeel die kom in die weste in 'n suidelike en 'n noordelike ...

• Die sedimentologie van die Etage Holkranssandsteen, sisteem Karoo 

  Beukes, Nicolas Johannes (University of the Free State, 1969)

  Afrikaans: 'n Regionale, sedimentologiese studie van die Etage Holkranssandsteen is gedurende Maart 1968 tot Maart 1969, in Natal, Noordoos-Kaapland, die Vrystaat en Lesotho, voltooi. Die etage is in drie rotsstratigrafiese ...

• A sedimentological study of the conglomerates in the Elsburg stage on the Welkom and Western holdings gold mines 

  Kleynhans, Jacob Johannes (University of the Free State, 1970-12)

  A sedimentological description of the layers of conglomerate in the Elsburg Stage of the Witwatersrand System, as disclosed by 23 boreholes and underground development on the Welkom and Western Holdings Gold Mines in ...

• Structural-stratigraphic investigation of an area near Kakamas and environs, Namaqua mobile belt, South Africa 

  Mathee, Hendrik Lukas Marthinus (University of the Free State, 2017-07)

  The study area is near Kakamas in the Northwest Cape and is located in the tectonostratigraphic Grünau Terrane - an accreted crustal fragment associated with the Mesoproterozoic Namaqua Province. The mapping campaign covered ...

• Syn- to post-intrusive deformation in the chromitiferous harzburgite unit of the Uitkomst Complex, Nkomati Mine, Mpumalanga Province 

  Joubert, Pieter Lourens (University of the Free State, 2013-06)

  The mafic to ultra-mafic, intrusive Uitkomst Complex, situated some 20km northeast from the town of Badplaas in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, contains a Chromitiferous Harzburgite unit that host a layer of massive ...

• The geology of an area west of Welkom, O.F.S.: (degree blocks 2825 A and B and 2826 A) 

  Behounek, Norbert Josef (University of the Free State, 1980-10)

  Rocks present in the mapped area range from Early Precambrian (Easement granite) to the most recent deposits of aeolian sands, alluvium, gravel and calcrete. Outcrops of Ventersdorp rocks are scarce and widely scattered. ...

• Die geologie van die serie Stormberg in die sisteem Karoo, suid van Bethlehem, O.V.S. 

  Kingsley, Charles Seymour (University of the Free State, 1964-08)

  Afrikaans: 'n Gebied tussen Bethlehem en Fouriesburg, waarin alle etages van die Etage Bo-Beaufort tot die Etage Drakensberg verteenwoordig is, is gekarteer asook die veldgegewens opgeteken. Oor geskikte roetes in die ...

• Quantitative evaluation of minerals in coal deposits in the Witbank and Highveld Coalfields, and the potential impact on acid mine drainage 

  Pinetown, Kaydy Lavern (University of the Free State, 2003-05)

  A mineralogical and geochemical study on the coal and coal-bearing successions of the Witbank and Highveld Coalfields in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was proposed in order to, firstly, investigate the quantitative ...

• Die geologie van die gebied Poortjie 3022B in die distrikte Britstown, Carnarvon, Prieska en Victoria-Wes, Noord-Kaapland 

  Van der Westhuizen, Willem Andries (University of the Free State, 1977)

  Die geologiese geskiedenis van die gebied was kompleks en word gekenmerk deur verskeie diskordansies en klinodiskondansies asook vulkanisme, vervorming, metamorfose en vergletsering. Die oudste gesteentetipe is die ...

• An evaluation of the coal bed methane potential of the Mid-Zambezi and North Eastern Kalahari Karoo basins 

  Potgieter, Johannes Hermanus Jacobus (University of the Free State, 2017)

  With the growing energy demand worldwide it is very important to identify any new fossil fuel resources for future use. Coal remains the most widely used fossil fuel for electricity generation in Southern Africa but over ...

• The development and application of key profit drivers in mineral resource management 

  Van Niekerk, Gerhardus Johannes (University of the Free State, 2002-02)

  Every mining operation is constantly seeking for new ways to manage a broad range of business variables. Managers across the production chain find themselves torn between the initiatives to reduce costs, balancing ...

• The source material of the Big Pebble Marker and Rosedale reefs in the Welkom Goldfield 

  Steenekamp, Johannes Marthinus Andries (University of the Free State, 1990-06)

  English: In this study the clasts of the Big Pebble Marker (BPM) in the Aandenk Formation and the basal conglomerate of the Rosedale Member (ROM) in the Eldorado Formation, in the Welkom Goldfield, were investigated. ...

• An investigation of the trace element compositions of gold from Zimbabwe and South Africa: implications for tracing the source of archeological gold artefacts 

  Netshitungulwana, Robert (University of the Free State, 2011-03)

  The early black farmers who settled in southern Africa were involved in trading and metal technology. The history of mining for metals like iron, copper, tin and gold in southern Africa spans at least the past 2000 years. ...

• Structural-rock mechanics study of failed tunnels, Harmony Gold, Masimong Mine, Welkom 

  Victor, Gerhard (University of the Free State, 2016-01)

• Platinum-group elements within the Merensky reef, Western Limb, Bushveld complex: results of a high resolution mineralogical and geochemical study 

  Magson, Justine (University of the Free State, 2016)

  The formation of the Merensky reef still remains controversial despite of its economic importance and decades of research. Remaining questions like, the variability of the Merensky reef and how this effects the platinum ...

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