An Index to PGE-Ni-Cr Deposits 

and Occurrences in Selected 

Mineral-Occurrence Databases 

By J. Douglas Causey, John P. Galloway, and Michael L. Zientek

Open-File Report 2009-1045

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Department of the Interior

KEN SALAZAR, Secretary 

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U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 2009 

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Contents 

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1

Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................... 1

Data Sources........................................................................................................................................ 2

Data Format and Presentation .......................................................................................................... 3

Discussion ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Selected References ........................................................................................................................ 12

Figures

Figure 1. Location of sites (black dots) in Ni_Cr_PGE_Index.mdb. ........................................... 4

Figure 2. Locations of 5,194 site records (blue dots) that list only chromium as 

the commodity present. ...................................................................................................... 11

Figure 3. Locations of 1,623 site records (red dots) that list only nickel as the 

commodity present.............................................................................................................. 11

Figure 4. Locations of 905 site records (red dots) that list only contain only 

platinum, palladium, and/or PGE as the commodities present.................................... 12

Tables

Table 1. Database fields and definitions for Ni_Cr_PGE table................................................... 2

Table 2. Database fields and definitions for References table. ................................................. 2

Table 3. Distribution of records by country. .................................................................................. 5

Table 4. Example of two records for a site in which the commodity order was 

switched in the data source. ............................................................................................. 10

Table 5. Example of two records for a site that do not have an identical list of 

commodities. 5b. Example of five records for a site that demonstrate differences 

in name and commodity...................................................................................................... 10

Table 6. Example of five records for a site that demonstrate differences in name 

and commodity. .................................................................................................................... 10
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An Index to PGE-Ni-Cr Deposits and Occurrences in 

Selected Mineral-Occurrence Databases 

By J. Douglas Causey, John P. Galloway, and Michael L. Zientek

Introduction

Databases of mineral deposits and occurrences are essential to conducting assessments of 

undiscovered mineral resources (Singer, 1993). In the USGS’s (U.S. Geological Survey) global 

assessment of undiscovered resources of copper, potash, and the platinum-group elements (PGE), only a 

few mineral deposit types will be evaluated. For example, only porphyry-copper and sediment-hosted 

copper deposits will be considered for the copper assessment. To support the global assessment, the 

USGS prepared comprehensive compilations of the occurrences of these two deposit types in order to 

develop grade and tonnage models and delineate permissive areas for undiscovered deposits of those 

types (Singer and others, 2002; Singer and others, 2005; Singer and others, 2008; and Cox and others, 

2003). 

This publication identifies previously published databases and database records that describe 

PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. Nickel and chromium were included in this 

overview because of the close association of PGE with nickel and chromium mineralization. Users of 

this database will need to refer to the original databases for detailed information about the deposits and 

occurrences. This information will be used to develop a current and comprehensive global database of 

PGE deposits and occurrences. 

Acknowledgments

Several people provided assistance in preparing this report. Ken Assmus scanned and used 

optical-character recognition software to create digital versions of reports only available in hard copy. 

David Sinclair and Lesley Chorlton graciously provided us copies of the PGE-Ni-Cr database developed 

for the Geological Survey of Canada World Minerals Geoscience Database Project (1998-2003). Mark 

Mihalasky helped us understand how to create KML files. Warren J. Nokleberg and Robert J. Miller 

provided digital files they derived from the Aerogeologica metallogenic map of the former Soviet 

Union. Technical reviews of this report were provided by Lorre Moyer and Dan Mosier.
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Data Sources

We compiled mineral databases for large regions of the globe and extracted site data containing 

PGE elements, nickel, or chromium from 55 published databases and 1 unpublished USGS database 

from 46 publications cited in the bibliography and referenced in our database. 

The data were stored in a variety of formats, including Oracle, ESRI ArcInfo coverage and 

shapefile, dBASE, Access, FileMaker, and Excel. Data were imported into an Access 2000 database and 

selected information compiled in a new table. 

This compilation includes fields for: the name of the deposit or occurrence; information about its 

location; the commodities present; the type of record; a reference to the database; and the record number 

in the published database. In some cases, no pertinent information was available for one or more of 

these fields. Fifteen records did not have latitude and longitude, and 946 did not have a name.

The information is stored in two tables in the database—one table contains the name, location, 

commodities, record number, and record type (Ni_Cr_PGE); the other table contains the references 

(References). Table 1 summarizes the fields and their definitions in the Ni_Cr_PGE table, and table 2 

summarizes the fields in the associated References table.

Table 1. Database fields and definitions for Ni_Cr_PGE table. 

Field name Data type Field size Field definition

Site_ID Number Long Integer Unique number for each record

Name Text 150 Name of the site as reported in the source database

WGS84_Lat Number Double Latitude (in decimal degrees), WGS 84 datum

WGS84_Lon Number Double Longitude (in decimal degrees), WGS 84 datum

Commod_gp Text 125 List of commodities, in order presented in source database

Src_Rec_No Text 50 Unique record number used in source database

Record_tp Text 100 Description of what the record represents

Country Text 50 Country where site is located

State Text 50 State or province where site is located

Ref_no Number Long Integer Number of reference in Reference table

Table 2. Database fields and definitions for References table. 

Field name Data type Field size Field definition

Ref_no Number Long Integer Unique number for each record

Reference Memo NA Reference in U.S. Geological Survey bibliographic style

Ref_st_frm Text 255 Reference short form—Author, date abbreviated reference

We normalized commodity information in the databases in order to extract the records of sites 

that contain PGE, nickel, or chromium. This involved converting the names of each elemental 

commodity to a standardized form of their chemical symbol (for example, CHROMIUM, chromium, or 

CR were converted to Cr), and the list of commodities was then concatenated into a comma-separated 

string. The original commodity order was not changed. If there was some indication that a commodity 
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or commodities were of secondary importance, they were set off with a semicolon. Otherwise, the 

meaning of the commodity order is unknown. 

We did not attempt to eliminate duplicate records for a deposit or occurrence nor attempt to 

reconcile discrepancies in names or locations. However, we did correct the latitude and longitude values 

that were reversed in three of the databases (latitude values in longitude field and longitude values in 

latitude field). Most of the databases identified the country. However, for about 1,700 records that did 

not specify a country, a name was obtained using ArcGIS and a global country-boundary GIS database. 

Values in the field describing the type of record (Record_tp) were from the original datasets, and 

may be in languages other than English. We corrected some minor typographical errors. 

From 56 databases, we extracted 17,969 records for this database. Users are encouraged to refer 

to the original published databases for detailed information about each record. 

Data Format and Presentation

The result of the compilation is presented in five formats: a Microsoft Access 2000 database, an 

ESRI format shapefile, an Arc Reader file, a delimited ASCII text file, and a Google Earth format KML 

file. 

The Access database can be used by Access version 2000 and above, as well as by other 

software that reads Access 2000 database format. The database only contains two tables—a table of 

basic information about each site record and a table of references. 

The shapefile (ESRI format) is made from the Ni_Cr_PGE table. For those databases that did 

not specify the datum of the latitude and longitude, the WGS 84 datum is assumed. For those whose 

datum is specified and it is not WGS 84, the locations are converted to WGS 84 using the ArcGIS v. 9.2 

projection tool. The GDA 94 datum uses the WGS 84 ellipsoid, and the NAD 83 datum has essentially 

the same latitude/longitude, so those values were not modified either. Data in the Feature Attribute table 

can be joined to the References table in the Access database using the Ref_no field. This table was not 

converted to DBF format because the field with the complete reference is a memo field and data would 

be truncated.

The Arc Reader file (Ni_Cr_PGE_Index Report.pmf) provides a view of the data in a GIS-like 

view and the individual points can be queried. The view is the same as shown in figure 1. The file can 

be read by Arc Reader, a free program that runs on several operating systems. The program and system 

requirements can be found at http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/download.html. 

There are two ASCII text files, one containing the information from the Access Ni_Cr_PGE 

table and one created from the Reference table. These files were exported from the Access database 

using the pipe (|) symbol as a field delimiter. The first line contains the field names.

A KML file was generated from ArcMap v. 9.3 using the Export to KML toolbar. All fields in 

the Access Ni_Cr_PGE table are included in the KML. This file can be used by Google Earth to show 

locations of the sites on the Earth’s surface. No accuracy is implied. The sites may have been mislocated in the original database, and no corrections were done. 
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Discussion 

The 17,969 records in 126 countries or territories are shown in fig. 1. The distribution, by 

country, is listed in table 3. The bulk of the sites are in the United States, followed by Canada, Australia, 

and Russia. This distribution is more a function of the database developers, who were located in the 

respective countries, than a real indication of the true distribution of deposits. Also, duplication of 

records is common, with some sites possibly being listed at least 5 times because many of the databases 

overlap in their area of coverage and some sites are repeated even within a single database. There was 

no attempt to remove duplicates, because this database is designed primarily as a pointer to other 

databases.

Figure 1. Location of sites (black dots) in Ni_Cr_PGE_Index.mdb. 
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Table 3. Distribution of records by country. 

Country

Number

of 

Records

Afghanistan

20

Albania

42

Algeria

16

Angola

3 

Argentina

53

Armenia

8 

Australia 2,091

Azerbaijan

1 

Belgium

1 

Benin

13

Bolivia

29

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2 

Botswana

24

Brazil

549

Bulgaria 

2 

Burkina Faso

12

Burundi

19

Cambodia

2 

Cameroon

2 

Canada 3,634

Central African Republic

1 

Chad

3 

Chile

47

China

105

Colombia

43
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Country

Number

of 

Records

Costa Rica

11

Côte d'Ivoire

33

Cuba

205

Cyprus

4 

Czech Republic

3 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

16

Denmark

67

Dominican Republic

12

Ecuador

29

Egypt

31

Eritrea

2 

Ethiopia

19

Finland

196

France

7 

French Guiana

11

Gabon

1 

Georgia

2 

Germany

26

Ghana

8 

Greece

29

Guatemala

28

Guinea

4 

Guyana

7 

Haiti

1 

Honduras

2 

Hungary

1 
7

Country

Number

of 

Records

India

138

Indonesia

53

Iran 

54

Iraq 

5 

Italy

9 

Jamaica

1 

Japan

76

Kazakhstan

396

Kenya

9 

Kyrgyzstan

12

Laos

12

Liberia

4 

Macedonia

7 

Madagascar

83

Malawi

2 

Malaysia

7 

Mali

1 

Mauritania

25

Mexico

69

Mongolia

52

Morocco

18

Mozambique

3 

Myanmar

49

Namibia

1 

New Zealand

47

Niger

6 
8

Country

Number

of 

Records

Nigeria

1 

North Korea

2 

Norway

52

Oman

8 

Pakistan

6 

Panama

4 

Papua New Guinea

74

Peru

31

Philippines

133

Poland

2 

Portugal

1 

Puerto Rico

2 

Republic of the Congo

3 

Romania

2 

Russia 1,604

Saudi Arabia

9 

Senegal

1 

Serbia

32

Sierra Leone

17

Slovenia

1 

Solomon Islands

2 

Somalia

3 

South Africa

493

South Korea

5 

Spain

25

Sudan

19
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Country

Number

of 

Records

Suriname

11

Swaziland

4 

Sweden

39

Syria 

1 

Taiwan

3 

Tajikistan

2 

Tanzania

18

Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies

101

Thailand

10

Togo

5 

Turkey

75

Uganda

5 

Ukraine

80

United Arab Emirates

9 

United Kingdom

7 

United States 6,248

Uzbekistan

27

Venezuela

15

Vietnam

13

West Bank

2 

Yemen

3 

Zambia

7 

Zimbabwe

136

Total Records 17,969

Some observations or interpretations may be possible from the limited information in this

database. However, the user should consider some important points in any interpretation based only on 

the data in this database. The order in which commodities are listed in a database is not a reliable 
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indicator of their relative amount or importance (table 4). Also, the list of commodities may not be a

true or complete listing of what is present at a site (tables 5, 6).

Table 4. Example of two records for a site in which the commodity order was switched in the data 

source. 

Table 5. Example of two records for a site that do not have an identical list of commodities. 5b. Example 

of five records for a site that demonstrate differences in name and commodity.

Table 6. Example of five records for a site that demonstrate differences in name and commodity. 

While we recognize that there are caveats on applying any interpretation to specific records, it is 

still possible to extract some generalizations from this compilation. For example, because of limited 

information in many of the source databases, no information was extracted about the source rock. Given 

the caveats listed, we made some inferences based on the commodity suites. About 29 percent of the 

records (5,194) list chromium as the only commodity (fig. 2). We infer that most of these represent 

chromite or chromitite bodies hosted in magmatic, mafic/ultramafic intrusions. Another 1,623 records 

list nickel as the only commodity (fig. 3), and 905 have PGE, platinum, palladium, or some combination 

of these as the only commodity(ies) (fig. 4). These may also represent magmatic, mafic/ultramafic 

intrusions. 

Site_ID Name WGS84_Lat WGS84_Lon Commod_gp

206217 APEX 49.4108417 -93.6158 Ni, Cu

208262 APEX 49.410556 -93.6325 Cu, Ni

Site_ID Name WGS84_Lat WGS84_Lon Commod_gp

207311 Alotta 47.4500008 -79.2333298 Ni, Cu, PGE, Co

12081482 Alotta 47.4680233 -79.2542965 Cu, Ni; Co, Ag

Site_ID Name WGS84_Lat WGS84_Lon Commod_gp

207771 Amandelbult -24.7833 27.2833 PGE

180350 Amandelbult -24.76667 27.33333 PGE; Pt, Ni, Cu

8574 Amandelbult -24.774 27.335 Pt, Ni, Cu, Cr

12160189 Amandelbult Mine -24.7817 27.28333 PGE, Ni, Cu

86539 Amandelbult-Northam -24.8 27.25 PGE, Cr
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Figure 2. Locations of 5,194 site records (blue dots) that list only chromium as the commodity present. 

Figure 3. Locations of 1,623 site records (red dots) that list only nickel as the commodity present. 
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Figure 4. Locations of 905 site records (red dots) that list only contain only platinum, palladium, and/or 

PGE as the commodities present. 

Examination of a few databases that do contain source-rock information indicates that these 

assumptions are generally true, but not always. For example some of the chromium-only records are for 

placer deposits. Records of sites that have nickel as the only commodity also include weathered 

products of mafic/ultramafic rocks—laterites.

Other possible interpretations from commodities or commodity assemblages are that gold + 

platinum indicates a placer deposit (513 records). Deposits containing silica, gemstone, phosphate, 

borate, limestone, feldspar, petroleum, barite, base metals, tungsten, or uranium probably do not have a 

magmatic, mafic/ultramafic host rock. A small percentage of the records are in this category. 

In general, a record that contains Ni±Cr±PGE±Co(±Cu) most commonly indicates a magmatic, 

mafic- or ultramafic-intrusion source. A record that only lists gold + platinum may indicate a placer 

deposit, and a record that contains one or more nonmetallic commodities probably does not describe a 

magmatically hosted deposit.

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