PhosphateinSouthAfrica* SAIMM The Southern African
OCCURRENCE ANDGEOLOGY Thecommercially important phosphate deposits in South Africa are confined to igneous and marine sedimentarygeologicalenvironments().Theform erenvironment isbyfarthemostimportant inSouth Africa inthat roughly 95percentofthecountry''s productioncomesfromthePhalaborwa Complexinthe northeastern Transvaal.