Mine detail: Prieska Copper Minespty,Ltd.

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Location

Lat / long: -30.0632, 22.2849

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Secondary: Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Apatite, Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Garnet, Hornblende, Iddingsite, Microcline, Muscovite, Olivine, Quartz, Sericite, Sillimanite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Orebody form: STEEP DIPPING TABULAR
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1972

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Copperton Volcanic Pile
Associated type:Gneiss,Granite
Structure:Basement Granites, Gneisses And Metasediments Intensely Folded., Folded Volcanics, Grassmoor Dome, Copperton Fault, Smouspan Fault
Tectonic:Shield
Alteration processes:Orebody Surrounded By Phyllitic And Propylitic Zone Of Alteration.

References

MRDSW007958
DEP10070062
Reference{Deposit:: WORLD MINING FEBRUARY, 1972}{Deposit:: E/MJ NOVEMBER, 1972}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1977, U.S. DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPT., MINERALS, 1-31-77, P. 25-28, 62-63.}{Deposit:: MIDDLETON, R.C., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF PRIESKA COPPER MINES LIMITED: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 328-350.}{Deposit:: PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1980.}{Deposit:: PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1981.}{Deposit:: SKINNERS MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1975, P. 100.}{Deposit:: PRIESKA COPPER MINES (PTY), LTD., 1973, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORTS: MINERALS - 1974, 1975, CERP B-429: PRIESKA COPPER MINES (PTY), LTD..}{Production:: U.S. STATE DEPT. STAFF, 1977; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LED. ANNUAL REPORT, 1980. ; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; PRIESKA ANNUAL REPORT 1981 ; PRIESKA COPPER MINES ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; PRIESKA ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; PRIESKA ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; PRIESKA ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; PRIESKA ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS (CALENDAR YEAR DATA FROM COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE) ; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; PRIESKA COPPER (PTY) LTD., (CALENDAR YEAR DATA FROM COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE).}{Reserve-Resource:: U.S. STATE DEPT. STAFF, 1977; PB GRADE ESTIMATED BY P. SCHRUBEN, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}
ReporterSweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.