| Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -30.0632, 22.2849 |
| dep_id: | 10070062 |
| mrds_id: | W007958 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| 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_fm: | STEEP DIPPING TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Orebody Surrounded By Phyllitic And Propylitic Zone Of Alteration. |
| conc_proc: | Syngenetic After Volcanic Action, Forming Massive Sulfides |
| ore_ctrl: | Syngenetic Explosive Pyroclastic Emplacement |
| Reporter: | Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D. |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Copperton Volcanic Pile |
| arock_type: | Gneiss,Granite |
| Structure: | Basement Granites, Gneisses And Metasediments Intensely Folded., Folded Volcanics, Grassmoor Dome, Copperton Fault, Smouspan Fault |
| tectonic: | Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1972 |
| disc_yr: | 1890 |
| discr: | Mr. Hutchings |
| References: |
- 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
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