| Lat / long: | -29.97986, 22.2849 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Copper |
| Secondary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead |
| 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: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1968 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Copperton Volcanic Pile Tuffs, Flows, Dacite |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite,Dacite |
| Structure: | Copperton Volcanic Pile, Grassmoor Dome, Copperton Fault, Smouspan Fault |
| Alteration processes: | Regionally - Amphibolite. Wall Rock - Phyllic, Propylitic |
| MRDS | W018947 |
| DEP | 10073116 |
| Reference | {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; ECON. GEOL. V. 71 P 328 - 350}{Production:: STAFF, 1977, U.S. STATE DEPT, AIRGRAM, 1-31-77 P. 27, 28, 63}{Reserve-Resource:: STAFF, 1977, U.S. STATE DEPT. AIRGRAM, 1-31-77 P 28. SKINNERS MININ INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 100} |
| Reporter | Schruben, Paul G. |