Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
Lat / long: | -29.97986, 22.2849 |
dep_id: | 10073116 |
mrds_id: | W018947 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc, Copper |
Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead |
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: | TABULAR |
alteration: | Regionally - Amphibolite. Wall Rock - Phyllic, Propylitic |
ore_ctrl: | Syngenetic Explosive Pyroclastic Emplacement |
Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
arock_unit: | Copperton Volcanic Pile Tuffs, Flows, Dacite |
arock_type: | Rhyolite,Dacite |
Structure: | Copperton Volcanic Pile, Grassmoor Dome, Copperton Fault, Smouspan Fault |
disc_yr: | 1968 |
discr: | Anglo - Transvaal Consl. Inv. Co. Ltd. |
References: |
- 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
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