Mine detail: Prieska Cu-Zn-Pyrite Mine

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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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