Mine detail: Prieska Cu-Zn-Pyrite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.97986, 22.2849

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

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

References

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.