Mine detail: Black Mountain Mine

Location:	Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa
Lat / long:	-29.22992, 18.83491
dep_id:	10080052
mrds_id:	W031006
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
work_type:	Underground
model:	208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
alteration:	Gossans At Surface (All 3 Orebodies)
Reporter:	Mccarter, Lorna D.
hrock_unit:	Ore-Bearing Bushmanland Sequence;Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex
hrock_type:	Granulite
Structure:	Namaqualand Mobile Belt. Isoclinal Easterly Plunging Fold System Overturned Toward South., Orebodies In Isoclinal Overturned Synclines
tectonic:	Shield
Year first produced:	1979
disc_yr:	1929
References:	Deposit:: CHADWICK, J.R., 1981, FOCUS: SOUTHERN AFRICA: WORLD MINING, MAR., 1981, V34, NO3, P 36-39. Deposit:: 1979, PROGRESS CONTINUES AT AGGENEYS: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1979, P 206-213. Deposit:: 1929 DIREXPL Deposit:: 1970 DIREXPL PHELPS DODGE CORP Production:: ANNUAL REPORT OF GOLD FIELDS GROUP - 1980 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT 1983 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 Reserve-Resource:: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AIRGRAM 1-31-77, P. 62.