| Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -29.66326, 17.91827 |
| dep_id: | 10089065 |
| mrds_id: | W007948 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Silica, PGE, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Trace mineral: | Nickel |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite |
| gangue: | Mica, Quartzite, Schist |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, WITH DIKE, PIPE AND SILL-LIKE PROTUBERANCES |
| alteration: | Oxidized Zone 0-100 Feet Below Surface |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization In Final Stages Of Crystallization Of Basic Intrusives. |
| ore_ctrl: | Copper Contained In Basic Intrusives |
| Reporter: | Sweetwood, Chas. W., Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D. |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_type: | Diorite,Gabbro |
| Structure: | Precambrian Rocks Containing Over 1,000 Known Basic Igneous Intrusives, Some Of Which Are Copper-Bearing, Steep Dipping Irregular, Dike, Pipe And Sill-Like Forms Containing Gabbro, Norite And Mica Diorite |
| tectonic: | Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1852 |
| disc_yr: | 1685 |
| discr: | Expedition Commissioned By Governor Simon Van Der Stel |
| References: |
- Deposit:: *KIEP ANNUAL REPORT - 1974, 1975
- Deposit:: NEWMONT ANNUAL REPORT - 1973
- Deposit:: BEERMA* ALL MINING YEARBOOKS - 1971,1972 AND 1973
- Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER.
- Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORTS: MINERALS--1974 AND 1975.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1972, CERP B-429, NOVEMBER.
- Production:: *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LIMITED - ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; *KIEP COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; *KIEP ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; *KIEP ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; *KIEP, COPPER LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1977 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 1981 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LIMITED. ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; *KIEP COPPER COMPANY LTD., ANNUAL REPORT 1976 ; *KIEP ANNUAL REPORT - 1975
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