Mine detail: *kiep Copper Company Limited

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -29.66326, 17.91827

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Secondary: Silica, PGE, Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Nickel
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Mica, Quartzite, Schist
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, WITH DIKE, PIPE AND SILL-LIKE PROTUBERANCES
Discovery year: 1685

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1852

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated 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
Alteration processes:Oxidized Zone 0-100 Feet Below Surface

References

MRDSW007948
DEP10089065
Reference{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}
ReporterSweetwood, Chas. W., Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.