Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Platinum, Palladium
SecondaryIridium, Gold, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSHEET LIKE BODIES
Ore controlThree Faults Parallel But Intersecting With Messina Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Digenite, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Specularite
GangueAlbite, Chlorite, Epidote, Prehnite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockAmphibolite
StructureMessina Fault
Tectonic settingPre - Mineralization Isoclinal Folding
AlterationPropylitic Alteration Of Granulite Facies Metamorphic Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10038993
MRDS IDM046493
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-22.3301, 30.13471
References
MIHALIK, JACOBSEN, AND HIEMSTRA, 1974, ECON. GEOL., V. 69, P. 257 - 262GRAAN, 1964, GEOL. SOC. SOUTH AFRICA, ORE DEPOSITS, V. II, P. 303 - 314