Description
Colonel John Pasco Grenfell
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryPGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPE-LIKE BRECCIAS WITH MAFIC DIKE AND FISSURE VEINS
Ore controlMessina Fault(Post-Karoo?)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
GangueEpidote, Prehnite, Sericite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock · Older Granite And Gneiss;Post Messina Formation;Messina Formation
Associated rockGranite · Granites And Granitic Gneisses;Anorthositic And Hornblende Gneiss And Schist;Metaquartzite
StructureMessina And Dowe-Tokwe Faults, Five Deposits(Messina,Campbell, Harper,Hereward And Artonvilla)Exist Along And Close To Messina Fault., Messina Fm.(Precambrian); Messina And Dowe-Tokwe Faults; Numerous Dikes.
Tectonic settingShield
AlterationAltered Granite Cemented With Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1906
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10070061
MRDS IDW007957
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-22.3301, 30.08471
References
COPPER-VAN RENSBURG W.C.J., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY VOL.1.MESSINA(TRANSVAAL)DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD.,-ANNUAL REPORT 1974COUSINS, C., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AFRICA, PGM: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYE/MJ NOV 1972; "THE MESSINA COPPER MINE", SEVENTH COMMONWEALTH MINING & METALLURGICAL CONGRESS; SPENCE, W.I., APRIL 1961; VALLEY OF COPPER-MESSINA LEAFLET; INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORTS: MINERALS: 1974,1975: CERP B-42MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT CO. ANNUAL REPT 1981 ;ORE - MESSINA ANNUAL REPORT - 1985.CU - VERBAL DISCUSSION WITH MESSINA OFFICIAL;MESSINA ANNUAL REPORT-1986 AND VERBAL DISCUSSIONS WITH COMPANY OFFICIAL;THE MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1979;MESSINA TRANSVAAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 1980;MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT CO. ANNUAL REPORT 1981;MESSINA LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT-1982;ORE PRODUCTION: MESSINA ANNUAL REPORT - 1985.CU: VERBAL DISCUSSION WITH MESSINA OFFICIAL;MESSINA LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT - 1983;THE MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1977;THE MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1978;MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD., ANNUAL REPORT 1976;MESSINA (TRANSVAAL) DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD: ANNUAL REPORT, 1975