Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockGranulite · Ore-Bearing Bushmanland Sequence;Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex
StructureNamaqualand Mobile Belt. Isoclinal Easterly Plunging Fold System Overturned Toward South., Orebodies In Isoclinal Overturned Synclines
Tectonic settingShield
AlterationGossans At Surface (All 3 Orebodies)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1979
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10080052
MRDS IDW031006
Alternate namesAggeneys Copper Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-29.22992, 18.83491
References
CHADWICK, J.R., 1981, FOCUS: SOUTHERN AFRICA: WORLD MINING, MAR., 1981, V34, NO3, P 36-39.1979, PROGRESS CONTINUES AT AGGENEYS: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1979, P 206-213.1929 DIREXPL1970 DIREXPL PHELPS DODGE CORPANNUAL 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 - 1981U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AIRGRAM 1-31-77, P. 62.