Past Producer

Prieska

South Africa
CopperZincSilverGoldSulfurLead
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc, Silver, Gold, Sulfur
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cordierite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1973
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10159176
MRDS IDW018947
Alternate namesVolstruisbult, Vogelstruisbult Annex OccurenceVogelstruisbult
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-29.96323, 22.28487
References
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