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Prieska, Copperton
Northern Cape, South Africa
Main commodities: Cu Zn




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1994.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Prieska

    Selected References
Cornell D H, Hawkesworth C J, Van Calsteren P and Scott W D,  1986 - Sm-Nd study of Precambrian crustal development in the Prieska-Copperton region, Cape Province : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v89 pp 17-28
Humphreys H C, van Bever Donker J M, Scott W D, and van Schalkwyk L,  1988 - The early deformational history of the eastern Namaqua Province; new evidence from Prieska copper mines : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v91 pp 174-183
Schade J, Cornell D H, Theart H F J  1989 - Rare earth element and isotopic evidence for the genesis of the Prieska massive Sulfide deposit, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 49-63
Theart H F J, Cornell D H, Schade J  1989 - Geochemistry and metamorphism of the Prieska Zn-Cu deposit, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 34-48
Wagener J H F, Van Schalkwyk L  1986 - The Prieska zinc-copper deposit, North-Western Cape Province: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 1503-1527


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