The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorPatterson, Colinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGorton, Richard Kalmeren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T07:00:31Z
dc.date.available2016-03-23T07:00:31Z
dc.date.issued1981en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 83-96.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractRecently discovered base metal (Zn>Cu>>Pb) massive sulphide deposits in the Northern Cape district of Prieska occur at Kielder 12 kilometres north-west of a similar Zn-Cu deposit, the Copperton mine. Three massive sulphide bodies known as K3, Kl and K6 occur as stratabound massive sulphide lenses within granulite grade quartz-feldspar gneisses, basic granulites and amphibolites. Extensive exploratory core-drilling provided specimens of the massive sulphides, their disseminated pyritic haloes and the enclosing wall rocks in an area of poor outcrop with extensive calcrete and sand cover and, in places,in situ Karoo Super-group Owyka System varved shales.Geothermometry and geobarometry using garnet-biotite, garnetcordierite,garnet-hypersthene,and the FeS content of sphalerites showed a gradual metamorphic gradient from east to west, with the K3 area suffering P-T conditions of 695⁰ C and 6. 0 Kbars; the Kl area 686⁰ C and 5.8 Kbars and the K6 area 590⁰ C and 5.6 Kbars.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGorton, R. K. (1981). <i>The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18190en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGorton, Richard Kalmer. <i>"The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1981. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18190en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGorton, R. 1981. The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gorton, Richard Kalmer AB - Recently discovered base metal (Zn>Cu>>Pb) massive sulphide deposits in the Northern Cape district of Prieska occur at Kielder 12 kilometres north-west of a similar Zn-Cu deposit, the Copperton mine. Three massive sulphide bodies known as K3, Kl and K6 occur as stratabound massive sulphide lenses within granulite grade quartz-feldspar gneisses, basic granulites and amphibolites. Extensive exploratory core-drilling provided specimens of the massive sulphides, their disseminated pyritic haloes and the enclosing wall rocks in an area of poor outcrop with extensive calcrete and sand cover and, in places,in situ Karoo Super-group Owyka System varved shales.Geothermometry and geobarometry using garnet-biotite, garnetcordierite,garnet-hypersthene,and the FeS content of sphalerites showed a gradual metamorphic gradient from east to west, with the K3 area suffering P-T conditions of 695⁰ C and 6. 0 Kbars; the Kl area 686⁰ C and 5.8 Kbars and the K6 area 590⁰ C and 5.6 Kbars. DA - 1981 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1981 T1 - The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa TI - The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18190 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18190
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGorton RK. The petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1981 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18190en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGeological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPetrologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe petrology of the Kielder sulphide bodies and their wall rocks : district of Prieska, N. Cape, South Africaen_ZA
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