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The geology and mineralization of the Okiep Copper District: An overview

机译:奥基普铜矿区的地质和矿化:概述

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It has been nearly 140 years since Wyley (1857), the Geological-Surveyor of the Cape Colony, reported to the Cape Parliament on the cupriferous rocks which 'protrude through' the gneissic country rocks in the vicinity of the towns of Spring-bokfontein and O'okiep, thus introducing some scientific levity into the widely speculative debate about the Koperberge of Namaqualand that had commenced two centuries earlier with the arrival of the first European settlers on the subcontinent. In the intervening years, the deposits have yielded in excess of 2 Mt of copper (Lombaard et al, 1986), making them the second-largest source of the metal in southern Africa. Their significance, however, extends beyond their mineral potential. As the Geological Society of South Africa reflects on a century of geological endeavour in the subcontinent, it is pertinent to note that the Okiep Copper District can rightly be regarded as the birthplace of the South African mining industry.
机译:自开普殖民地的地质测量师怀利(1857年)向开普议会报告在开普敦-斯普林-波克方丹镇和附近的片麻岩中“穿出”片麻岩质乡村岩石以来,已有近140年的历史。奥基普(O'okiep)因此在有关纳马夸兰岛科佩尔贝格的广泛投机性辩论中引入了一些科学意义,该辩论始于两个世纪前的第一批欧洲定居者到达该次大陆。在随后的几年中,这些矿床产生的铜超过2 Mt(Lombaard等,1986),使之成为南部非洲第二大金属来源。但是,它们的意义超出了其矿藏的潜力。南非地质学会回顾了该次大陆一个世纪的地质事业,因此有必要指出,奥基普铜矿区可以正确地视为南非采矿业的发源地。

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