Mine detail: Broken Hill of Zambia

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-14.44727, 28.43467

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Cadmium, Vanadium, Silver
Ore:	Anglesite, Descloizite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE - LIKE TO VEIN - LIKE BODIES
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Katanga System Dolomite, Upper Broken Hill Group
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Two Normal Faults Both Striking N 60 Deg W, Dipping Steeply, Forming A Graben In Which The Mine Lies

References

MRDS	W019024
DEP	10073168
Reference	{Deposit:: WHYTE, W. J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE BROKEN HILL MINE, ZAMBIA; IN NICOLINI P. ED., LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS IN AFRICA, ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE NO. 23 P. 393}{Deposit:: BARLIN, B., 1970, THE EVOLUTION OF LEAD SMELTING PRACTICE AT ZAMBIA BROKEN HILL DEVL. CO.; IN COTTERILL, C. H., CIGAN, J. M. EDS. AIME SYMP. LEAD & ZINC V. 2 P. 649}{Deposit:: KORTMAN, C. R., 1972, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ZAMBIA BROKEN HILL MINE, KABWE; GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW V. 51., NO. 3, P. 347 - 356}{Production:: BARLIN B., 1970, LEAD SM. AT B. H. P. 665. SKINNER, W. R., 1975, MINING INTNL. Y.B., U. S. BU MINES MIN YBK, 1970, V. 3, P. 875 AND 1972 V. 3 P. 909.}{Reserve-Resource:: SKINNER, W. R., 1975, MINING INTNL YBK.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.