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Location
Lat / long:
-22.94686, 17.08484
Resource(M)
Primary:
Copper
Secondary:
Silver
Ore:
Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:
TABULAR
Discovery year:
1900
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
Medium
Development status:
Producer
First production started:
1971
Geology
Host rock:
Hakos Subgrp; Marble; Quartzite, Schist;Oamites Formationn: Ore Zone; Qtzite And Cgl;Kamtsas Formationn: Qtzite And Cgl; Oldest
Host type:
Quartzite
Structure:
Zambian Copperbelt
Tectonic:
Southern Flanc Of Precambrian Damara Eugeosyncline
References
MRDS
W032799
DEP
10081097
Reference
{Deposit:: LEE, S.D., AND GLENISTER, 1976; STRATIFORM SULFIDE MINERALIZATION OAMITES COPPER MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 71, P. 369-383.}{Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.}{Production:: E/MJ 1978.}
Reporter
Gassaway, Judith S.