Mine detail: Nampundwe

Previously called 'King Edward'

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Location

Lat / long: -15.29721, 27.55136

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Covellite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: massive sulfide
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Middle Katangan Cheta Formation (roughly correlates with upper part of Lower Roan Group)
Host type:Carbonate

References

MRDSDE00069
MAS7940100015
DEP10183431
Reference{Deposit:: GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P125-126. Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 1, p. 125-126, and v. 2, map IV, #24.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50. [Copied from deleted record 10021409]}{Deposit:: Burnard, P.G., Sweeney, M.A., Vaughan, D.J., Spiro, B., and Thirlwall, M.F., 1993, Sulfur and lead isotope contraints on the genesis of a southern Zambian massive sulfide deposit: Economic Geology, v. 88 (April), p. 418-436.}
ReporterWilson, Anna B., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Boyle, Ed