Mine detail: Nampundwe

Previously called 'King Edward'

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Location: Central, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long: -15.29721, 27.55136
dep_id: 10183431
mrds_id: DE00069
mas_id: 7940100015
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: massive sulfide
Development status: Producer
ore: Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Covellite
Reporter: Wilson, Anna B., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Boyle, Ed
hrock_unit: Middle Katangan Cheta Formation (roughly correlates with upper part of Lower Roan Group)
hrock_type: Carbonate
References:
  • 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.
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