Mine detail: Lumwana Project

Previously called 'MalundweChimiwungoMombezhi Dome AreaLubwe'

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Location: North-Western, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long: -12.28073, 25.88466
dep_id: 10183561
mas_id: 7940300009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect
other_matl: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Boyle, Ed, Wilson, Anna B.
disc_yr: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, FEASIBILITY STUDY AT LUMWANA. NOV. 14,1975, P. 372.
  • Deposit:: Kirkham, R.V, Carriere, J.J., Laramee, R.M., and Garson, D.F., 1994, Global distribution of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits and occurrences: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2915b, 256 p.
  • Deposit:: BENHAM, D. G., GREIG, D.D., AND VINK, B. W. COPPER OCCURRENCES OF THE MOMBEZHI DOME AREA, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, 1976, P. 433-442.
  • Deposit:: Davis and others, 2008, Lumwana Project North Western Province, Republic of Zambia Technical Report 43-101: Equinox Minerals Ltd, 108 p. [available on sedar.com Technical Report June 13, 2008]
  • Deposit:: Bertinshaw, Ross, and others, 2009, Lumwana Project northwestern Province, Republic of Zambia, Technical Report 43-101, Equinox Minerals Ltd, 106 p. [http://www.equinoxminerals.com/files/files/713_April_2009_Technical_Report_-_Final.pdf] accessed 5/25/10.
  • Deposit:: MCGREGOR, J. A. THE LUMWANA COPPER PROSPECT IN ZAMBIA. UNPUBLISHED PH D THESIS, RHODES UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1965.
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