Mine detail: Lumwana Project

Previously called 'MalundweChimiwungoMombezhi Dome AreaLubwe'

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Location

Lat / long: -12.28073, 25.88466

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS7940300009
DEP10183561
Reference{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 UNPUBLISHED PH D THESIS, RHODES UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1965.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed, Wilson, Anna B.