Mine detail: Malundwe (Lumwana Project)

Previously called 'Lumwana ProjectMwombezhi Dome area'

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Location

Lat / long: -12.22716, 25.81459

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Uranium, Cobalt
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite
Orebody form: stratabound
Other material: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect
Production years: none known
First production started: 2007

Geology

Host rock:Ore Schist
Host type:Schist

References

MAS7940300008
DEP10400307
Reference{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 14,1975, FEASIBILITY STUDY AT LUMWANA. P. 372.}{Deposit:: BENHAM, D.G., GREIG, D.D., AND VINK, B.W., 1976, COPPER OCCURRENCES OF THE MOMBEZHI DOME AREA, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 433-442.}{Deposit:: MCGREGOR, J.A., 1965, THE LUMWANA COPPER PROSPECT IN ZAMBIA. UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, RHODES UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA.}{Deposit:: Bertinshaw, Ross, and others, 2009, Lumwana Project northwestern Province, Republic of Zambia,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}{Reserve-Resource:: Davis, Michael; Bertinshaw, Ross; Buibal, Daniel; Daley, Andrew; and Hanbury, Robert, 2008, Lumwana Project, North-Western Province, Republic of Zambia: Equinox Minerals Limited 43-101 Technical Report, 108 p.}
ReporterWilson, Anna B., Boyles, Ed