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Mwambashi

ZM / Copperbelt
-12.75917, 28.00472View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Mwambashi is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Lower Roan Group, Footwall Quartzite (Clastic Sedimentary Rock). Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Cobalt, Copper, Malachite.

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Found Here

AzuriteChrysocollaCobaltCopperMalachite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Lower Roan Group, Footwall Quartzite — Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Deposit model
200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

Mining history

Status
Prospect

Records and references

Cited references

Annels, A.E., 1989, Ore genesis in the Zambian Copperbelt with particular reference to the northern sector of the Chambishi Basin, in Boyle, R.W., Brown, A.C., Jefferson, C.W., Jowett, E.C., and Kirkham, R.V. eds., Sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 36. p. 427-452.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.Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.Verbeek, Julian, Lomberg, Ken, and Rupprecht, Steven, 2005, Independent Technical Report on the Central African Mineral Properties of TEAL Exploration and Mining Inc.: Report prepared by RSG Global, (dated Sept. 16, 2005), 181 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [Teal Exploration and Mining Inc., Technical Report(s), filed Oct. 21, 2005, 2216 K]).African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2009, 2009 Annual Report, 224 p.: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2009/pdf/full.pdf.African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2008, 2008 Annual Report, 232 p: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2008/files/ARM_AR2008.pdf.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10400382view the source record

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Coordinates: -12.75917, 28.00472

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