Chimiwungo (Lumwana Project)
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Geology and deposit
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Production years
- No production as of 2009.
Records and references
Davis and others, 2008, Lumwana Project, North-Western Province, Republic of Zambia: Equinox Minerals Limited, 43-101 Technical Report, 108 p.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.Kirkham, Rodney, and Broughton, David, 2005, Appendix, Supplement to the sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system, Economic Geology 100th anniversary volume, 1905-2005, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton, CO, United States, pp. 609-642.Bertinshaw, Ross; Guibal, Daniel; Daley, Andrew; and Rigo, Robert, 2009, Lumwana Project, north western Province, Republic of Zambia, Technical Report, June, 2008, (refiled April 2009): Report prepared by Golder Associates Pty Ltd, SRK Consulting (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Investor Resources Finance Pty Ltd, and Equinox Minerals Ltd. 106 p. (Available for download at at www.sedar.com [Equinox Minerals Ltd, Amended and restated technical report (NI 43-101) - English, filed April 21, 2009]).
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10400308 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -12.28430, 25.87750
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