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Malundwe (Lumwana Project)

ZM / North-Western
-12.22790, 25.81190View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Malundwe (Lumwana Project) is a mineral prospect in North-Western, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Ore Schist (Schist). Reported specimens include Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cobalt; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite. The site was discovered in 1930; production began in 2007; workings are surface.

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Found Here

AzuriteBorniteChalcociteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCobaltCopperGoldMalachitePyritePyrrhotite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Ore Schist — Schist
Orebody form
stratabound
Deposit model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Ore minerals
ChalcopyriteBorniteChalcocite
Other materials
PyritePyrrhotite

Mining history

Status
Prospect
Operation type
Surface
Workings
Surface
Discovered
1930
Production years
none known
First production
2007

Records and references

Cited references

MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 14,1975, FEASIBILITY STUDY AT LUMWANA. P. 372. 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. MCGREGOR, J.A., 1965, THE LUMWANA COPPER PROSPECT IN ZAMBIA. UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, RHODES UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA.Bertinshaw, Ross, and others, 2009, Lumwana Project northwestern Province, Republic of Zambia, Technical Report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 5/25/10Davis, Michael; Bertinshaw, Ross; Guibal, Daniel; Daley, Andrew; and Hanbury, Robert, 2008, Lumwana Project North Western Province, Republic of Zambia, Technical Report, June 2008: Report prepared by Ausenco Services Pty Ltd., 108 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [Equinox Minerals Ltd., Technical Report (NI 43-101), filed June 13, 2008]).Kirkham, Rodney, and Broughton, David, 2005, Appendix, Supplement to the sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system, in J.W. Hedenquist, J.W., J.F.H. Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and J.P. Richards, J.P., eds., Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, 1905-2005: Littleton, Colorado, Society of Economic Geologists, p. 609-642.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10400307view the source record

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Coordinates: -12.22790, 25.81190

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