Nama Retention License

ZM / North-Western

•-12.19783, 27.51549View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Nama Retention License is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Kundulungu Group (Sedimentary Rock). Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chrysocolla, Cobalt, Copper; logged ore minerals are Magnetite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite; gangue is recorded as Chlorite, Talc, Epidote, Silica, Hematite.

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Found Here

AzuriteChalcopyriteChloriteChrysocollaCobaltCopperEpidoteHematiteMagnetiteMalachiteNickelPyriteSoapstone

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Kundulungu Group — Sedimentary Rock

Ore minerals

MagnetitePyriteChalcopyriteHematite

Gangue minerals

ChloriteTalcEpidoteSilicaHematite

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Operation type: Surface

Records and references

Cited references

Grant, David, and Haslett, Michael, 2007, Independent competent persons report of the Nama retention license in northern Zambia and held by Caledonian Mining Limited, May 1, 2007, 67 p. [available from sedar.com, Caledonia Mining Corporation, May 7, 2007, Technical report (NI-43-101) - English as of 5/26/10]. p. 58. ACP Mining Data Bank [Secretariat of the African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Group], undated, http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_ZMB-00088_en.htmlGrant, David, 2008, Independent Qualified Person Report for Resource Body D in the Nama Retention Licence[sic], Northern Zambia: Report prepared for Caledonia Mining Corp and Caledonia Nama Ltd, (dated May 1, 2008), 51 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [Caledonia Mining Corporation, Technical report (NI-43-101) - English, filed May 2, 2008]).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10400371 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -12.19783, 27.51549

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