Silver King Prospect

Occurrence in Central, Zambia with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280217
MAS/MILS ID 7940100031
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 26.80136, -14.57727 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Agrees well with locations by vanbrussel and Bull. #3, map VI, and GoogleEarth and Microsoft Maps.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Central(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Central

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Iodyrite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 26.80136, -14.57727

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91M
    Width 17M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P67-68.
    Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 1, p. 67-68, and v. 2, maps IV and VI, #41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sheehan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.