Mashimba Prospect

Occurrence in Luapula, Zambia with commodity Manganese
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304479
MAS/MILS ID 7940200002
Record type Site
Current site name Mashimba Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.83132, -11.1975 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luapula(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Luapula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.83132, -11.1975

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhodesian Vanadium Corp. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Zambia
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sheehan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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