| Deposit ID | 10400308 |
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| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chimiwungo (Lumwana Project) |
| Included sites | Lumwana Project |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
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| Geographic coordinates: | 25.8775, -12.2843 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Location from vanbrussel's GoogleEarth dataset. Probably within 2 mi. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
North-Western(province)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
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| Zambia | North-Western |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Approximate (1) | 25.8775, -12.2843 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure name | On Mwombezhi Dome |
| Name | Chimiwungo Main |
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| Name | Chimiwungo North |
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| Name | Chimiwungo South |
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| Operation type | Surface |
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| Development status | Prospect |
| Significant | Yes |
| Production years | No production as of 2009. |
| District name | Central African Copper Belt |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Equinox Minerals Limited |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | West Perth, Australia and Toronto, Canada |
| Year | 2008 |
| First year | 1999 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Chimiwungo, Total Endowment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 760900000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Chimiwungo (all) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 82500000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Data from 43-101, p. 63. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Chimiwungo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 133700000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Chimiwungo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 544700000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Cutoff grade at 0.20% Cu. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ |
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| Name | Chimiwungo (uranium) |
| Estimate year | 2008 |
| Inferred | 2200000 |
| Remarks | Uranium only |
Davis and others, 2008, Lumwana Project, North-Western Province, Republic of Zambia: Equinox Minerals Limited, 43-101 Technical Report, 108 p.
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]).
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| General | Data from 43-101. |
| Deposit | Chimiwungo is not a sediment-hosted copper deposit for the Global Assessment. It is an unclassified type in basement schist. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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| Reporter | 23-JUL-09 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.