| Deposit ID | 10400381 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mufumbwe |
| Geographic coordinates: | 24.79492, -13.67994 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Zambia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| (1) | 24.79492, -13.67994 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Earthstone Metals Group |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mufumbwe | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 5200000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 5.2 Mt @ 2.3% cu (Cox database) | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Earthstone Resources, 2010, Earthstone Resources Web page: accessed May 26, 2010, at http://www.earthstoneresources.com/es.php?keyLink=HOME&idLang=. [As of May, 2011, website was being redeveloped and was inaccessible].
The Northern Miner, 1995, February 5 issue, p. B16
ACP Mining Data Bank [Secretariat of the African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Group], undated, http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_ZMB-00043_en.html
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Insufficient information to classify this deposit by type. Unclassified Cu in shale. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-JUN-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.