| Deposit ID | 10400382 |
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| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mwambashi |
| Alternate or previous names | Mambwashi, Mwambishi |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.00472, -12.75917 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Zambia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 200 |
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| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
| Mark3 model number | 64 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
| Rock type qualifier | arenite |
| Rock unit name | Lower Roan Group, Footwall Quartzite |
| (1) | 28.00472, -12.75917 |
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| Development status | Prospect |
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| Type | Unknown |
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| Owner | African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Type | In-situ |
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| Name | Mwambashi, Total Endowment |
| Estimate year | 2010 |
| Total endowment | 14210000mt ore |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mwambashi, all; measured+indicated | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 12440000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 12.44Mt @ 1.74% cu (ARM 2008 AR, p. 103 or 107/232) | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mwamashi, all: inferred | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 1770000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 1.77Mt@ 2.1% cu (ARM 2008 AR, p. 103) | ||||||||||||||
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Annels, A.E., 1989, Ore genesis in the Zambian Copperbelt with particular reference to the northern sector of the Chambishi Basin, in Boyle, R.W., Brown, A.C., Jefferson, C.W., Jowett, E.C., and Kirkham, R.V. eds., Sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 36. p. 427-452.
Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.
Verbeek, Julian, Lomberg, Ken, and Rupprecht, Steven, 2005, Independent Technical Report on the Central African Mineral Properties of TEAL Exploration and Mining Inc.: Report prepared by RSG Global, (dated Sept. 16, 2005), 181 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [Teal Exploration and Mining Inc., Technical Report(s), filed Oct. 21, 2005, 2216 K]).
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2009, 2009 Annual Report, 224 p.: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2009/pdf/full.pdf.
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2008, 2008 Annual Report, 232 p: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2008/files/ARM_AR2008.pdf.
| 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.