| Deposit ID | 10400383 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fitwaola |
| Alternate or previous names | Fituaola |
| Geographic coordinates: | 27.88064, -12.40854 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Zambia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Model code | 202 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced-facies |
| Mark3 model number | 96 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Copperbelt Orebody member |
| (1) | 27.88064, -12.40854 |
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Significant | Yes |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Fitwaola (life of mine = 2.5 yr) | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Probable | 3450000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 3450000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 3.45Mt @ 2.94% assuming mine life of 2.5 yrs. | ||||||||||||||
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Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe), unpublished report, p. 41.
Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.
Bennett, Julian, Hermann, Jurgen, and Warwick, John, 2008, KCM Valuation, Prepared for ZCI Holdings SA and Vedanta Resources Plc by N.M. Rothschild & Sons, 15 January, 2008 [revised April 2009], 228 p.: accessed at www.zci.lu/KCM%20Valuation%20Report.pdf.p. 56.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Fitwaola Open Pit was projected to have a mine life of 2.5 years and supposedly began operation in 2005. It should be mined out by now (Jan. 2010) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-JUN-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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