Munali Hills

Occurrence in Zambia with commodities Nickel, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095417
MRDS ID M047003
Record type Site
Current site name Munali Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.00136, -15.99716 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE TOWN OF KAFUE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zambia

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1978

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.00136, -15.99716

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit In The Munali Hills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Of South Africa, Ltd.
    Home office Johannesburg, R.S.A.

Comments on development

  • AFTER SPENDING 18 MILLION DOLLARS IN EXPLORING THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT, THE ANGLO AMERICAN CORP. HAS CONCLUDED THAT DEPOSITS OF NONCOPPER MINERALS FOUND IN THE COUNTRY CANNOT BE EXPLOITED ECONOMICALLY. ; ECON.COM: DUE TO THE LOW GRADE OF THE NICKEL DEPOSIT, IT IS UNECONOMIC UNDER CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., JUNE 1978 , ZAMBIA: ANGLO AMERICAN CORP.: ENG. MIN. JOUR., P. 296

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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