Luand Prospect

Past Producer in Copperbelt, Zambia with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134667
MAS/MILS ID 7940050001
Record type Site
Current site name Luand Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.90134, -12.47741 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Copperbelt(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Copperbelt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.90134, -12.47741

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copperbelt Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines
    Interest 100
    Home office Zambia
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SOC NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P90

  • Deposit

    1971,MINING MAGAZINE,THE MINING JOURNAL LTD.,LONDON,VOL.124.

  • Deposit

    1964,PELLETIER,MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT FOUR MILES OF ROAD IS NEEDED TO REACH THE NCHANGA MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sheehan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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