| Deposit ID | 10183431 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE00069 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 7940100015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nampundwe |
| Alternate or previous names | King Edward |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 27.9111, -15.4936 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | Unverified location. Shown on Bull. #3's maps IV (King Edward) but insufficient detail to locate on Google Earth or Microsoft Maps. Location updated to lat/lon in Central African Copperbelt SIR database. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Central(province)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Zambia | Central |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Rock type qualifier | limestone, dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Middle Katangan Cheta Formation (roughly correlates with upper part of Lower Roan Group) |
| Ore Body (1) | 27.9111, -15.4936 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Zambia |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nampundwe, #2 of 8 orebodies, resource | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 11000000mt | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 11Mt @ 0.78% cu (Portergeo.com.au) | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7940100015 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE00069 | =newMRDS 10021409, merged and deleted. |
GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P125-126.
Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 1, p. 125-126, and v. 2, map IV, #24.
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50.
[Copied from deleted record 10021409]
ACP Mining Data Bank [Secretariat of the African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Group], undated, http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_ZMB-00018_en.html
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Boyle, Ed | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 01-DEC-89 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 28-SEP-09 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted record 10021409 (DE00069). Revised 04-jun-2010. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.