Nampundwe

Producer in Central, Zambia with commodities Sulfur, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183431
MRDS ID DE00069
MAS/MILS ID 7940100015
Record type Site
Current site name Nampundwe
Alternate or previous names King Edward

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Central(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Central

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Covellite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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)

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 27.9111, -15.4936

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • 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

Comments on the production information

  • Pyrite is mined for its sulfur and used to process the copper ore at other nearby mines, especially Nkana and Chambishi.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Nampundwe, #2 of 8 orebodies, resource
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 11000000mt
    Remarks 11Mt @ 0.78% cu (Portergeo.com.au)
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.78 wt-pct Copper Secondary 1993

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 TONNES/YEAR. [Copied from deleted record 10021409]

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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.

Beyond USGS

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