Munali

Prospect in Southern, Zambia with commodity Nickel
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231516
MAS/MILS ID 7940350001
Record type Site
Current site name Munali

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.11805, -15.89717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southern(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Southern

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.11805, -15.89717

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Of South Africa, Ltd.
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, FEB.1973.

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK, JUNE 18,1973, ITEM A3031.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, FEB. 1972.

  • Deposit

    TRURNIT,P.(ED.) SAMBIA. BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN

  • Deposit

    UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, WEST GERMANY, 1979, P.132.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1301 MAP, SHEET SD-35, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 15 KM SSW OF KAFUE AND 55 KM SW OF LUSAKA. EXPLORATION IN 1972-1973 BY ZAMBIAN ANGLO AMERICAN LTD. INCLUDED GEOCHEMICAL,GEOPHYSICAL AND 28 BOREHOLES DURING 18 MONTH CAMPAIGN. RESULTS SAID TO BE ENCOURAGING BUT NO FURTHER INFO. AVAILABLE. PENTLANDITE,PYRROHTITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE MINERALIZATION IN GABBROS AND PERIDOTITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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