Namantombwa Prospect

Occurrence in Central, Zambia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231653
MAS/MILS ID 7940100011
Record type Site
Current site name Namantombwa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.19136, -15.28722 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Central(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Central

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.19136, -15.28722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 91M
    Length 152M
    Width 91M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 4000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4000000mt ore
    Total resources 4000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 70.5 wt-pct Iron Trace 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 6294000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6294000mt ore
    Total resources 6294000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 70.5 wt-pct Iron Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION IS A VERY MASSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE LIME

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.