Venter's Ridge

Prospect 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255713
MAS/MILS ID 7940100017
Record type Site
Current site name Venter's Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 27.08136, -15.03724 (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
Jasper Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 27.08136, -15.03724

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 500000mt concentrate
    Indicated 2000000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 2500000mt concentrate
    Total resources 2500000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 66.95 wt-pct Iron Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P124-GIVES

  • Deposit

    GRADE&TONNAGE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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