Chinda Prospect

Prospect in Eastern, Zambia with commodity Iron
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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256085
MAS/MILS ID 7940150001
Record type Site
Current site name Chinda Prospect
Alternate or previous names Kachindambuze Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.7813, -13.7173 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia Eastern

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.7813, -13.7173

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 5000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5000000mt ore
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 70.0999 wt-pct Iron Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3, P138

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.