Chowa Prospect

Past Producer in Central, Zambia with commodity Manganese
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256337
MAS/MILS ID 7940100020
Record type Site
Current site name Chowa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.46134, -14.32728 (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
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.46134, -14.32728

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1926

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co. Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Zambia
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 70,000 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AVERAGING 35% MN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV NORTHERN RHODESIA, BULL #3

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.