Chimiwungo (Lumwana Project)

Prospect in North-Western, Zambia with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Uranium, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400308
Record type Site
Current site name Chimiwungo (Lumwana Project)
Included sites Lumwana Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 25.8775, -12.2843 (WGS84)
Relative position Location from vanbrussel's GoogleEarth dataset. Probably within 2 mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North-Western(province)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zambia North-Western

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Bornite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 25.8775, -12.2843

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name On Mwombezhi Dome

Ore body information

  • Name Chimiwungo Main
  • Name Chimiwungo North
  • Name Chimiwungo South

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Significant Yes
Production years No production as of 2009.

Mining district

District name Central African Copper Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Equinox Minerals Limited
    Interest 100
    Home office West Perth, Australia and Toronto, Canada
    Year 2008
    First year 1999

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Chimiwungo, Total Endowment
    Estimate year 2010
    Total endowment 760900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.009 wt-pct Copper Secondary 2010
    Cobalt 0.64 wt-pct Cobalt Primary 2010
  • Type In-situ
    Name Chimiwungo (all)
    Estimate year 2008
    Measured 82500000mt ore
    Remarks Data from 43-101, p. 63.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.02 g/mt Gold Tertiary 2008
    Copper Cu 0.76 wt-pct Copper Primary 2008
    Cobalt Co 296 g/mt Cobalt Secondary 2008
  • Type In-situ
    Name Chimiwungo
    Estimate year 2008
    Indicated 133700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.02 wt-pct Gold Tertiary 2008
    Copper Cu 0.6 wt-pct Copper Primary 2008
    Cobalt Co 149 g/mt Cobalt Secondary 2008
  • Type In-situ
    Name Chimiwungo
    Estimate year 2008
    Inferred 544700000
    Remarks Cutoff grade at 0.20% Cu.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.01 wt-pct Gold Tertiary 2008
    Cobalt Co 45 g/mt Cobalt Secondary 2008
    Copper Cu 0.63 wt-pct Copper Primary 2008
  • Type In-situ
    Name Chimiwungo (uranium)
    Estimate year 2008
    Inferred 2200000
    Remarks Uranium only

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Data from 43-101.
Deposit Chimiwungo is not a sediment-hosted copper deposit for the Global Assessment. It is an unclassified type in basement schist.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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