| Deposit ID | 10400384 |
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| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Itawa |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.66801, -12.96168 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zambia(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Zambia |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Copper | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Footwall Quartzite |
| (1) | 28.66801, -12.96168 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
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| Structure name | Kafue Anticline, Footwall arenite ores |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Significant | Yes |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | Itawa, total endowment | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 40000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 40000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 40Mt @ 0.76% (Kirkham and others, 1994) total endowment = total resource | ||||||||||||||
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Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe): Lukasa, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | Deposit type is Unclassified Copper in Sandstone. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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| Reporter | 04-JUN-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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