Mine detail: Broken Hill of Zambia

Location:	Zambia, Africa
Lat / long:	-14.44727, 28.43467
dep_id:	10073168
mrds_id:	W019024
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Cadmium, Vanadium, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Descloizite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
gangue:	Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	PIPE - LIKE TO VEIN - LIKE BODIES
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit:	Katanga System Dolomite, Upper Broken Hill Group
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Two Normal Faults Both Striking N 60 Deg W, Dipping Steeply, Forming A Graben In Which The Mine Lies
Year first produced:	1905
disc_yr:	1902
discr:	T. G. Davey
References:	Deposit:: WHYTE, W. J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE BROKEN HILL MINE, ZAMBIA; IN NICOLINI P. ED., LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS IN AFRICA, ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE NO. 23 P. 393 Deposit:: BARLIN, B., 1970, THE EVOLUTION OF LEAD SMELTING PRACTICE AT ZAMBIA BROKEN HILL DEVL. CO.; IN COTTERILL, C. H., CIGAN, J. M. EDS. AIME SYMP. LEAD & ZINC V. 2 P. 649 Deposit:: KORTMAN, C. R., 1972, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ZAMBIA BROKEN HILL MINE, KABWE; GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW V. 51., NO. 3, P. 347 - 356 Production:: BARLIN B., 1970, LEAD SM. AT B. H. P. 665. SKINNER, W. R., 1975, MINING INTNL. Y.B., U. S. BU MINES MIN YBK, 1970, V. 3, P. 875 AND 1972 V. 3 P. 909. Reserve-Resource:: SKINNER, W. R., 1975, MINING INTNL YBK.