Mine detail: Nchanga

Previously called 'Mimbula Pit 2ChingolaMimbula Pit 1Nchanga UndergroundNchanga Open Pit*hangaNcaanga (misspelling?)Nchanga Cobalt'

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Location: Copperbelt, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long: -12.50646, 27.86562
dep_id: 10158996
mrds_id: W032842
mas_id: 7940050010
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Cobalt
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Reporter: Wilson, Anna B., Gassaway, Judith S., Bleiwas, Donald
hrock_unit: Lower Bwan *ubwa Series
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: JACKSON, G.C.A., 1932, THE ORES OF THE NCHANGA MINE AND EXTENSIONS, NORTHERN RHODESIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 27, P. 247-280.
  • Deposit:: JACKSON, G.C.A., 1932, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NCHANGA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA: GEOL. SOC. LONDON QUART. JOUR., V. 88, P. 443-515. [unable to verify this reference. Corrected spelling from Nanchanga to Nchanga].
  • Deposit:: Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 1, p. ??, and v. 2, map IV, #33.
  • General:: Jackson, G.C.A., 1933, Outline of the geological history of the *hanga District, Northern Rhodesia: Geological Magazine, vol.70, no.824, pp.49-57, Feb 1933
  • Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.51, 53.
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