Mine detail: Mufulira

Previously called 'Mufulira WestMufulia (misspelling)'

Location:	Copperbelt, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long:	-12.52964, 28.23605
dep_id:	10255912
mrds_id:	W032841
mas_id:	7940050002
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Pyrite
other_matl:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Wilson, Anna B., Porter, Kenneth E., Gassaway, Judith, S.
hrock_unit:	Lower Roan
hrock_type:	Wacke
Year first produced:	1933
disc_yr:	1923
References:	Deposit:: MENDELSOHN, F. (ED.).THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT. MACDONALD AND CO., LONDON, 1961, 523 P. Deposit:: DE KUN, NICOLAS. 1965. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA. ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, P. 130-136, 350-356, 365-369. Deposit:: PELLETIER, R. A.,MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTERAL AFRICA. OXFORD UNIV. PRESS,CAPE TOWN, 1964, P. 178-198. Deposit:: MAREE, S. C. LITHOLOGY OF THE MUFULIRA COPPER DEPOSITS. Deposit:: ONTER. GEOLOGIC CONGRESS, PT.2, (STRATIFORM COPPER DEPOSITS OF AFRICA), COPENHAGEN, 1960, P.159-172. Deposit:: ------------ STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE MUFULIRA AREA. INTL. Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS (STRATIFORM COPPER DEPOSITS OF AFRICA PART 2), COPENHAGEN, 1960, P. 159-177. Deposit:: VAN EDEN, J. G., 1974. DEPOSITIONAL AND DIAGENETIC ENVIRONMENT RELATED TO SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, MUFULIRA, ZAMBIA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.69, P. 59-79. Deposit:: NELLER, R. R., J. D. SANDY, AND V. H. R. OLIVER, HOW MUFULIRA HAS BEEN REHABILITATED. WORLD MINING.SEPT. 1973 PP. 42-49. Deposit:: COLLINSON,B.M.UNDERGROUND MINING MECHANIZATION AT ROAN CONSOLIDATED MINES SINCE 1965, GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW, V.51,NO.3, 1972, PP.381-397. Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC. DEPOSIT PROFILE-MUFULIRA, ZAMBIA SEPT. 1980. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 11/24/92, P.58. Deposit:: E/MJ. 1978. Production:: TER BRUGGEN, J. W.,INTRODUCTION INTO MINING AND METALLURGY ON THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW, V. 51, 1972, P. 361-370. Reserve-Resource:: ROAN CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 1976. Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT,