Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCadmium, Vanadium, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPIPE - LIKE TO VEIN - LIKE BODIES
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Descloizite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
GangueDolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Katanga System Dolomite, Upper Broken Hill Group
StructureTwo Normal Faults Both Striking N 60 Deg W, Dipping Steeply, Forming A Graben In Which The Mine Lies
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1905
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10073168
MRDS IDW019024
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-14.44727, 28.43467
References
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. 393BARLIN, 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. 649KORTMAN, C. R., 1972, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ZAMBIA BROKEN HILL MINE, KABWE; GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW V. 51., NO. 3, P. 347 - 356BARLIN 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.SKINNER, W. R., 1975, MINING INTNL YBK.