REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

MINISTRY OF MINES AND CO-OPERATIVES

REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY No. 17

THE GEOLOGY
OF THE MONZE AREA

EXPLANATION OF
DEGREE SHEET r627, NW. QUARTER

By

A. G. BROWN, B.Sc.
Geologist

(Manuscript completed 2nd September, 1964)

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 Extensive sand deposits occur in several of the main rivers, notably the Namuseba,
Kazungula and Ngoma. Three random samples, one from a west tributary of the Kazun-
gula (6JA 25), It miles north-east of Shantontola School, and the others from the Namu-
seba lUver (6JA 78, 81), east of Monze, were analysed for organic carbon content and also
subjected to a screen analysis by the Central Materials Laboratory (table 5; fig. 7).
TABLE 5

S,EVE ANALYSES OF R,VER SANDS

Sieve Size 6JA 25 6JA 78 6JA 81

% % %
t' 100 100 100
3/16" 100 98 100
7 98 92 100
14 90 81 99
25 61 43 76
52 19 II 18
100 6 6 4
200 I 2 2
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Organic matter index 2 I I
Suitability for building Fair Good Good
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Grid reference ... ... 828285 986444 023416
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Analyst: Materials Testing Laboratory, Ministry of Transport and Works
None of the pegmatites examined in the Gwembe Gneiss and the Nteme Schist
Formation is of economic importance because the mica is of low grade and the tourmaline
is not of gem quality. Analyses of samples for caesium and lithium gave negative results
(Hosking 1961).
Several occurrences of copper were recorded in the Ngoma Formation by geologists
of Loangwa Concessions (N.R.) Ltd., including one in the Chilama Hills (Guernsey 1952,
p. 47, Mineral Occurrence 314). In the same area Guernsey (1952, p. 47) records quartz
stringers containing pyrite and hematite. Further shows of these minerals were found
during the present survey but none is sufficiently extensive to be of economic interest.

W A'rER SUPPLY

The following is a summary of publications on the groundwater potential by Lambert

(1963A, 1963B).
Good watcr supplies can be found along the Kalomo-Lusaka ridge for distances of
up to 25 miles east and west of the railway. The prospects for groundwater supplies for
irrigation, for which quantities of 10,000 to 20,000 gallons pel' hour are required, are good.
Boreholes in weathered schists and decomposed granitic rocks yield up to 3,000 gallons
an hour. The dolomite bands may also prove good aquifers. The Karroo sediments underlying

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the Kafue Flats are not promising, except where there are sandstone horizons. The latter
may yield up to 2,000 gallons per hour. The large area south of Mbwengwa School under-
lain by Karroo limestone may warrant investigation. The fault zone betweeu basement
and Karroo rocks north of Malundu School has hot springs, as at Bwanda, and boreholes
sited here are liable to strike highly saline deep-seated water. Although recent deposits
are widespread, individnal occurrences tend to be limited in extent and normally contain
saline water.

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