A copper-cobalt mine owned by ZCCM. The deepest mine on the Zambian copperbelt. Two shafts below 1,300 meters and 3 small open pits until 1984.
The mine exploits reduced facies type copper-cobalt ore beds, hosted in sedimentary rocks of the Lower Roan group along the southwestern margin of the Kafue Anticline. Along their strike length of 14 km, the beds are frequently replaced by siliceous dolomite, forming barren gaps. They also are cut by veins with U-Mo-V mineralization. The Rokana deposit consist of the Mindoa, Central and South orebodies.
A 1975 discovery yielded the largest and finest libethenite crystals ever found.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
- Korowski, S.P. & Notebaart, C. W. (1978): Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia. Mineralogical Record. 9 (6): 341-346
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 431.
- Cox, D.P., Lindsey, D.A., Singer, D.A., Moring, B.C., and Diggles, M.F. (2003): Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. USGS Open-File Report 03-107.
This page is currently not sponsored. To sponsor this page click here.
Mineral and Locality Search
