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Biotite from
Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616106
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616106:4
GUID (UUID V4):020a40ce-dcd3-4691-ab43-d0a4f130ad65
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘMusoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘNkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
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Appendix II-2 Structure of Mineral Rights in Zambia Type of Right Place of Application Required Documents...Countries Prospecting (Exploration) Country Zambia Duration for approval 2 years, twice renewable...Feasibility Study Mine construction Stage Exploration Exploration West Central Zambia 265km northeast...37-year mine life. Appendix II-5 (1) Mineral Development and Exploration Projects in Zambia 1 84...Resources (UK) 7 /Copperbelt Minerals Copper Copper 6 /Phelps Dodge Mining (Zambia) African Eagle Resources
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Printed in The Netherlands COBALT IN THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT A.E. ANNELS Department of Mineral Exploitation...and Simmonds, J.R., 1984. Cobalt in the Zambian Copperbelt. Precambrian Res., 25: 75--98. A review of available...regional distribution of cobalt in the Zambian Copperbelt is presented which emphasises the limitation...cobalt in the copper ores o f the Central African Copperbelt had largely been ignored in discussions of their...today. The economic importance of the metal to Zambia and Zaire, and indeed to the World, has, however
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Conditions of Ore Mineral Formation in Certain Zambian Copperbelt Deposits with Special Reference to the Role of...coexisting sulphide assemblages from certain Zambian Copperbelt deposits and of their textural relations and...certain copper-cobalt sulphides of the Zambian Copperbelt and to consider this information in relation...these ores. Sulphide assemblages occurring in Copperbelt ores have been examined in polished section and...further data obtained from the literature. The Copperbelt lies within the Lufilian fold arc of Central
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geochemistry of the Lumwana Cu (± Co ± U) deposits, NW Zambia Robin Bernau & Stephen Roberts & Mike Richards...Abstract The Lumwana Cu (± Co ± U) deposits of NW Zambia are large, tabular, disseminated ore bodies, hosted...quartz–feldspar ± biotite ± muscovite ± haematite ± amphibole and intervening quartz–feldspar ± biotite schist....ore horizons are typically developed within a biotite–muscovite–quartz–kyanite schist, although mineralization...to the copper mineralization. Unlike typical Copperbelt mineralization, unmineralized units show very
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DOME, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA: METALLOGENIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT Richard H. Sillitoe...Central African Copperbelt, the world’s largest, sedimenthosted stratiform copper province, occur in the...the Domes region of northwestern Zambia. The copper deposits and prospects are commonly hosted by amphibolite-facies...speculated that the copper in the Central African Copperbelt deposits was extracted from the basement, this...elsewhere beneath and/or alongside the Copperbelt in both Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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1007/s00126-017-0726-8 ARTICLE Age of the Zambian Copperbelt Richard H. Sillitoe 1 & JosĂ© PerellĂł 2 & Robert...deposits and prospects of the Central African Copperbelt are characterized by two intimately associated...across the Zambian part of the Central African Copperbelt suggest that both the disseminated and veinlet...Sediment-hosted Cu deposits . Central African Copperbelt . Zambia . Molybdenite . Re-Os ages . Synorogenic...the Central African Copperbelt—the world’s most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220
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USA The Kamoa copper deposit, Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) David...Katangan Supergroup form the Central African Copperbelt, and host two well-known districts of sediment-hosted... broadly in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Zambian district comprises deposits...breccias of probable evaporitic origin. The Congolese district comprises deposit fragments that occur within...overlying oxidised redbeds. Both districts and the Copperbelt in general have been considered as relatively
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CopperOccurrences of the MombezhiDomeArea, Northwestern Zambia D. G. B‱:‱u^rr, D. D. Gs‱:m, ^‱i‱ B. W. V‱r: Abstract...located in the northwestern province of Zambia 240 km west of the Copperbelt, contains several large lmv-grade...comparisonsxvith other stratiform copper depositsin Zambia are difficult, but it is possiblethat the mineralizationmay...mineralizationmay be older than that of the Copperbelt. Introduction THE MombezhiDome is one of a seriesof...smallamountsof graphite. In the feldspathic interbands, biotite,feldspar,and quartz are the major rock-formingminerals
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label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the RĂ­o Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...± Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos,...N. Moreto, AndrĂ© Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
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mobile belt, which forms part of the Tocantins province between the Guapor~ and Sgo Francisco cratons...terranes of Archean age in Canada, W. Australia, and Zambia (WAKEFIELD, 1978; AYRES & CERNY, 1982; BARLEY,...disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite hostes primarily by biotite schist that is in- terlayered with lesser amounts...gahnite, and the sensitivity of iron contents of biotite to fO~ conditions dictated by accompanying sulfide-oxide...have been performed on rocks from the Tocantins province of central Brazil. A larger body of K-Ar data
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in eastern and northern Baltica, and support the SAMBA reconstruction (part of the Nuna supercontinent)...to high-grade amphibolite facies gray gneisses, biotite-rich schists, garnet + sillimanite paragneisses...aluminous minerals in the Zenaga plutonic rocks (biotite, garnet, muscovite), their association with migmatitic...part of the so called Central Iapetus Magmatic Province (CIMP, e.g., Doblas et al., 2002; Ernst and Bleeker...belonging to the 200 Ma Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP, Youbi et al., 2003). The pre 200 Ma dykes
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School of Mines, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia Received 19 January 2006; received...Craton in the Bangweulu Block and Irumide Belt of Zambia, demonstrate a long history of crustal recycling...southeast of these grabens and the MDZ, in eastern Zambia and in northwestern Mozambique, mainly comprise...debate for many years. The terms “Zambia Craton” (Kröner, 1977), “Zambia nucleus” (Clifford, 1970), “Luwama...applied to the presumed Archaean basement of northern Zambia, extending along the shores of Lake Tanganyika
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norite; 7, olivine gabbro; 8, metadiabase; 9, biotite hornfels; 10, slate and sandstone (Cretaceous);... hornfels. occur and an Olivine observed biotite as absent to in Olivine contains avarage ...(An50 pyroxene and rock. the varies Major biotite separately melanocratic euhedral, formation...1985). olivine attaining formation measures (Samba, hexagonal and varying The and inferred of... 19.46. on is basaltic the has Two i. e. mine The and thick. former to the wide 1-2mm
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Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the LuïŹlian belt François Turlin a,⁎, AurĂ©lien...Rennes Cedex, France Barrick Limited, Lumwana, Zambia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...hosts world-class Cu deposits. In the Congolese Copperbelt (DRC), Cu(–Co) deposits, are mostly hosted within...the LuïŹlian belt known as the Western Zambian Copperbelt in which a primary Cu mineralization is overprinted...sequence. Cu(–U) occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by kyanite-micaschists metamorphosed
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homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/precamres Was there SAMBA in Columbia? Paleomagnetic evidence from 1790 Ma...compatible with the Baltica and Amazonian Cratons SAMBA link in the Columbia Supercontinent at about 1780...(Amazonian Craton) and southwestern Baltica (BA), dubbed SAMBA, was proposed on the basis of Archaean to Paleo-Mesoproterozoic...the northern Roraima State (Central Amazonian Province of the Amazonian Craton) and its implications...two Archean nuclei (>2600 Ma – Central Amazonian Province in Fig. 1a) encircled by a predominantly accretionary
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Journal Pre-proof The long life of SAMBA connection in Columbia: A Paleomagnetic Study of the 1535 Ma...J.M., Reis, N.J., Silva, J.M., The long life of SAMBA connection in Columbia: A Paleomagnetic Study of...Association for Gondwana Research. 1 The long life of SAMBA connection in Columbia: A Paleomagnetic Study of...(A95=12.6°; K=10.2). The Mucajaí pole favours the SAMBA 33 (South AMerica-BAltica) link in a configuration...paleomagnetic data predict a long life 1.78 – 1.43 Ga SAMBA connection forming part 37 of the core of the
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Paleoproterozoic. It is nevertheless fully compatible with a SAMBA (Amazonia-Baltica) link at Mesoproterozoic times...ago. Another Mesoproterozoic reconstruction – the SAMBA conïŹguration of Johansson (2009) – is tested using...two small Archaean cores (the Central Amazonian Province, with ages >2600 Ma) encircled by predominantly...2250–2050 Ma MaroniItacaiunas Province, the 1980–1810 Ma Ventuari-TapajĂłs Province, the 1780–1550 Ma Rio Negro-Juruena...Negro-Juruena Province, the 1550–1300 Ma Rondonian-San Ignacio Province, and the ca. 1250–950 Ma SunsĂĄs
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from the northern margin of Dartmoor (the Red-a-Ven mine), the greisen vein systems at Redmoor and Cligga...(St Just district); Dolcoath, Wheal Concord and Nangiles (Camborne-Redruth-St Day district), Wheal Charlotte...Nkout deposit is part of an emerging iron ore province in West and Central Africa. It is an oxide facies...Top (Yuryakh field). The Rb/Sr age of the early biotite-potassium feldspar (potassic) alteration at Peschanka...Barrick Exploration, Lumwana Mine, Mwinilunga Rd, Solwezi, NW Province, Zambia The recent development of
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paleogeographic conïŹguration slightly different from SAMBA (South America-Baltica). At the same time, the new...recently by Bispo-Santos et al. (2014a) supports a SAMBA-like connection (Johansson, 2009) where the southern...whose collision originated the Maroni-Itacaiunas Province (2.25–2.05 Ga), followed by successively younger...provinces: VentuariTapajĂłs Province (1.98–1.81 Ga), Rio Negro-Juruena Province (1.78–1.60 Ga), Rondonian-San...Rondonian-San Ignacio Province (1.60–1.30 Ga) and SunsĂĄs-AguapeĂ­ Province (1.20–0.95 Ga). The latter forms the
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Paleoproterozoic Copper-Gold Deposits of the Gaoua District, Burkina Faso: Superposition of Orogenic Gold...9040 Gent, Belgique Abstract The Gaoua mining district, underlain by Paleoproterozoic volcanic and intrusive...metamorphosed porphyry copper mineralization in the Gaoua district is overprinted by orogenic gold mineralization...until 2014, then by B2Gold) situated in the Gaoua district, southern Burkina Faso (Figs. 1, 2). Copper mineralization...classification of the Cu-Au mineralization in the district suggested these were Cu-Au porphyry occurrences
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is Ar–Ar, b is baddeleyite, z is zircon, bi is biotite. a Dual polarity for Matachewan dykes refers to...al. (2012) LeCheminant et al. (1997) Churchill Province Sparrow dykes 10s 12, 291 8 D – McGlynn...(f) the reconstruction is between the Churchill Province (assumed to extend across Greenland) and Fennoscandia...(Fennoscandia pre-1.75 Ga) and Laurentia (Churchill Province pre-1.80 Ga) as well as an overlap of the poles...for the 1.83 Ga Sparrow dykes of the Churchill Province of North America (McGlynn et al., 1974; Bostock
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Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...area of the Kristineberg VHMS deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden .......................................A. Massive Zn-Cu-Pb deposits in the RÞros ore district, Norway: setting and formation ................ The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry and emplacement...for VHMS deposits, Kristineberg area, Skellefte District, Sweden .....................................
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including a ‘ruby’ deposit near Winza, kyanite–biotite–garnet paragneiss (2.02–1.99 Ga) (e.g., Lenoir...‘hornblendic’) in hematite–bearing maïŹc schists of the biotite–zone of Sambagawa Belt, central Shikoku (Otsuki...albite assemblage in piemontite–quartz schist of the Samba- Paleoproterozoic talc–kyanite amphibolite gawa...schists and other high–pressure assemblages from Zambia. Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 837–846. Wang, S.–J...J.G. (1994) Coesite–bearing eclogite in Henan Province, central China: detailed petrography, glaucophane
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Mineralizationis hostedlargelyby subhorizontal biotite schist,with lesseramphibolite,muscoviteschist,...saywhetherthese but typesrecognizedin drill core: (1) biotite schist,(Ɠ) rockswere extrudedor emplacedsubvolcanically...which makeup 1 to 10 modalpercentof the rock. Biotite schistand amphibolite are the most common stau...ig. 4). have been mafic xenoliths or dikes. Biotite schist,the dominantrock type in the deposit,is...quartzofeldspathic gneissic banding(Table1). Olive-green biotite is locallychloritizedbut is more commonly interleavedwith
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feature that cuts across the basement rocks of this province, which can now be interpreted as intracratonic...metamorphic rocks exposed in the Central Amazonian Province (Fig. 1a). These Archean blocks collided along...1980–1810 Ma Ventuari-Tapajós Province, the 1780–1600 Ma Rio Negro-Juruena Province, the 1600–1300 Ma Rondonian-San...Rondonian-San Ignacio Province, and the 1200–950 Ma Sunsás-Aguapeí Province. The latter includes the Nova...(2010) as a SE extension of the Rio Negro-Juruena Province, whilst reworked by the mobile belts (Cachoeirinha
 
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