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Chalcocite from
Baluba Mine, Luanshya, Luanshya District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baluba Mine, Luanshya, Luanshya District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717809
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717809:2
GUID (UUID V4):b8b6ae17-3082-4fd1-9e69-e1147d202169
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
11.2km (6.9 miles) ⓘLuanshya Mine (Roan Antelope Mine), Luanshya, Luanshya District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘNkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘMufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘSamba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘTshinsenda (Kinsenda), Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...formation and/or re-equilibration in several deposits (Baluba, Chibuluma West and Chibuluma, Chambeshi S.E.)...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-017-0726-8 ARTICLE Age of the Zambian Copperbelt Richard H. Sillitoe 1 & José Perelló 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the systemis dominatedby the coexistence of the chalcocite-digenite solid solution•vith cobaltsulfides (COS2...(<_460øC)anddigenite(_<70øC),andthe appearance of low chalcocite(103øC), djurleite (93øC), and anilite (70øC)...Laspeyres (1891), unable to obtain "carZambian Copperbelt,however,this mineral seriesis rollite" for comparison...Experimental Methods stabilitiesgiven in parentheses)are chalcocite,Cues (cc, 103.5øC,althoughthere is an intermediateform...Abbreviations: ct = cattierite, cr = carrollite, cc = chalcocite-digenitesolid solution, cv = covellite; liq =
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discoveryof a blind orebody. J. GOTTHARDSCHMITZ LUANSHYA. NORTHERNRHODESIA, January 7, 1963 HYDROTHERMAL...in the belief that someof his colleagueson the Copperbelt,better qualifiedto do so, will answer more broadly...evidence. At Roan Basin, Roan Extension, Muliashi and Baluba (Fig. 1), no gat)brois associatedwith the extensive...addition, of all the holes drilled in Muliashi, Baluba and Roan Extension, none has intersectedany ig...reproduce the geologicalmap of the Roan-Muliashi-Baluba synclinorium (Fig. 1) and wishesto state that there
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Chambishi–Nkana Basin, Central African Copperbelt Koen Torremans1,a , Philippe Muchez1 , and Manuel...Chambishi–Nkana Basin in the Central African Copperbelt, hosting the world-class copper and cobalt (Cu–Co)...folding and the degree of shale content in the Copperbelt Orebody Member (COM), which hosts most of the...(re-)mobilisation in the Copperbelt. 1 Introduction The Central African Copperbelt is the largest and highestgrade...sediment-hosted copper- and cobalt-producing metallogenic province in the world (Fig. 1). It hosts over 80 deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nchanga copper–cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt Received: 8 April 2005 / Accepted: 25 October... Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Zambian Copperbelt forms the southeastern part of the 900-km-long...the most significant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains two major economic concentrations...mineralogy includes pyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite, although in the Lower Orebody, sulfide phases...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated fluid inclusions,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
host-sedimentdepositionalenvironments. The sulfide sequenceis chalcocite-bornite-chalcopyrite-galena-sphalerite-pyrite...0361-0128/86/504/266-1552.50 erite zones. Bornite or chalcocite zones are closest to 266 LOW-ENERGY SEDIMENT-HOSTED...southeastNew Mexico (Sarg, 1981). None of the White Pine mine area, southof the high, and in the aboveexamplesoverlie...Dikuluwe, Karobore, Tenke, Fungurume, etc.; Shaba Province (Mine Series) "R.A.T." 500 or R1 to 2,500 m Poorly...glomerateor RL7 or Min- Mindola, Baluba, dola clastics0 Luanshya,etc.; Zambia(RL6) to 2,000 m Sedimenttype
Report (issue)
resources and mine production by geologic deposit type. . . 5. Distribution of cobalt resources and mine and metal...TABLES Page TABlE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. World cobalt mine production 1977-83................................1983................ v S 6 9 10 13 14 16 8. Mine production of cobalt in 1983 by geologic deposit...production of cobalt-in-ore, 189~1982.......... Mine production of cobalt in 1983 by economic class of...example those of New Caledonia or the Sudbury district (Canada), have made little effort to evaluate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...bornire with intermittently distributedprimary chalcocite, and type B mineralizationconsistsof chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals .......................... Problem of the Chalcocite ...................................... Microstructures....... The South-Central African Metallogenetic Province .............. Summary and Conclusions.........."The Geology and Development of the Roan Antelope Mine," by D.C. Sharpstone, privately printed, London... ' _ß •. Fro. z. Map showinglocationof the CopperBelt and N'Kana Conces- sionin NorthernRhodesia (Courtesy...Roan Antelope Mine. 0 Gray, Anton, op. cit., p. x2. ORES OF NORTHERN RHODESIA COPPERBELT. 371 KATANGA•
Other Paper
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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the evolution of an African proletariat in the Copperbelt 1911-41 ~I I ' Charles Perrings AFRICAN A...of the development of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt 90 The industry in depression: the 're-switching'...pointers to proletarianization 207 The 1935 Copperbelt mi neworkers strike: the protest of the desperate...involved archival and interview work in Britain, Zambia and Zaire, as well as purely archival work in Belgium...Mines and the Copper Industry Service Bureau in Zambia all provided me with every facility, though the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), bornite (Cu5FeS4), and chalcocite (Cu2S) [1]. In Zambia, the copper sulphides minerals are...from Nkana, Nchanga, and Baluba concentrators on the Copperbelt Province in Zambia, and the composition...mineral sulphide concentrates Sample Nchanga Nkana Baluba Cu2S 28.3 1.2 2.8 CuFeS2 5.8 12.6 51.6 Cu5FeS4...concentrates-lime reactions at MS:CaO = 1:2: (a) Baluba sample; (b) Nkana sample. Based on thermodynamic...phase. The major phases present in the Nkana and Baluba samples at 1073 K and 1123 K are CaS, CaSO4, Ca2Fe2O5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphide mineral concentrates, derived from the Copperbelt region. In the context of developing a novel...gangue minerals. The sulphides concentrates in Zambia contain considerable quantity of gangue minerals...Nkana and Baluba froth flotation mineral concentrates from the Copperbelt region in Zambia were used...are 15, 14 and 12 wt-% for the Nchanga, Nkana and Baluba concentrates respectively. As a result, the % reduction...froth flotation concentrates/wt-% Nchanga Nkana Baluba 148 Cu2S CuFeS2 Cu5FeS4 CuCo2S4 FeS2 SiO2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
African Copperbelt. A study focused on the Tenke-Fungurume district (TFM) in the Copperbelt found Co-rich...microscopic inclusions with kolwezite in supergene chalcocite (Cu2S) replacing primary carrollite (CuCo2S4)...African Copperbelt mines. Keywords: magnesite, spherocobaltite, Co-rich dolomite, Copperbelt, carbonates...the Congolese deposits of the Central African Copperbelt have come to produce more than half the annual...Flinders Range (Australia), and the Santa Rosalia district (Mexico) (Table 1). Cobalt in rhombohedral carbonates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CLASSIC EXAMPLE GENETIC DEPOSITION JOSEPH COPPERBELT: OF SYN- • L. GILLSON AT the Symposium on...the volume, "Geologyof the Northern Rhodesian CopperBelt," editedby Dr. F. Mendelsohn,ChiefGeologistof...Bruinruerunquestionably has a wide knowledgeof the district. His thesisin 1955 describedthe "Geologyof the'Roan...volume on the "Geologyof the NorthernRhodesJan CopperBelt." The followingcomments are offeredto counterthe...omitted in the preparation of "The Geologyof the Copperbelt." Point/.--This is the thesis that the volume
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry-typedepositsand mineralizedgneisses. the border of Zambia with Zaire (Fig. 1A). It lies Introduction within...of central Africa. The sul- THE copper belt of Zambia stretchesfor approximately150 km fromKonkolain...the 1838 STABLE ISOTOPE & GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES, ZAMBIA 1839 caseof a narrowbelt of depositsrunningfromKonkola...Chambishi,andChambishi Southeast,Mindola,Nkana,Baluba,andLuanshyain the southeast,the economicsulfideconcentrationsare...iston the geology and the ore depositsof the copperbelt; the contents of many of these papershave been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Kabwe (PbZn) and Tsumeb (Pb-Zn-Cu) in Zambia and Namibia, respectively, have been measured and...mean l-value of 10.25 ‹ 0.12 in the Copperbelt region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo...Katangan Cu-Co stratiform mineralisation of the Copperbelt as well as those of the volcanogenic Nampundwe...ratios of galena from the Kabwe Pb-Zn deposit in Zambia and the Tsumeb Pb-Zn-Cu deposit in Namibia which...mineralisation, basement rocks and gabbros on the Zambia-Congo Copperbelt which provide a local frame of reference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rock formation. The mineralization comprises chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, native copper, covellite...consist of chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, native copper, covellite, pyrite and hematite; chalcocite, native...the 12th ore bed (level number 125) in Jiuquwan mine: 1 - gray medium sandstone, basal psephyte; 2 -...2 - hematite; 3 - light-coloured sandstone; 4 chalcocite; 5 - bornite; 6 - chalcopyrite; 7 - pyrite Table...3 1675-7 qurmy hematite and chalcocite (native copper) - chalcocite and bornite - bornite and chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metals in the Lufilian Fold Belt, Shaba(Zaire), Zambia, and Angola R. UNRUG Department of GeologicalSciences...sideredasa regionaltectonicunit that hada specific Zambia, and southernZaire (Fig. 1). The Lufilian fold...late Proterozoic Lufilian fold belt, formed dur- Zambia and Zaire. Previous studies of mineraliza- tion...Angola,Zaire, and minor local deformationspresent. Zambia (Anonymous,1961; Legg, 1973; Francois, In the souththe...first Roan Group (Vasconcelos,1951) are exposedin a ZAMBIA' L UFILIAN FOLD BELT MINERALIZATION 1249 lo
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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 Río 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, André Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RhodesiaCopperbelt................................... Mufulira Mine ................................................................................... Roan Antelope Mine ............................................. 909.................................... The Katanga Province ......................................................................... 915 920 922 923 The Mine Series ...........................................West of the Copperbelt.............................................. South of the Copperbelt..........
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readeras damaging to the syngenetictheory. For the Copperbelt,the metamorphicwater and the syngenetic theoriesare... As at BrokenHill, New SouthWales, so on the Copperbelt,a syngenetic origin wouldultimatelyhavebeenfavorablyconsidered...about the age relationsof the graniteson the Copperbelt,then their ideason the origin of the coppercouldalsobe...RenoSalesasks"What werethe factsobserved in the mine and drill coresthat led him (that is Anton Gray)...Brummer findings that all the known granitesin the Copperbelt areaare pre-Roanin agesurelydid not alter the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REVIEWS THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RI{ODESIA COPPERBELT, F. MnNonr.sonN. Macdonald & Co., London, 1961...volume on "The Geology of the Northern Rhodesia Copperbelt" was prepared for the Seventh Commonwealth Mining...laboratory data. A geological map of the entire copperbelt forms an important feature of the volume Data...by Brock and of the structural elements of the copperbelt by Garlick places the ore deposits in their proper...which extends for 500 miles through the copper province. Dominant in the Rhodesian section is the Kafue
 
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