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Zambia

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Zambia
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Zambia
A view of the pit, July 2011

Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
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Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
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Zambia
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Zambia
A view of the pit, July 2011

Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
Another view of the Pit

Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
Map of major mineral resources

Zambia
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Zambia
Area:752,618 km2
Locality type:Country
Name(s) in local language(s):Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)


Zambia (from 1964 onwards) was formerly called Northern Rhodesia (1910–1964).
For Southern Rhodesia see Zimbabwe.


Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ Aegirine

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ var: Cleavelandite

ⓘ 'Albite-Anorthite Series'

ⓘ 'Allanite Group'

ⓘ Allophane

ⓘ 'Andalusite-Kanonaite Series'

ⓘ Anglesite

ⓘ Anhydrite

ⓘ Ankerite

ⓘ Anthophyllite

ⓘ 'Apatite'

ⓘ Arfvedsonite

ⓘ Aurichalcite

ⓘ Austinite

ⓘ Azurite

ⓘ Baryte

ⓘ 'Bastnäsite'

ⓘ Bastnäsite-(Ce)

ⓘ Bertrandite

ⓘ Beryl

ⓘ var: Aquamarine

ⓘ var: Emerald

ⓘ Beudantite

ⓘ 'Biotite'

ⓘ Bornite

ⓘ Brannerite

ⓘ Braunite

ⓘ 'Bravoite'

ⓘ Briartite

ⓘ Brochantite

ⓘ Brookite

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ Carrollite

ⓘ Cerussite

ⓘ Chalcocite

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

ⓘ 'Chevkinite Group'

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ Chromite

ⓘ Chrysoberyl

ⓘ Chrysocolla

ⓘ Chrysotile

ⓘ Claringbullite (TL)

ⓘ Cobaltite

ⓘ Cobaltpentlandite

ⓘ Coffinite

ⓘ Columbite-(Mn)

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Cordierite

ⓘ Cornetite

ⓘ Coronadite

ⓘ Covellite

ⓘ Cuprite

ⓘ Daqingshanite-(Ce)

ⓘ 'Davidite'

ⓘ Davidite-(La)

ⓘ Descloizite

ⓘ Diamond

ⓘ Digenite

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ var: Ferroan Dolomite

ⓘ Dravite

ⓘ Drysdallite (TL)

ⓘ Elbaite

ⓘ 'Ellestadite'

ⓘ Epidote

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ Fluorapatite

ⓘ 'Fluor-buergerite-Dravite Series'

ⓘ Fluor-elbaite

ⓘ Fluorellestadite

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ Fluorstrophite

ⓘ Foitite

ⓘ Franklinite

ⓘ Gahnite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

ⓘ Genthelvite

ⓘ Glauconite

ⓘ Goethite

ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Goslarite

ⓘ Graphite

ⓘ Gypsum

ⓘ Hejtmanite (TL)

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ Hemimorphite

ⓘ Heterogenite

ⓘ Hopeite

ⓘ 'Hornblende'

ⓘ Hydrocerussite

ⓘ Hydrozincite

ⓘ Ilmenite

ⓘ var: Manganoan Ilmenite

ⓘ 'Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series'

ⓘ Iron

ⓘ var: Kamacite

ⓘ Isocubanite

ⓘ Isokite (TL)

ⓘ Kanonaite (TL)

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ Kornerupine

ⓘ Kyanite

ⓘ 'Lepidolite'

ⓘ Libethenite

ⓘ var: Zincian Libethenite

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Linarite

ⓘ Linnaeite

ⓘ Magnesite

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ Malachite

ⓘ var: Zincian Malachite

ⓘ Margarite

ⓘ 'Maskelynite'

ⓘ Masuyite

ⓘ Melonite

ⓘ Metatorbernite

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

ⓘ Microcline

ⓘ Microlite Group

ⓘ Millerite

ⓘ Mimetite

ⓘ Molybdenite

ⓘ 'Molybdenite-3R'

ⓘ 'Monazite'

ⓘ Monazite-(Ce)

ⓘ Mottramite

ⓘ Muscovite

ⓘ var: Alurgite

ⓘ var: Sericite

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Parahopeite (TL)

ⓘ Parascholzite

ⓘ Perovskite

ⓘ Phenakite

ⓘ Phlogopite

ⓘ Phosphophyllite

ⓘ Plancheite

ⓘ 'Plumbomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)'

ⓘ Pseudomalachite

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ var: Cobaltoan Pyrite

ⓘ Pyrochlore Group

ⓘ Pyromorphite

ⓘ Pyrope

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

ⓘ Quartz

ⓘ var: Amethyst

ⓘ var: Citrine

ⓘ var: Jasper

ⓘ var: Smoky Quartz

ⓘ Renierite

ⓘ Rhodonite

ⓘ Rosasite

ⓘ Rutile

ⓘ Samarskite-(Y)

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scholzite

ⓘ Schorl

ⓘ Sellaite

ⓘ Siderite

ⓘ Siegenite

ⓘ Silver

ⓘ Smithsonite

ⓘ Spencerite

ⓘ Spessartine

ⓘ Sphalerite

ⓘ Spherocobaltite

ⓘ Staurolite

ⓘ var: Lusakite

ⓘ Strontianite

ⓘ Surinamite

ⓘ Taenite

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ Tantalite-(Mn)

ⓘ Tarbuttite (TL)

ⓘ Tennantite

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ Thorite

ⓘ Titanite

ⓘ Topaz

ⓘ var: Imperial Topaz

ⓘ Torbernite

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

ⓘ Tremolite

ⓘ Troilite

ⓘ Uraninite

ⓘ var: Pitchblende

ⓘ 'Uvite Series'

ⓘ Vaesite

ⓘ Vanadinite

ⓘ Veszelyite

ⓘ Violarite

ⓘ 'Wad'

ⓘ Willemite

ⓘ Woodwardite

ⓘ Wulfenite

ⓘ Wurtzite

ⓘ 'Xenotime'

ⓘ Zincite

ⓘ Zincolibethenite (TL)

ⓘ Zircon


158 valid minerals. 8 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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References

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Beyli, DK. (????) Carbonatite volcanoes and subsurface intrusions of Zambia. Karbonatity, M., 'Mir', xx pp.
Daltry, V.D.C. (1992) The type mineralogy of Africa: Zambia. Zambian Journal of Applied Earth Sciences: 6(1): 68-79.
Kampunzu, A.B. et al. (2009) Sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
Robertson, M. (2013) Kitumba - a new kind of copper deposit in a Zambian context: in Base Metals Conference 2013, 2-4 September 2013, Ingwenyama Conference & Sports Resort, Mpumalanga. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Symposium Series S76 pp. 1-20.

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