Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 14° 27' 19'' South , 28° 26' 0'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -14.4552842897, 28.43359677 |
A lead-zinc-silver mine opened in 1906. Closure about 1989. Produced about a quarter million tons of ore per year.
The stratabound Zn-Pb ore comprises massive, breccia and replacement sulphides within carbonate rocks marking the transition from Lower Roan to Upper Roan.
Located 1 km south-west of the town centre. Known to be one of the 10 worst polluted places in the world due mostly to heavy metal tailings entering the water supply.
Mineral List
51 valid minerals. 3 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.
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References
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 870, 917.
Notebaart, C.W. and Korowki, S.P. (1980) "Famous mineral localities: The Broken Hill mine (Zambia)." Mineralogical Record, 11(6), 339-348.
Mining Annual Review (1985) 430 & 432.
Kamona, A.F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., and Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita 34, 273-283.
Kamona, A. F. & Friedrich, G. H. (2007) Geology, mineralogy and stable isotope geochemistry of the Kabwe carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposit, Central Zambia. Ore Geology Reviews 30, 217-243.
Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009) Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
Notebaart, C.W. and Korowki, S.P. (1980) "Famous mineral localities: The Broken Hill mine (Zambia)." Mineralogical Record, 11(6), 339-348.
Mining Annual Review (1985) 430 & 432.
Kamona, A.F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., and Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita 34, 273-283.
Kamona, A. F. & Friedrich, G. H. (2007) Geology, mineralogy and stable isotope geochemistry of the Kabwe carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposit, Central Zambia. Ore Geology Reviews 30, 217-243.
Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009) Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia