 | | Report (chapter) | | Approaches to sustainable minerals development in Zambia I M A S I K U A. N Y A M B E 1 & V I N C E N T... School of Mines, University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia (e-mail: inyambe@mines.unza.zm or... School of Mines, University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia (e-mail: vkawamya @mines, unza.... zm or in ramru @zamtel, zm) Abstract: Zambia is a land-locked country occupying an area of 752 614...copper and cobalt ores exploited in the Zambian Copperbelt. Copper and Cobalt exports account for over 80% |  | KĆĂbek, Bohdan, Nyambe, Imasiku, Sracek, Ondra, MihaljeviÄ, Martin, KnĂ©sl, Ilja (2023) Impact of Mining and Ore Processing on Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals, 13 (3) 384 doi:10.3390/min13030384 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review Bohdan KrÌĂbek 1,...Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals 2023, 13...School of Mines, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia Department of Geology, Faculty of...processing on a large part of the Zambian Copperbelt mining district was carried out by the Czech Research...Geology Department, University of Zambia, and the Geological Survey of Zambia in the period 2002â2018. This |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., PerellĂł, JosĂ©, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Wilson, Alan J., Dawborn, Toby (2017) Age of the Zambian Copperbelt. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1245-1268 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0726-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 Copperbeltâthe worldâs most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nchanga copperâcobalt 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 signiïŹcant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains two major economic concentrations...overlying shales. The sulïŹde mineralogy includes pyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite, although...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated ïŹuid inclusions, |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., PerellĂł, JosĂ©, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Wilson, Alan J., Dawborn, Toby (2017) Reply to discussions of âAge of the Zambian Copperbeltâ by Hitzman and Broughton and Muchez et al. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1277-1281 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0769-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Reply to discussions of âAge of the Zambian Copperbeltâ by Hitzman and Broughton and Muchez et al. Richard...throughout the Zambian part of the Central African Copperbelt, shows that there was a major Cu mineralization...region in the northwestern part of the Zambian Copperbelt (Sillitoe et al. 2015). Both Hitzman and Broughton...evidence in defense of their Central African Copperbelt models, which assign important roles to Cu-bearing...sulfide mineralization throughout the Zambian Copperbelt are Lufilian in age but insist that there was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the ChambishiâNkana Basin, Central African Copperbelt Koen Torremans1,a , Philippe Muchez1 , and Manuel...ChambishiâNkana Basin in the Central African Copperbelt, hosting the world-class copper and cobalt (CuâCo)...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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DISCUSSION Discussion: BAge of the Zambian Copperbelt^ by Sillitoe et al. (2017) Mineralium Deposita...intergrown) copper sulfide minerals in some Zambian Copperbelt deposits were precipitated in a 50myr (~ 540â490...mineralization events did not take place in the Zambian Copperbelt. The paperâs sweeping conclusion ignores decades...geochronological work in the Zambian and adjacent Congolese Copperbelt that provides strong evidence of a prolonged...7 deposits in the Zambian Copperbelt and the Northwest Province of Zambia that contained examples of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DISCUSSION Discussion: age of the Zambian Copperbelt Philippe Muchez 1 & Anne-Sylvie AndrĂ©-Mayer...disseminated ore and ore in veins in the Zambian Copperbelt. The samples have been taken from two main groups...volcanic rocks (Konkola West). The arenite-hosted deposits in the Zambian Copperbelt post-date the most...diagenetic mineralization occurred in the Zambian Copperbelt, the phases that are proposed as being characteristic...phase in the Zambian Copperbelt has possibly been best been described at Konkola and could be a focus |  | | Report (issue) | | not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon...Copper in Sediment-Hosted Deposits by Age 200 Copperbelt, Zambia, Rep. of Congo 190 180 170 160 150 140 130...and other CU S minerals, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and 2 subordinate galena and sphalerite. Chalcocite...Chalcocite forms near the oxidized source of copper; pyrite forms near the reduced rocks. Native copper occurs...common. Some deposits in Zambia and Republic of Congo contain carrollite, Co-pyrite and Ge minerals. Texture/Structure |  | Bernau, Robin, Roberts, Stephen, Richards, Mike, Nisbet, Bruce, Boyce, Adrian, Nowecki, James (2013) The geology and geochemistry of the Lumwana Cu (± Co ± U) deposits, NW Zambia. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (2) 137-153 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0424-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...to the copper mineralization. Unlike typical Copperbelt mineralization, unmineralized units show very...copper sulphides range from +2.3â° to +18.5â°, with pyrite typically restricted to values between +3.9â° and...characteristics which distinguish them from classical Copperbelt mineralization and which suggests that they are |  | | 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...iston the geology and the ore depositsof the copperbelt; the contents of many of these papershave been...specimensand in thin and polished orebody. The Konkola orebody lies in a sequence sections to establish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peridotite Zone; and pyrrhotite with pentlandite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in Gabbronorite I of the Lower...stage, unaltered plumose marcasite and framboidal pyrite samples contain the lowest total abundances of...composition. Late plumose marcasite, and the framboidal pyrite with the lowest minor element abundance, also have...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 |  | Waizy, Hamidullah, Moles, Norman R., Smith, Martin P., Boyce, Adrian J. (2021) Formation of the giant Aynak copper deposit, Afghanistan: evidence from mineralogy, lithogeochemistry and sulphur isotopes. International Geology Review, 63 (17) 2104-2128 doi:10.1080/00206814.2020.1824129 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and bornite dominate the hypogene ore with lesser pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobaltite and chalcocite, and rare... resembling orebodies of the Central African Copperbelt, although underlying red-beds are absent at Aynak...KEYWORDS Sediment-hosted copper sulphide deposit; copperbelt; neoproterozoic; chalcopyrite; bornite; cobaltite;...Aynak deposit, are located in the Kabul Copper District, an area of 800 square kilometres situated within...2005a). Located about 30 km SSE of Kabul in Logar Province, the Aynak deposit has been exploited by arti |  | Muchez, Ph., Vanderhaeghen, P., El Desouky, H., Schneider, J., Boyce, A., Dewaele, S., Cailteux, J. (2008) Anhydrite pseudomorphs and the origin of stratiform CuâCo ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 43 (5) 575-589 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0183-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | origin of stratiform CuâCo ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Ph. Muchez & P...stratiform CuâCo ore mineralisation in the Katangan Copperbelt consists of dispersed sulphides and sulphides...organic matter during BSR. Keywords Anhydrite . Copperbelt . CuâCo stratiform ore deposits . Fluid chemistry...Republic of Congo Introduction The Central African Copperbelt hosts stratiform CuâCo deposits of major economic...Supergroup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia (Fig. 1). The most widely proposed genetic model |  | El Desouky, Hamdy A., Muchez, Philippe, Boyce, Adrian J., Schneider, Jens, Cailteux, Jacques L. H., Dewaele, Stijn, von Quadt, Albrecht (2010) Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copperâcobalt mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 45 (8) 735-763 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0298-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Hamdy A. El Desouky...Luiswishi and Kamoto deposits in the Katangan Copperbelt is hosted by the Neoproterozoic Mines Subgroup...the basement rocks. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . D.R. Congo . Stratiform CuâCo mineralization...Introduction Since the discovery of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB) in the early 1890s, both mining companies...economic copperâcobalt mineralization of this ore province. These efforts have been rewarded by the discovery |  | Roberts, Stephen, Palmer, Martin R., Cooper, Matthew J., Buchaus, Peter, Sargent, Drew (2009) REE and Sr isotope characteristics of carbonate within the CuâCo mineralized sedimentary sequence of the Nchanga Mine, Zambian Copperbelt. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (8) 881-891 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0254-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralized sedimentary sequence of the Nchanga Mine, Zambian Copperbelt Stephen Roberts & Martin R. Palmer & Matthew...host rocks and ores of the Nchanga mine of the Zambian Copperbelt. Dolomite samples from the hanging...one of the largest ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt. The deposit contains two major economic concentrations...Katangan Supergroup. At the Nchanga mine of the Zambian Copperbelt, dolomite occurs both in the mineralized...work on the Copperbelt, particularly on the mineralized sequence of the nearby Konkola mine, demonstrated |  | | 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 |  | Capistrant, P. L., Hitzman, M. W., Wood, D., Kelly, N. M., Williams, G., Zimba, M., Kuiper, Y., Jack, D., Stein, H. (2015) Geology of the Enterprise Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia. Economic Geology, 110 (1) 9-38 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.1.9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia Patricia L. Capistrant,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...AIRIE Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia, Plot 3805, Zambia Road, Ndola, Zambia Program, Dept. of Geosciences...of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia. The deposit area contains basement schists...precipitated in two main stages: a millerite-vaesite-pyrite assemblage that formed disseminations and semimassive...sediment-hosted nickel-rich deposits of Central African Copperbelt exemplified by Enterprise appear to represent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | STRATIFORM MINERALIZATION OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT: TEMPORAL AND GENETIC IMPLICATIONS RICHARD H...Santiago, Chile Abstract The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo, along...(the Kalahari Copperbelt), is the worldâs largest sediment-hosted, stratiform copper province. The economically...metamorphosed and deformed in some deposits in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia. In conjunction, these observations...cobalt mineralization in the Central African Copperbelt, as well as in the geologically similar and broadly |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CuâCo deposit at Kamoto in the Central African Copperbelt Philippe Muchez 1 & Anne-Sylvie AndrĂ©-Mayer 2...sediment-hosted ore deposits such as in the Central African Copperbelt. Here we present ReâOs dating results for disseminated...after anhydrite in nodules and layers from the Copperbelt. Results demonstrate that at least some of the...low-temperature polymorph. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . ReâOs dating . Sediment-hosted deposits . Diagenetic...sediment-hosted CuâCo deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Several recent studies indicate that these deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DRC at the western end of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB). Fringes reveal a straight orientation...the Congolese portion of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB; Broughton and Rogers, 2010; Schmandt et...Regional Geology The Neoproterozoic Katangan Copperbelt of central Africa is the worldâs largest sedimentary...sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper province (Fig. 1). It is hosted in a 5 to 10 km thick package...al., 3 2007). The copper deposits in the DRC Copperbelt typically are hosted in dolomites and dolomitic |  | VĂtkovĂĄ, M., Ettler, V., Johan, Z., KĆĂbek, B., Ć ebek, O., MihaljeviÄ, M. (2010) Primary and secondary phases in copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 581-600 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.581 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia M. VIÌTKOVAÌ1,*, V. ETTLER1, Z. JOHAN2...(Nkana, Mufulira, Chambishi) in the Copperbelt Province, Zambia, were studied from mineralogical and...evaluated further. K EY WORDS : slags, smelting, Copperbelt, Zambia, copper, cobalt, clinopyroxene, leucite....most abundant sulphide minerals of the Zambian Copperbelt are bornite (Cu5FeS4), followed by chalcocite...chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), covellite (CuS) and cobaltiferous pyrite (Fleischer, 1984; Garlick, 1961). Carrollite (Cu(Co | | | Report (issue) | | bornite biotite carbon Central African Copperbelt Congo Copperbelt chlorine cobalt cobaltite Democratic...osmium lead platinum-group element part per million pyrite quartz rhenium rare-earth element safflorite toumaline...uranium volcanogenic massive sulfide Zambian Copperbelt zinc v CobaltâStyles of Deposits and the...production is from the Central African Copperbelt. The Central African Copperbelt is the only sedimentary rock-hosted...rock-hosted stratiform copper district that contains significant cobalt. Its presence may indicate significant |
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