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Quartz from
Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717781
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717781:1
GUID (UUID V4):3fe5ed5d-9bb4-4644-86d7-dcfd117a773a
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘKamiaba, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘKipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
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Thesis/Dissertation
AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE KANSANSHI CU-(AU) DEPOSIT, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA by Timothy J. Mac Intyre...Geological Engineering ii ABSTRACT The Kansanshi Cu-(Au) mine exploits a structurally controlled deposit...southern Africa. It is currently the largest active Cu mine in Africa, with a total endowment of nearly 12 Mt...occurs predominately as coarse chalcopyrite in large quartz-carbonatepyrite vein swarms and as finer-grained...in domes along the crest of the NW-SE trending Kansanshi antiform. The deposit occurs within the Domes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Enterprise Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia Patricia L. Capistrant,1,* Murray W...AIRIE Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia, Plot 3805, Zambia Road, Ndola, Zambia Program, Dept. of Geosciences...eastern edge of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia. The deposit area contains basement...Nickel sulfides are hosted within a sequence of quartz-, carbonate-, and carbon-rich metasedimentary rocks...eastern edge of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia (Fig. 1) approximately 300 km west
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MINERALIZATION IN THE MWOMBEZHI DOME, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA: METALLOGENIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN...sedimenthosted stratiform copper province, occur in the Domes region of northwestern Zambia. The copper deposits...beneath and/or alongside the Copperbelt in both Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Such preenrichment...Introduction The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hosted...highest grade, sediment-hosted stratiform copper province, currently containing ~220 million metric tons
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styles: disseminated sulfides and sulfide-bearing quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets. It has been widely...Sediment-hosted Cu deposits . Central African Copperbelt . Zambia . Molybdenite . Re-Os ages . Synorogenic Alan...Copperbelt—the world’s most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220 Mt of contained Cu. Early...versus synorogenic models at the metallogenic province scale. In this paper, 15 new Re-Os age determinations...during inversion of the rift basins and concomitant north-vergent folding and thrusting that define the PanAfrican
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Uranium in the KatangaSystem of Northwestern LUIGI Zambia MENEGHEL AGIP S.p.A.-ZambiaBranch,Lusaka,Zambta...formationat the marginsof the Kabompo, Mwombezhi, and Solwezi domes. The mineralization occursas disseminationsor...in the Shaban and as it includes the Shinkolobwe mine (Derricks and Vaes, 1956; Derricks and Oosterbosch...of the arc, particularly at Kalongwe,Menda, KaIn Zambia,the sequenceis subdividedfrom bottom sompi,Swambo...exposed, 56 U OCCURRENCE, KATANGA SYSTEM, NW ZAMBIA 57 FIG.1. Distribution of the Katangasystem (afterDemesmaeker
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MOORE 445 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL...MESOTHERMAL CU(-AU) MINERALIZATION IN NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA J.M. MOORE Geology Department, Rhodes University, P...ABSTRACT The Onganja copper deposit is hosted by quartz-biotite-plagioclase schists of the Kuiseb Formation...consists of central calcite-dominant and peripheral quartz-dominant veins with pyrite-magnetite-chalcopyr...the Lufilian Orogen in Zambia, specifically with the Navachab Au and Kansanshi Cu deposits. The Onganja
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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...comprise quartz–feldspar ± biotite ± muscovite ± haematite ± amphibole and intervening quartz–feldspar...typically developed within a biotite–muscovite–quartz–kyanite schist, although mineralization locally...shadows on porphyroblasts, suggest a top to the north shear sense. The sulphides are deformed by a strong
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inclusion study of uranium occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt Aurélien Eglinger ‱ Clément...2014 Abstract In the Pan-African Lufilian belt (Western Zambian Copperbelt), uranium mineralizations, preferentially...evaporitic sediments) or concentrated along transposed quartz veins provide an opportunity to (1) understand...fluid events associated with specific stages of quartz deformation and (3) characterize the ore fluid...studied in Lolwa and Mitukuluku (Domes region, Western Zambian Copperbelt), two mineralizing stages are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Domes Area, Lufilian Arc, northwestern Zambia M. Cosi a, A. D e B o n i s a, G. G o s s o b,...mineralization in the Domes Area, Lufilian Arc, northwestern Zambia. In: G. Ga~iland K. Schulz (Editors), Precambrian...kilometers in the Domes Area of the Northwestern Province of Zambia, close to the Zairean border (Fig. I ). It...southern Africa between the Congo Craton in the north and the Kalahari in the south, form a curved zone...Lufilian Arc of southern Zaire and central-northern Zambia (Cahen and Snelling, 1966; Clifford, 1967, 1970;
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zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and syn-orogenic...zone of the Pan-African LuïŹlian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and syn-orogenic...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and ...Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, D Western Australia 6009 UniversitĂ©...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia) hosts a dozen uranium PT occurrences mostly
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interactions during Pan-African metamorphism (Western Zambian Copperbelt) AurĂ©lien Eglinger a,⁎, Alexandre...occurrences are known in the Western Zambian Copperbelt (Domes region, Zambia). The hostrocks, Neoproterozoic...region. The present study focuses on the Solwezi dome in the Western Zambian Copperbelt. Two distinct uranium...in the Domes region of the LuïŹlian belt (Solwezi dome, Zambia; Fig. 1a, b). The ïŹrst mineralization stage...with the development of the ductile fabric of the quartz veins and host kyanite ± talc micaschists. The
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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...AnneIs, 1974; Bartholom6, 1974; Lefebvre, 1974; north on coevalKatanganrocksof the Kundelungu Intiomale...Angola,Zaire, and minor local deformationspresent. Zambia (Anonymous,1961; Legg, 1973; Francois, In the souththe
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RhodesiaCopperbelt................................... Mufulira Mine .......................................................................................... Nkana north limb .............................................................................. Roan Antelope Mine ............................................. 909.................................... The Katanga Province ......................................................................... 915 920 922 923 The Mine Series ........................................
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...south of Lusaka Start of production 65km west of Solwezi Location Remarks - Cu mineralization occurs...37-year mine life. Appendix II-5 (1) Mineral Development and Exploration Projects in Zambia 1 84
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sediment-hosted copper- and cobalt-producing metallogenic province in the world (Fig. 1). It hosts over 80 deposits...Kabompo Western Middle Lu filian 12°S Solwezi Musoshi Kasumbalesa Chililabombwe Mwombezhi Solwezi Chingola...City or town dl Rivers n ia Antiform traces Solwezi id Faults, shear zones M 26° 25° 24° Kalahari...folding and strain partitioning Bancroft 16 Solwezi Musoshi Kanwangungu Roan Upper Roan Middle...13: Musoshi, 14: Kipushi, 15: Luiswishi, 16: Kansanshi. (b) Generalised stratigraphic column of the Katanga
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VEIN-HOSTED MINERALIZATION AT THE KANSANSHI COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN ZAMBIA HEIDIE I. TORREALDAY, MURRAY W...Abstract The Kansanshi copper deposit in the Pan-African Damaran-Lufilian fold belt of northern Zambia consists...consists of high-angle, sheeted quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins with envelopes of disseminated sulfides. These...mineralization was continuous for 10 m.y. or the Kansanshi deposit includes two pulses of mineralization...latter suggestion. The ages of mineralization at Kansanshi are broadly similar to those determined for other
Book
.^aU I i GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA SIMPLIFIED ,J^ljTangonyiko LEGEND □ 200 M^Iq"... In the same series A guide to the Insects of Zambia Elliot Pinhey and Ian Loe A guide to the National...DWoecraite of Zambia by GERALD COORAY, PhD, DIC, FGS Professor of Geology, University of Zambia and ANDREW...PhD Formerly Lecturer in Geology, University of Zambia colour illustrations by GOODFELLOW PHIRI Group...rocks Industrial minerals Outline of the Geology of Zambia 34 14 Radioactive minerals METALLIC MINERALS
Report (chapter)
of Central Africa (Katanga Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and eastern Angola) is exposed...southern part of the Lufilian belt in what is now Zambia. From: Arnaud, E., Halverson, G. P. & Shields-Zhou...Ma) in the southern part of the Roan rift basin (Zambia) terminated deposition of the Roan Group platform...in a NE direction from eastern Angola across NW Zambia and into southern DRC (Unrug 1987, 1988; Kampunzu...the text: L, Lwaio Mission; M, Mwinilunga; Ks, Kansanshi; MF, Musonda Falls; Ma, Mansa; M-K, Makonga-Kibambale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Likasi area (François, 1973a) and at Lubudi, 80 km north of Tenke (Schellinck, 1946). Study of the Nguba...of the Congo (hereafter Congo) and northwestern Zambia (Fig. 1). A basal unconformity between the Katangan...Kibaride belt (ca. 1.4–1.0 Ga) occurs north (Mitwaba area) and north-west (Nzilo area) of the Katangan belt...are well exposed in the Nguba area (Fungurume district). The Roan Group consists of clastic sedimentary...sedimentary sequences were folded and thrust to the north during the Lufilian orogeny (Kampunzu and Cailteux
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dome: The Copperbelt Ore Shale in Northwestern Zambia NICK STEVEN† Rockwater Consulting, 10 Evergreen...target. Kalumbila occurs within a moderately (40o) north- northwest-dipping band of Wamikumbi Formation carbonaceous...mineralization at the Kalumbila prospect in North Western province, Zambia (Fig. 1). This mineral deposit type...presented for a potentially important mineral district, where the high-precision geochronological database...Appleton, 1978; Unrug, 1988) is located toward the western end of the Lufilian arc (Daly, 1986) on the southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kyanite-micaschists hosting the Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the LuïŹlian belt François...Rennes Cedex, France Barrick Limited, Lumwana, Zambia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...internal zone of the LuïŹlian belt known as the Western Zambian Copperbelt in which a primary Cu mineralization...metasedimentary sequence. Cu(–U) occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by kyanite-micaschists...recrystallization of the sulïŹdes in top to the north C3 shear bands associated with rutile crystals yielding
Journal (issue)
Ivanhoe Mines’ Kipushi Reviving a legendary African Mine The magic of Manono A world-class lithium producer...regime The key to First Quantum Minerals’ major Kansanshi expansion? FOCUS FEATURE: THE EVOLUTION OF UNDERGROUND...48 54 56 58 62 Copper tailings reclamation in Zambia Jubilee Metals’ first mover advantage Underground...abundance of cobalt and visit to B2Gold’s Otjikoto mine in Namibia) lithium as well. since COVID-19 hit...been successfully trialled at a South African gold mine and has now been released to the wider market. We’re
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of these samples are granitic rocks, pegmatites, quartz veins, and low to medium temperature hydrothermal...brannerite samples from low temperature, Precambrian quartz-pebble conglomerates in this study (e.g., Ferris...tectonic granitoid intrusions containing plagioclase, quartz, and K-feldspar as major constituents. Here, the...isotopic dating. Brannerite from the Kansanshi mine, Western Province, Zambia, is found in association with...(1016 α mg−1) dpa Crocker's Well, SA W. Province, Zambia Sierra Albarrana, Spain Bou-Azzer, Morocco
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Kamoa copper deposit is located in the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo outside...at least 5 km west and approximately 10 to 15 km north and south of the area investigated in this study...pers. commun., 2012). Kamoa is located on the western edge of the Congolese Katangan basin and is hosted...01-24 flat-lying sedimentary sequence of the Western foreland to the west (Key et al., 2001). The deposit...Pre-Katanga Basement t Roan Subgroup s ru th ZAMBIA Nguba and Kundelungu Group Mwashya Subgroup Volcanic
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Chile Abstract The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo, along with its...world’s largest sediment-hosted, stratiform copper province. The economically dominant stratiform copper ±...is ubiquitously accompanied by sulfide-bearing quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets. Traditionally, this...metamorphosed and deformed in some deposits in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia. In conjunction, these observations...unlikely throughout the Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in
 
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