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


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Type:Schist
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1291291
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1291291:1
GUID (UUID V4):c3b32fed-039f-4a5e-8339-6f74d4668d54
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...finer-grained disseminations in carbonaceous phyllite and schist wallrocks. The veins and associated disseminated...in domes along the crest of the NW-SE trending Kansanshi antiform. The deposit occurs within the Domes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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...eastern edge of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia (Fig. 1) approximately 300 km west...area of Zambia, known as the Domes region owing to the presence of ortho- and paragneiss and schist cored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...200 km Tenke Fungurume Kamoa ZCB Likasi 11° ZAMBIA Magnetic footprint of Hook batholith DRC h is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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...amphibole and intervening quartz–feldspar ± biotite schist. The sulphide ore horizons are typically developed...developed within a biotite–muscovite–quartz–kyanite schist, although mineralization locally occurs within...shadows on porphyroblasts, suggest a top to the north shear sense. The sulphides are deformed by a strong
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...the Lufilian Orogen in Zambia, specifically with the Navachab Au and Kansanshi Cu deposits. The Onganja...Onganja copper mine is located within the Southern Zone of the Damara Orogen, some 65 km north-east of Windhoek...Zone of the orogen, as well as the Kansanshi copper deposit in Zambia. The latter comparison shows that
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;
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...studied in Lolwa and Mitukuluku (Domes region, Western Zambian Copperbelt), two mineralizing stages are...scenario for U mineralizations in the Lufilian belt (Zambia) renowned for its Cu mineralizations associated...Abbreviations: Kbp Kabompo dome, Mbz Mwombezhi dome, Slz Solwezi dome, Lwh Luswishi dome, Kfu Kafue Anticline, C
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...Paleoproterozoic (~2.0 Ga) Finnish Ni-Cu-Zn black schist deposits are evident (Loukola-Ruskeeniemi, 1991;...presented for a potentially important mineral district, where the high-precision geochronological database
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...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...deposits, including Kansanshi, may have been metamorphic in origin. Introduction The Kansanshi copper deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RhodesiaCopperbelt................................... Mufulira Mine .......................................................................................... Nkana north limb .............................................................................. Roan Antelope Mine ............................................. 909.................................... The Katanga Province ......................................................................... 915 920 922 923 The Mine Series ........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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...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
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)
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...Mwombezhi dome; MSZ = Mwembeshi Shear Zone; Slz = Solwezi dome; Tlc = Talc. The black rectangle represents
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)
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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Examples from the Irish Zn-Pb district, the McArthur River Zn-Pb-Ag district, the Ruby Creek Cu-Co deposit...deposit, and the Kansanshi copper deposit are presented to illustrate the type of information that can be...core of quartzbiotite schist from the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia. The drill core has been...dolomite also extends out into the quartz-biotite schist. The extent of this disseminated ferroan dolomite...from the Kansanshi deposit in Zambia, which consists of copper-bearing veins cutting biotite schist, reveals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gneisses in the Domes Region of the LuïŹlian Arc in Zambia. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1....large deposits of the Central African Copperbelt in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Selley et...and burial of originally trench sediments during north- or northwestward subduction of the Kalahari below...1991; Miller, 2008; Meneghini et al., 2014). To the north, the SZ prism borders against the magmatic arc of...version of this article.) plunges to both the north and south (Fig. 3). In outcrop, the lineation is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- beudantite, carminite, mimetite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the RĂ­o 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,...Schuh, Richard A. Leveille, Isabel Fay, and Robert North 269 Stephen E. Box, Boris Syusyura, Reimar Seltmann
 
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