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Chrysocolla from
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachiteⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Malachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:389302
Long-form Identifier:1:3:389302:9
GUID (UUID V4):c708bdc1-90fa-4b80-9564-07e9ac27e989
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘSamba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘMufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘMindola pit, Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Boyce Origin of the Nchanga copper–cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt Received: 8 April 2005... Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Zambian Copperbelt forms the southeastern part of the 900-km-long...mineralization. The Nchanga deposit is one of the most signiïŹcant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated ïŹ‚uid inclusions,...distinct structural regimes are recognized in the Nchanga area: a weakly deformed zone consisting of basement
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
Report (issue)
Association: Libethenite, malachite, cornetite, chrysocolla, quartz. Distribution: Many localities, but...and M’sesa, near Kambove, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At Mindouli, Congo Republic...From the Bwana Mkubwa, Ndola, and the Nchanga mines, Chingola, Zambia. In the USA, from the Perkiomen and...in the Empire-Nevada mine, Yerington district, Lyon Co., Nevada; at Lone Star mine, near Safford, Graham...from the West Bogan mine, near Tottenham, New South Wales, and at the Burra Burra mine, Mt. Lofty Ranges
Report (issue)
constitute an ore of copper. Association: Malachite, chrysocolla, brochantite, antlerite, cuprite, cerussite,...at the Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. An ore at the Chingola mine, Nchanga, Zambia. Extraordinary...Warren district, Bisbee, Cochise Co.; at Morenci, Greenlee Co.; in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Pinal...Pinal Co.; from the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; at the Kelly and Graphic mines, Magdalena, Socorro...in Utah, in the Apex mine, St. George, Washington Co., and at the Big Indian mine, near La Sal, San Juan
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...depositsrunningfromKonkola in the northwestthroughChililabombwe,Chingola (Lowerorebody),Pitanda,Chambishi,andChambishi...iston the geology and the ore depositsof the copperbelt; the contents of many of these papershave been
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...Zafnbia John E. Clarke and Ian Loe Published by Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. P.O. Box 48, 74...P.O. Box 851 Kafue House, Cairo Road, Lusaka © Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. 1978. © Roan Consolidated...DWoecraite of Zambia by GERALD COORAY, PhD, DIC, FGS Professor of Geology, University of Zambia and ANDREW
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the evolution of an African proletariat in the Copperbelt 1911-41 ~I I ' Charles Perrings AFRICAN A...of the development of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt 90 The industry in depression: the 're-switching'...pointers to proletarianization 207 The 1935 Copperbelt mi neworkers strike: the protest of the desperate...involved archival and interview work in Britain, Zambia and Zaire, as well as purely archival work in Belgium...Consolidated Mines, Nchanga Consolidated Mines and the Copper Industry Service Bureau in Zambia all provided
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...surface outcrops, with malachite, heterogenite, chrysocolla, and azurite as the main oxidation products....the basement rocks. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . D.R. Congo . Stratiform Cu–Co mineralization...Introduction Since the discovery of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB) in the early 1890s, both mining companies
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...characteristics which distinguish them from classical Copperbelt mineralization and which suggests that they are...of mineralization is reported elsewhere in the Copperbelt, sometimes associated with the more widely reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo I. Fay & M. D. Barton...deposits in the Tenke-Fungurume district of the Central African Copperbelt were examined to evaluate the...consumption . Central African Copperbelt Introduction The African Copperbelt, an arcuate band of Neoproterozoic...southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo into northern Zambia (Fig. 1a, b), contains some of the world’s most...generally restricted their work to the deposit or district scale (e.g., Oosterbosch 1951; BartholomĂ© 1974;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kundelungu Plateau region in the southeast Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kundelungu...the Central African copperbelt, the largest known sediment-hosted copper province in the world. The Lufilian...is exposed in the western part of the Dikulushi mine, marked by ductile deformed shale that was transported...nonbrecciated sandstone layers in the central part of the mine are crosscut by several east-west– and northeast-oriented...northeast-oriented faults. Similar structural settings in the mine and in the Dikulushi region represent important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Central African Copperbelt, which stretches across the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic...Lufilian foreland is located to the northeast of the Copperbelt. Recently sediment-hosted stratiform copper occurrences...Although the stratiform copper mineralization in the Copperbelt is mainly concentrated in the Roan Group sedimentary...and minor native copper), with malachite and chrysocolla as the main oxidation products. Point counting...56-0.53 Ga felsic province External Fold and Thrust Belt 0.76-0.73 Ga mafic province Domes Region Zambezi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stratiform Cu–Co deposits of the Central African Copperbelt. A combined petrographic, fluid inclusion and...Dikulushi Cu–Ag deposit . Vein-type mineralisation . Copperbelt . Fluid inclusions . Stable and radiogenic isotopes...Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1a). Reserves of the Dikulushi mine prior to...the Lufilian Arc that hosts the Central African Copperbelt, which is widely known for its 506 Miner Deposita...of the Congolese part of the Central African Copperbelt are estimated at a total of ca. 102 Mt Cu, predominantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kamoa copper deposit is located in the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo outside...world-class Kolwezi Cu-Co deposits in the Congolese Copperbelt (Fig. 1). The deposit was discovered in an area...that host the major deposits in the Congolese Copperbelt to the east (Cailteux, 1994; Cailteux et al....diamictite. Unlike many deposits in the Conglese Copperbelt, Kamoa lacks significant cobalt. Regional Geology...Geology Copper deposits of the Central African Copperbelt are hosted primarily within Neoproterozoic metasedimentary
Journal (issue)
Geological Survey ofMalawi . Mining and Prospecting in Zambia, with reference to the Geological Survey. By A...Department, Zambia; and A. R. Drysdall, DSc, . BSc, PhD, MIMM, Geological Survey Department, Zambia . Mineral...Remobilized Syngenetic Tungsten Deposit at Nyamalilo Mine. By A. J. Reedman, BSc, PhD, DIC,formerly Geological...Prospecting in Zambia with reference to the Geological Surv9 Fig. 1. Geology of Zambia; after Geological...stream sediments in part of north-eastern Kigezi . District . . . . . . . ,, '' 90 Beryllium content of stream
Catalog/List
Posjnadcit< II:. langitc,Main S1ope. DmkMine. Gunnosloke.ComwallScoley sky blue drusc on killns...RefMine. Gwinear.C omwnll fa RWD C:indlc wax ltke growihs...Reference example Ml ÂŁ8 9.MMine. GuMislakc.Com-.nll Quanz rich wAf...reference sample M ÂŁ20 20.Cassitcriic \:ls,.Polberro Mine. St Agnes. Cornwall ,\nrncti\C lus1rous cquan1 c...specimen.Ml ÂŁ25 22.Goctlu1c,Rcs1orrncl Royal Iron Mine. Lost,\lth1el.C omwall Rich bot')oidal i:oc1h11e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zones of malachite, azurite, brochantite, and chrysocolla with decreasing depth. Cuprite is usually found...chalcocite/covellite. Brochantite, malachite, azurite, and chrysocolla replace Cu sulfides and fill microcracks and...originally had high pyrite content. At Los Chihuidos, chrysocolla is more abundant with subordinate malachite and...malachite and azurite are abundant with minor chrysocolla. Rare iodargyrite has been also identified. Fluid...from similar SSC deposits, such as the Zambian Copperbelt (McGowan et al. 2006). Copper sulfides from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
malachite-CuCO3 .Cu (OH)2 , azurite-2CuCO3 .Cu (OH)2 , chrysocolla-CuSiO3 .2H2 O and a mixed form, i.e., both copper...countries, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan, DR Congo and Zambia also contribute significantly towards the world...countries, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan, DR Congo and Zambia also contribute significantly towards the world...pictorial representation of the world copper reserve, mine production [31] and global copper reserves by different...production[31]. [31]. Figure World copper reserve and mine production [31]. Figure Figure Global Copper Reserves
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Ongeluk Formation in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. These are very similar in appearance...West, constitute part of a large flood volcanic province that extruded at ~2·22 Ga onto the partly submerged...Proterozoic McArthur–Mount Isa–Cloncurry Minerals Province of Northern Australia hosts seven of the largest...from south-east to north-west across the mineral province. Subsurface replacement-style mineralisation is...deposits in the McArthur–Mount Isa–Cloncurry Minerals Province suggests this model may be regionally applicable
Journal (issue)
manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................ famous mineraC (ocafities: the Broken Hiffmine Zambia by C. W. Notebaart Stadhoudersplein 25 C 3039-ER...S. P. Korowski Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Limited P. O. Box 906 Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken...lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located on the Kundelungu Plateau in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, about 250...mining company, down to 150 m below the surface. The mine was converted into an underground operation by the...that did not met the expectations for the Dikulushi mine (Sabine et al. 2008). Current measured and indicated...studied in detail during two mapping campaigns in the mine (Haest et al. 2007). Petrography, fluid inclusions...synorogenic volcanics associated with the Hook granite in Zambia gave an U–Pb age of 566±5 Ma (Hanson et al. 1993)
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,...N. Moreto, AndrĂ© Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
Journal (issue)
locality. Pyromorphite from on old locality—rhe Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho. A small lot of miniatures and hondsize...specimens— $15 to $500. Liebigite from rhe SchwarTzwalder mine, Golden, Colorado. Well-formed, bright yellow-green...Feature articles Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia..........................................341...Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 385 by F. J. Parker Tveitite from the Barringer Hill District, Texas...December, 1978 UBETHENITE from the Rokana Mine, Zambia by Stanley P. Korowski and Cor W. Notebaart
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern Zambia. This suggests the presence of a much larger, regionally significant Cu province extending...central Namibia, through northern Botswana, and into Zambia. Keywords Damara Belt . Cu . Mesoproterozoic dome...African Copperbelt in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and northwestern Zambia has been...2012), with possible extensions into the Kalahari Copperbelt of Botswana and Namibia (Borg and Maiden 1989)...metasedimentary rocks of the Lower Roan Group in Zambia and the overlying Mines Subgroup in the DRC (Selley
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reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited...Decline Doline A downward inclined tunnel into a mine or potential ore body. A funnel-shaped depression...shaft excavated upwards for connecting levels in a mine or ore body. Ripping The removal of overburden...of the problems which face the mine geologist. The function of the mine geologist varies considerably
 
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