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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:389296
Long-form Identifier:1:3:389296:1
GUID (UUID V4):2320cfed-415c-4977-b93a-8709f6497aeb
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘTshinsenda (Kinsenda), Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMusoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘMufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
87.1km (54.1 miles) ⓘLuswishi River, Lufwanyama 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...phlogophite, sericite, rutile, quartz, tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated...distinct structural regimes are recognized in the Nchanga area: a weakly deformed zone consisting of basement
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Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review Bohdan KrÌŒĂ­bek 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 2002–2018. This
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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
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copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia M. VÍTKOVÁ1,*, 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...of the Zambian Copperbelt (McGowan et al., 2006). On the Zambian side of the Copperbelt, it is estimated
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
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.^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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of Zambia, PO. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia Technical University, Section of...(Democratic Republic of Congo, hereafter Congo, and Zambia) provide the basis for the geodynamic interpretation...Neoproterozoic basins straddling the present-day Congo-Zambia border region, approximately 0.9 to 0.5 Ga ago...the Katangan contains detrital zircons from the Nchanga granite (Binda, 1972). U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of...stratabound Pb-Zn deposits in the Congolese-Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by the Kakontwe dolostones and associated
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 Copperbelt—the world’s most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the LuïŹlian belt François Turlin a,⁎, AurĂ©lien...Rennes Cedex, France Barrick Limited, Lumwana, Zambia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...hosts world-class Cu deposits. In the Congolese Copperbelt (DRC), Cu(–Co) deposits, are mostly hosted within...the LuïŹlian belt known as the Western Zambian Copperbelt in which a primary Cu mineralization is overprinted...sequence. Cu(–U) occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by kyanite-micaschists metamorphosed
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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 world’s 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
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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...sediment-hosted nickel-rich deposits of Central African Copperbelt exemplified by Enterprise appear to represent...Enterprise nickel deposit in the Central African Copperbelt appears to represent a new style of hydrothermal
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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...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)
~('cntral Afrir'i (also ccilled Katanjian belt or Copperbelt) is a zone of low- to high-grade niet'iscclimentary...Structural analysis conducted in the Zambian Copperbelt (Coward and Daly, 1984;Daly et al., 1984), and...terranes in Congo (Cailteux, 1990)and in Western Zambia (Cosi et al., 1992), led to the conclusion that...central Africa Copperbelt. Major strikc-slip fault systems wcre documented in Zambia (De Swardt ct al...tectonic evolution of the Lufilian arc in Congo and Zambia, and the age of the major deformation events in
Catalog/List
I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group oflustrous...on a bed of bright green epidote crystals. ÂŁ24 RUTILE (4cm x 4cm x 3cm) Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone...ROSE QUARTZ & SMOKY QUARTZ (4cm x 4cm 2cm) Piftorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brasil A very pretty specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases and contrasting ïŹ‚uid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo Hamdy A. El Desouky...online 23 July 2009 Keywords: Central African Copperbelt Sediment-hosted Cu–Co deposits Fluid inclusion...The Katanga Copperbelt is the Congolese part of the well-known Central African Copperbelt, the largest...largest sediment-hosted stratiform Cu–Co province on Earth. Petrographic examination of borehole samples from...the Kamoto and Luiswishi mines in the Katanga Copperbelt recognized two generations of hypogene Cu–Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...mineralizing processes which may be important in mine development and exploration for further resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Kabwe (PbZn) and Tsumeb (Pb-Zn-Cu) in Zambia and Namibia, respectively, have been measured and...mean l-value of 10.25 ‹ 0.12 in the Copperbelt region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo...Katangan Cu-Co stratiform mineralisation of the Copperbelt as well as those of the volcanogenic Nampundwe...ratios of galena from the Kabwe Pb-Zn deposit in Zambia and the Tsumeb Pb-Zn-Cu deposit in Namibia which...mineralisation, basement rocks and gabbros on the Zambia-Congo Copperbelt which provide a local frame of reference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE Geology of the Fishtie deposit, Central Province, Zambia: iron oxide and copper mineralization in Nguba...Fishtie copper deposit, located in the Central Province of Zambia, contains approximately 55 Mt of 1.04 % Cu...of the Zambian Copperbelt. The deposit is 30 km north of the village of Mkushi, Zambia, and approximately...Generalized geologic map of the Central African Copperbelt area showing the distribution of Katanga Supergroup...the Lonshi deposit to the north in the Zambian Copperbelt and the giant Kamoa deposit to the northwest
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)
CLASSIC EXAMPLE GENETIC DEPOSITION JOSEPH COPPERBELT: OF SYN- ‱ L. GILLSON AT the Symposium on...the volume, "Geologyof the Northern Rhodesian CopperBelt," editedby Dr. F. Mendelsohn,ChiefGeologistof...Bruinruerunquestionably has a wide knowledgeof the district. His thesisin 1955 describedthe "Geologyof the'Roan...volume on the "Geologyof the NorthernRhodesJan CopperBelt." The followingcomments are offeredto counterthe...omitted in the preparation of "The Geologyof the Copperbelt." Point/.--This is the thesis that the volume
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of uranium occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt Aurélien Eglinger ‱ Clément Ferraina ‱ Alexandre...the Pan-African Lufilian belt (Western Zambian Copperbelt), uranium mineralizations, preferentially scattered...and Mitukuluku (Domes region, Western Zambian Copperbelt), two mineralizing stages are described. The...scenario for U mineralizations in the Lufilian belt (Zambia) renowned for its Cu mineralizations associated...fold-and-thrust belt, designated as the Katanga Copperbelt (Key et al. 2001; Cailteux et al. 2005; Dewaele
Journal (issue)
TUNGSTEN MANGANESE CHROME VANADIUM TANTALITE RUTILE COLUMBITE ILMENITE BERYL ZIRCON · AND OTHER...Roan Group of the Katanga System south-west of Nchanga, Northern Rhodesia. By F. D. M. Horscroft, M.Sc...Roan Group of the Katanga System south-westof Nchanga, Northern Rhodesia The Conglomerate Formation...ROAN GROUP OF T·HE KATANGA SYSTEM SOUTH-WEST OF NCHANGA, NOR THE RN RHODESIA By F. D. M. HoRscROFT, M.Sc...of the Northern Rhodesia Copperbelt with its centre 18 miles SSW of Chingola and 30 miles west of Kitwe
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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 ...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia) hosts a dozen uranium PT occurrences mostly...domes in the internal zone of the Lufilian belt, in Zambia. These data provide new information about the P-T-t-d-m
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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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118-139 Fluid InclusionCharacteristicsand U-Pb Rutile Age of Late Hydrothermal AlterationandVeiningat...siltstone) horizon.Pervasive growthof secondary rutile,biotite,andmuscovite in the wall rocksaccompanied...biotite, calcite,K-feldspar,barite, and accessory rutile occurwith quartzin footwallveins.In contrast,veins...the ageof hydrothermal alteration.Sixsamples of rutile pickedfromfootwallandore-shale veiningandalterationgivea...modifiedat thistime (asshownby intergrowthswith rutile, datedhere at 514 m.y.).Thehydrothermal activityisconcluded
 
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