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Cuprite from
Mufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper13 photos of Cuprite associated with Copper at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Cuprite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4151:5
GUID (UUID V4):fa41f63a-d4d7-4750-a106-57cf5367b7d7
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
38.9km (24.2 miles) Fitula Mine, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
40.1km (24.9 miles) Tshinsenda (Kinsenda), Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
47.0km (29.2 miles) Konkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia M. VÍTKOVÁ1,*, V. ETTLER1, Z. JOHAN2...Cu-Co smelters (Nkana, Mufulira, Chambishi) in the Copperbelt Province, Zambia, were studied from mineralogical...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)
.... The South-Central African Metallogenetic Province .............. Summary and Conclusions.........."The Geology and Development of the Roan Antelope Mine," by D.C. Sharpstone, privately printed, London... ' _ß •. Fro. z. Map showinglocationof the CopperBelt and N'Kana Conces- sionin NorthernRhodesia (Courtesy...Roan Antelope Mine. 0 Gray, Anton, op. cit., p. x2. ORES OF NORTHERN RHODESIA COPPERBELT. 371 KATANGA•...the copperbelt. Later Intrusives.--Gray granite intrudesthe ore bedsat the Roan, N'Kana, Mufulira and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nchanga copper–cobalt 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 significant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains two major economic concentrations...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated fluid inclusions,...sedimentation or early diagenesis, to the ores. Keywords Copperbelt Æ Cobalt Æ Copper Æ Sulfur isotopes Æ Fluid inclusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ECONOMIC Vote. XXVII THE MUFULIRA GEOLOGY JUNE, x932 COPPER DEPOSIT, No. 4 NORTHERN RHODESIA.... ANTON GRAY. x•xRor)ucxxo•r. Mufulira Mine is in the N'Kana Concession,in the RhodesJan, or southern...southern,part of the CentralAfrican CopperBelt (Fig. 1). The copper-bearing outcropson the propertywere discovered...outputof x5oo tonsper day. 3t5 316 ANTON GRAY. Mufulira is destinedto be a large and importantproducerof...concernedwith the economicpossibilitiesand prospectsof the mine. It is a descriptionof the geologyof the depositas
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
Catalog/List
arsenopyrite. 3x2~x1t", £13.00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro...CABRERITE (Magnesian Annabergite). Laurium, Attica district, Greece. Light green small sharp crystals lining...Specimen B, 1~1fx1", £3.2Sp 17. CASSITERITE. Seal Hole Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Bright deep brownish sharp... 1-tx1tx1" , £12.00 1B. CASSITERITE. Blue Hills Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Rich heavy light brown mass...matrix. 2-tx2tx2~", £3.7Sp 21. CERUSSITE. Redgill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Lustrous creamy-~~ite ljackstraw
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southeastNew Mexico (Sarg, 1981). None of the White Pine mine area, southof the high, and in the aboveexamplesoverlie...Dikuluwe, Karobore, Tenke, Fungurume, etc.; Shaba Province (Mine Series) "R.A.T." 500 or R1 to 2,500 m Poorly...Musoshi, Konkola, Sourcerocks• Footwall con- Mufulira, Chambishi, Nchanga, glomerateor RL7 or Min-...Mindola, Baluba, dola clastics0 Luanshya,etc.; Zambia(RL6) to 2,000 m Sedimenttype minerals in source...source-rocksuccessions in and about the Zairean copperbelt deposits(Bartholom• The natureof the hematite-bearing
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 £8 9.MMine. GuMislakc.Com-.nll Quanz rich wAf...reference sample M £20 20.Cassitcriic \:ls,.Polberro Mine. St Agnes. Cornwall ,\nrncti\C lus1rous cquan1 c...specimen.Ml £25 22.Goctlu1c,Rcs1orrncl Royal Iron Mine. Lost,\lth1el.C omwall Rich bot')oidal i:oc1h11e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oamitesis relativelylow. Introduction THE Oamites mine is situated 45 km south of Wind- hoek,the capitalof...provisional. The comparison with the Katanga System of Zambia in Table 1 doesnot necessarily indicateisochronous...tectonically stableGeelkopdome immediatelysouthof Oamites mine. Dips are generallylessthan 40ø and middle gree...name "Oamites Fro. 1. Location map showing Oamites mine and the Zambian Copperbeltin relation to the late...Supergroup(OamitesArea) and of the Katanga System (Zambia) Damara Supergroup(OamitesArea) Biotitic schist
Catalog/List
crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp... ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated "stars"... £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". £4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group...Barytes matrix. 2tx2-txlt". £7.00. BARYTES. wetgrove Mine, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Specimen A - Lustrous,
Catalog/List
Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous...£8.00. 6. 7. 8. 9. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, NOrtnumberland. Specimen A - select, lustrous
Catalog/List
greenish chlorite. 40x40x30mm. £48. AZURITE. Yangchun Mine, Guangdony Prov. China. A superb dark blue lustrous...Displays well. 30x50x50mm. £125. 5. BERYL. Huya Mine, Sichuan Prov. China. Unusual flat tabular pale...xls 50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of...matrix. 30x20x15mm. £45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several...£48. 8. CASSITERITE AND TOURMALINE. Egloshellan Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Rich veinstone showing sharp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the 12th ore bed (level number 125) in Jiuquwan mine: 1 - gray medium sandstone, basal psephyte; 2 -... sample from the sixth ore body of Da Tougshang mine, b fine sandstone cemented by native copper (Cu)...63, sample from the eighth ore bed of Jin Quwan mine, e Chalcopyrite (Cp) and bornite (Bn) as fine veinlets...veinlets in black shale, sample from Tuan Shuan mine, d secondary enlargement (PL) of quartz (Q) and plagioclase... sample from the third ore body of Da Tongchang mine, e pyrite (py) framboids replaced by chalcocite
Catalog/List
in lewth•• BOp. each. 7. APOPHVLLITE. Bay State Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Lustrous, bright...suitable For display. 9. ARAGONITE. Laurium Attica District, Greece. Lustrous, translucent, creamy coloured...zixZ-txlt". 1:4.• 50: 10. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine: Guanajuato, Mexico. Specimen A - Fine, sharp, silvery... 5x 3i;-xZt". £44.00. 15. AZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small, bright blue, sharp crystals...a huge, mostly transparent, crystal. Silverband Mine was at one time noted for these large crystals and
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...56-0.53 Ga felsic province External Fold and Thrust Belt 0.76-0.73 Ga mafic province Domes Region Zambezi...Synclinorial Belt 1.3-1.0 Ga orogen Katanga High Main Copperbelt deposits Basement B o 10 CC B B 0361-0128/98/000/000-00
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...minerals, felsic (light-coloured) 27 Plate 2 11 a) Cuprite b) Native Copper c) Vanadin" d) Sphalerite e) Galena
Catalog/List
£18.00 3. APATITE variety FRANCOL ITE . Holmbush Mine , Stoke Cl~sland , Cornwall. Specimen A: Smal~ sparkling... 1tx1tx1 " , £4.75p 7 . ARTHUR ITE. Majuba Hill Mine , Churchill Co., Nevada , U. S. A. Lime- green crystallised...ma1;rix . 2X1f'.', £6.00 9 . AXI NITE . Colebrook Mine , Rosebe ry, Tasmania, Australia. Lusteous clove-...1fx1t", £9 . 00 11 . OAYLDONITE. Penberthy Croft Mine , ~t . Hilary , Cornwall. Dark apple-green slightly...11;-x1 ", £1.50p 15 . CALAVERITE. Kirkl onQ Luke Mine , Ontario , Canada . Cronz ey metallic masses in
Catalog/List
<2x1t", £4. SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses...places. 2~2x1t", £18.00 11. AZURITE. Sir Domoni r Mine, Mt. Painter, S. Auatralia. Select cluster of large...3-~x2il-x2", £23.00 14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey...mass. 1~x1x~", £3.50p 15. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine lustrous golden-brown...3x2-}x1i.-", £9.00 16. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Select sharp tabular crystals
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...in anyof the units.Thisbardata on •80 values of mine waters from the area are ren gap is believedto representa
Catalog/List
axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green...matrix. 2tx1tx1", £2.25p 18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-grey
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered.............................. . 19 African Copperbelt, Zambia and Zaire .................................malachite and with remaining pores filled with cuprite and chrysocolla................. 4. Spicular limestone...controlled by its mode of formation. In developing a mine, the geologist needs to know whether a deposit is
Catalog/List
£4.75p 2 10. BARYTES . Wilsons level, Hilton Mine , Scordale , westmorel and . Sharp transparent to...crystals . 4x2" , £3 . 7Sp 12 . BARYTES . Crowgarth Mine , Frizington , Cumberland . Transparent pale ye...~x1tx1-} " , £6 . SOp 13 . BASTNAES ITE. Mountain Pass Mine , San Bernardino Co . , Ca lifornia , USA . Very...on . 1x1" , £2 . SOp 1S . BOURNONITE . All i hies Mine , Co . Cork , Ire l and . Very rich Silvery- grey...: 2x1 ~x1t " , £3 . 00. 16 . BOURNONITE. Julcani Mine , Junin Prov ., Peru. Bright silvery- grey sharp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The middleTertiary PacenciaGroup of Antofagasta Province,northernChile, consists of over 2 km of continentalsediments...cements. The mainore mineralsarenativecopper,cuprite,andatacamite,althoughthereisanalongstrikepassage...dominantores,commonlyassociated Corocoro copper-silver district of the Bolivianaltiwith organicmatterandcharacterizedby...the High Andes of Antofagasta Province,Chile (Fig. 1). Abandoned mine workingsare situatedin the gorge... [ / ß Major Workings ß • • / / ARTOLLA ß MINE / , •r ] • Subsidiary Mines ,• Rimof Gorge
Catalog/List
4~x3x1-~ ", £14 . 00 3 . ANDORITE. Castro Virreyna Mine , ti ma Prov ., Peru . Small bright s ilvery s harp...1-tx1t", £4 . 00 12 . BARYTES . Mt . We lli ngt on Mine , Twelveheads , Cornwal l. Specimen A: Bri ght-...21;x 2x1.z " , £2 . 75p 18 . BoURNoNITE . Julcani Mine , Junin Prov . , Peru . Specimen A: Bright Silvery-...3-}x >}x 2 " , £1B . 50p 21 . CALCITE . Al lenheads Mine , Allenheads , Northumberland . Sha rp creamy nail...3x2*x2t" , £15 . 50p 27 . CERUSSITE . Brandybottle Mine , Swaledale , Yorkshire . Lustrous creamy twinned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
some of the polishedoxidized ores from the Globe district.• Since that time everyopportunityhas beentaken...detailedstudyare the following: Native copper ............. Cuprite .................. Tenoritc (Melaeonite) ........iron oxides. Description.ofImportantMinerals. Cuprite. Cuprousoxide formsoneof the mostcharacteristic...presentinvestigation, 46 contained easilyrecognizable cuprite. It seems probable that in someotherspecimens it...W.: The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona. U.S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 43, p
 
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