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Pyrrhotite from
Chambishi Mine, Chambishi, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chambishi Mine, Chambishi, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717790
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717790:3
GUID (UUID V4):043d2cfe-ed1e-4d3e-a835-d13d2221b5cb
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
66.0km (41.0 miles) Luanshya Mine (Roan Antelope Mine), Luanshya, Luanshya District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER---COBALT MINERALISATION AT CHAMBISHI SOUTHEAST PROSPECT, ZAMBIA V.D. FLEISCHER* Geological Services...Services, Z.C.C.M. Ltd., P.O. Box 1, Kalulushi (Zambia) ABSTRACT Fieischer, V.D., 1984. Discovery, geology...copper--cobalt mineralisation at Chambishi Southeast prospect. Zambia. Precambrian Res., 25: 119--133...to the 55 Mt grading 2.4% Cu already known at Chambishi Southeast. The host rock is the Lower Roan ore...channel sandstone. Moving away from the palaeohigh, pyrrhotite and pyrite surround the ore, giving a distinct
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Printed in The Netherlands COBALT IN THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT A.E. ANNELS Department of Mineral Exploitation...and Simmonds, J.R., 1984. Cobalt in the Zambian Copperbelt. Precambrian Res., 25: 75--98. A review of available...regional distribution of cobalt in the Zambian Copperbelt is presented which emphasises the limitation...cobalt in the copper ores o f the Central African Copperbelt had largely been ignored in discussions of their...today. The economic importance of the metal to Zambia and Zaire, and indeed to the World, has, however
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-017-0726-8 ARTICLE Age of the Zambian Copperbelt Richard H. Sillitoe 1 & José Perelló 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)
copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia M. VÍTKOVÁ1,*, V. ETTLER1, Z. JOHAN2...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....VÍTKOVÁ ET AL. arkoses and sandstones (e.g. Chambishi SE deposits); and (4) vein-type quartz-carbonatesulphide...most abundant sulphide minerals of the Zambian Copperbelt are bornite (Cu5FeS4), followed by chalcocite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
resistingthe ideaspresentedin the literatureon the Copperbelt, his manymisstatements and very one-sided argumentsaboutthe...uranium-vanadiumdepositshave somefeaturesin commonwith the Copperbelt deposits,althoughthe dimensionsare so vastly...intensivestudyand mining is that of the Butte District, Montana. This district was first describedby Sales in 1913...preliminaryresultsof their exhaustivestudiesof the Butte District. This last work is probablythe most completestudy...dominantly x Supergenesolutionsin the upper levels of the mine causedenrichmentof coppergrade in crests and especially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALGAL REEF STRUCTURES ON NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT, KATANGA, W. AND AUSTRALIA G. GARLICK CONTENTS.................. 416 417 Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt ........................................ Roan...417 417 Nkana Mine ....................................................... Chambishi .................Central Africa and Australia. NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT At various localitieson the Copperbeltof Northern...Fig. 108, in "Geology of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt," with some artistic license. Stratigraphicthicknessof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kalumbila, Kabompo Dome: The Copperbelt Ore Shale in Northwestern Zambia NICK STEVEN† Rockwater Consulting...25°20' E) is located ~300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt on the southeastern flank of the Kabompo dome...semimassive) to locally discordant chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, violarite, and siegenite within a finely laminated...broadly similar to the stratigraphy in the Zambian Copperbelt and suggests that the Kalumbila carbonaceous...at the Kalumbila prospect in North Western province, Zambia (Fig. 1). This mineral deposit type has not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan-African Lufilian orogeny in the Chambishi–Nkana Basin, Central African Copperbelt Koen Torremans1,a , Philippe...south-east margin of the Chambishi–Nkana Basin in the Central African Copperbelt, hosting the world-class...folding and the degree of shale content in the Copperbelt Orebody Member (COM), which hosts most of the...(re-)mobilisation in the Copperbelt. 1 Introduction The Central African Copperbelt is the largest and highestgrade...sediment-hosted copper- and cobalt-producing metallogenic province in the world (Fig. 1). It hosts over 80 deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RhodesiaCopperbelt................................... Mufulira Mine .............................................................................................. Chambishi ................................................................................. Roan Antelope Mine ............................................. 909.................................... The Katanga Province ......................................................................... 915 920 922 923 The Mine Series ........................................
Report (issue)
bornite biotite carbon Central African Copperbelt Congo Copperbelt chlorine cobalt cobaltite Democratic...uranium volcanogenic massive sulfide Zambian Copperbelt zinc v Cobalt—Styles of Deposits and the...production is from the Central African Copperbelt. The Central African Copperbelt is the only sedimentary rock-hosted...rock-hosted stratiform copper district that contains significant cobalt. Its presence may indicate significant...with ultramafic rocks, typified by the Bou Azzer district of Morocco, represent another type of primary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Potentially Toxic Chemical Species at an Abandoned Copper Mine Tailings Dump Wilson Mugera Gitari 1,2, * 1 2 3...February 2018 Abstract: Large volumes of disposed mine tailings abound in several regions of South Africa...consequently resulting in the formation of acidic mine drainages with low pH conditions laden with high...invasive species [13]. Groundwater in the mining district of Johannesburg in South Africa is heavily contaminated...oxidative weathering of pyrite present within the mine tailings dumps [14]. The duration of these environmental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXVI. THE GEOLOGY MARCH-APRIL, GEOLOGY AND CHAMBISHI, ORE NORTHERN D. M. NO. :2 I93I DEPOSITS...... •42 •44 •49 •5o ISI INTRODUCTION. THE Chambishi copper deposit is located in the N'Kana Concession...Concession map, is centrally situated in the copperbelt. It is still in the development stage, but drilling...simple structure of most of the depositsof the district have occasionedtheir rapid and accurate development...strike at intervals of about IOOOfeet, but at Chambishi complicatedfolding neces-. sitated additional
Report (issue)
deposits Erythrite Arsenate Co3(As0) 28H20 Daniel Mine, Germany; Bou Azzer, Morroco. Skutterudite Arsenide...Carrollite Sulphide Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 Chambishi, Copperbelt, Zambia; Carroll County, Maryland, USA. Linnaeite...quartz and feldspar. 3 Magmatic: related to www. Mine ra Is UK. corn Major deposit classes Sediment...They account for over 50 per cent of world cobalt mine production. Major deposits are characterised by...and the Central African Copperbelt (Figure 2). The Central African Copperbelt is the world's most important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the belief that someof his colleagueson the Copperbelt,better qualifiedto do so, will answer more broadly...are confinedto the gabbroitself. Finally, at Chambishi a thick gabbrosill, stratigraphically700 feet...orebody,contains sparsemineralization(pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite) only along shear zones. ...intrnsions" within the DISCUSSION.5' 617 Chambishi-Nkana and Roan-Muliashi basins 1nay be interesting...whatever. Sales points to the geologicalmap of the Chambishi-Nkanabasin in support. Given that the ore formations
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
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)
dominate the hypogene ore with lesser pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobaltite and chalcocite, and rare sphalerite... 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
Report (issue)
.pdf. Cover. Underground photo of the Skuterud Mine in Norway showing pink secondary erythrite (a hydrated.......................................F13 Typical Mine Life..........................................................................................F16 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................F18 Mine Closure.....................................................F2 F2. Bar chart showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption
Report (issue)
nickel sulfides. Association: Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, millerite, bismuthinite, gersdorffite, carrollite...sphalerite. Distribution: In Sweden, from the Bastnäs mine, near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland [TL], and at Gladhammar...Maryland; and at the Mine La Motte, Madison Co., Missouri. In Congo (Zaire), in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi...Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba) Province. At the N’Kana mine, Kitwe, from the Chambishi Southeast prospect, and in...in the Rhokana mine, Zambia. In the Wonderland and Selukwe Peak mines, Selukwe, Zimbabwe. From Tsumeb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the book "The Geologyof the Northern RhodesJan Copperbelt"did not convertme to the syngenetictheory. I...theconditions of copperdistributionand occurrence in the Copperbelt than doesthe syngenetic alternative,for reasonsstatedin...supporthisdisposal of the hydrothermal theoryfor the Copperbelt deposits. They are (pp. 146-147): 1. The absenceof...cuttingthrougha 50-foot dike of gabbroin the Nkana Mine, Garlick offersthis explanationand I quote from...compelledto stateagainwhat I saidat the beginning. The Copperbelt geologists fail to makea convincing casefor the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu–Co deposit at Kamoto in the Central African Copperbelt Philippe Muchez 1 & Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer 2...sediment-hosted ore deposits such as in the Central African Copperbelt. Here we present Re–Os dating results for disseminated...after anhydrite in nodules and layers from the Copperbelt. Results demonstrate that at least some of the...low-temperature polymorph. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . Re–Os dating . Sediment-hosted deposits . Diagenetic...sediment-hosted Cu–Co deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Several recent studies indicate that these deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and geochemistry of the copper-dominated neutral mine drainage at the Cu deposit Ľubietová-Podlipa (Slovakia)...and geochemistry of the copper-dominated neutral mine drainage at the Cu deposit Ľubietová-Podlipa (Slovakia)...and geochemistry of the copper-dominated neutral mine drainage at the Cu deposit Ľubietová-Podlipa (Slovakia)...TE D M AN U SC RI PT Abstract – The neutral mine drainage system at Ľubietová in Slovakia is overwhelmingly...ppb in the most concentrated aqueous sample). This mine drainage is generated by oxidative dissolution of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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
 
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