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Chalcocite from
Kalengwa Mine, Kalengwa, Mufumbwe District, North-Western Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kalengwa Mine, Kalengwa, Mufumbwe District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101803:5
GUID (UUID V4):bc486930-afed-4609-af49-8970ddb80b42
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 781-797 THE KALENGWA COPPER WESTERN MILLER DEPOSIT IN NORTH- ZAMBIA W. ELLIS AND J. A....companiesis to mine a small high-grade orebody at Kalengwa, 200 miles west of the Copperbeltin Zambia. The depositincludesmore...geochemicalinvestigationsin a large cupriferous province extending west and south from the Zambian and...ore consistschiefly of supergenemalachite and chalcocite preferentially replacing the carbonate matrix...that an announcement was made of the intention to mine the main ore- body of 600,000tons containing16
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...Minerals Copper Copper 6 /Phelps Dodge Mining (Zambia) African Eagle Resources (UK) Copper Commodity
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
Report (issue)
not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon...Sediment-Hosted Deposits by Age 200 Copperbelt, Zambia, Rep. of Congo 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 110...following minerals deposited in zones in this order: chalcocite and other CU S minerals, bornite, chalcopyrite...pyrite, and 2 subordinate galena and sphalerite. Chalcocite forms near the oxidized source of copper; pyrite...sulfide. Native silver is common. Some deposits in Zambia and Republic of Congo contain carrollite, Co-pyrite
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río 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
Book
reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...Canada Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits of the western USA Concluding statement References ORES FORMED...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...An ocean which occupied the site of the present North Atlantic and which was at its widest extent in Lower
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblages across the globe . . . . . . . North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 1.4  Northern and western Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 1.9  Middle East (Western Asia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...supergene or secondary sulfides, such as covellite, chalcocite, and Ag minerals to precipitate and to be preserved...and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner
Journal (issue)
ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................Balacko Famous mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England....................COVER: ATACAMITE in GYPSUM, 6.8 cm, from the Lily mine, lea, Peru. Irv Brown collection; Jeff Scovil photo...British Columbia the Silver Tunnel o f the Van Silver mine has produced hundreds o f rare and beautiful crystal...were first observed in Canada at the Van Silver mine, and it is the second reported occurrence in Canada
Report (volume)
rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...represents an individual deposit (or, rarely, a district), cumulated in ascending grade or tonnage. Where...government believed might someday be economic ta mine. Stratiform deposits of large areal extent, such
Book
exploitation of the great porphyry deposits in North and South America, and the d iscovery of the Central...Cost Trends in Copper Production 15 Exploration and Mine Development Decisions 16 The Industry and the State...is that the views which are expressed are purely mine and do not necessarily represent the opinions of...Deuteronomy 8 :9 The Tirona valley lies along the western flank of the Wadi Arabah in Israel, between the...copper mineralization of many types: cuprite and chalcocite, the beautiful green malachite and the blue azurite;
Book (edition)
• t --•- """"" ' The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...many exploration geologists as there are in all of North America. The organization of the first two editions...measurements have been retained in specific cases such as mine levels when measured in feet, values of gold and...settlement of Califomia and then the acquisition of the western part of the United States from Mexico and Spain...developing an annual ton of new copper capacity from mine through the refinery without intrastructure costs
Catalog/List
Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518...department. It will be held in the Dallas Design district at 1518 Slocum Street on June 2, 2013. The auction...after LAUMONTITE with APOPHYLLITE Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Three minerals makeup...com/5110 87003 CYANOTRICHITE Grandview (Last Chance) Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA Fuzzy...200 87004 KROEHNKITE Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile A very sizable
Book
............... . 83 The Fresnillo Ag-Pb-Zn District, Zacatecas, Mexico .............................Massive Sulfide Deposits of the BathurstNewcastle District, New Brunswick, Canada Discussion of Tectonic...Continental Margin Arc-Rift Transform System: Western USA .................... 152 4.2.1 Gold Deposits...Deposits ................ . 4.5.2 The Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota .. 4.5.3 Pre-Metamorphic Stratiform...Post-Metamorphic Quartz-Rich Vein Ores: The Sigma Mine, Quebec ................ . 4.5.5 Discussion and
Book
BC. Grimes Graves in Norfolk was one important district; there, ancient underground workings occur over...downstream from the present Ergani Maden copper mine on the Tigris. Native copper was first treated...Colorado and Nevada; some found it in eastern and western Australia, others went to Africa and found it in...Klondike, in Alaska and in the islands of the western Pacific. During the search for gold, other metals...metals were found. Copper was discovered in Western USA in quantities far larger than in Europe, and in
Book
MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Redondo, near the Portuguese coast about 155 km north-northeast of Lisbon, is now closed and flooded,
Book
Mineral Systems Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter...Geological Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain...Africa, and since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his...Processes and Mineral Systems’’. The University of Western Australia, Perth May 2008 Peter A. Cawood Acknowledgments
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts ill reflected light...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
Report (issue)
highest-lying diamond pipe. Commissioning Letseng mine at 10 500 feet during the last two years has called...Whatever you're mining, wherever you're mining, mine it on Bridgestones Bridgestones — for all the variables...Operating conditions differ enormously from mine to mine. Not only are there variations in the kind of...Whatever you’re mining, wherever you’re mining, mine it on Bridgestones. iaaseinn Money — BRIDGE STONE...Metallurgy REPORTS B.Sc., M.Sc. (Inf. Sci.) North America Central and South America Australasia Far
Journal (volume)
reassembled in the mine. But it was worth it! They have helped Morton Salt’s Painesville, Ohio, mine to step up...with 7 and 10 mm openings. 68 behind the grate Mine planners forecast a comeback for dredges . . . Experts...have a busy future. In the recently-opened Hamilton Mine, there are 100 million tons of coal to be dug out...partiall be could rich salinethe exploit would in Western Colorado that portion of the Piceance. When you...212-971-2117 RE Barnet Edelman 212-971-6518 Webb Western paeeee Assistant Editor Robert H. Lesemann 212-971-6525
 
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