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Breccia from
Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Type:Breccia
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Breccia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1291288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1291288:7
GUID (UUID V4):768f3848-c05f-4f74-b00b-c456c920a3b5
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Thesis/Dissertation
AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE KANSANSHI CU-(AU) DEPOSIT, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA by Timothy J. Mac Intyre...Geological Engineering ii ABSTRACT The Kansanshi Cu-(Au) mine exploits a structurally controlled deposit...southern Africa. It is currently the largest active Cu mine in Africa, with a total endowment of nearly 12 Mt...in domes along the crest of the NW-SE trending Kansanshi antiform. The deposit occurs within the Domes...exploration drill holes were completed across the Kansanshi mining lease with the aim of resolving outstanding
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Enterprise Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia Patricia L. Capistrant,1,* Murray W...AIRIE Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia, Plot 3805, Zambia Road, Ndola, Zambia Program, Dept. of Geosciences...eastern edge of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia. The deposit area contains basement...eastern edge of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia (Fig. 1) approximately 300 km west...west of the Zambian Copperbelt. This area of Zambia, known as the Domes region owing to the presence of
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Sediment-hosted Cu deposits . Central African Copperbelt . Zambia . Molybdenite . Re-Os ages . Synorogenic Alan...Copperbelt—the world’s most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220 Mt of contained Cu. Early...versus synorogenic models at the metallogenic province scale. In this paper, 15 new Re-Os age determinations...during inversion of the rift basins and concomitant north-vergent folding and thrusting that define the PanAfrican...200 km Tenke Fungurume Kamoa ZCB Likasi 11° ZAMBIA Magnetic footprint of Hook batholith DRC h is
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SHOTCRETING AND TOTAL MINE SUPPORT APPLICATION PLANT AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLY . TURN KEY MINE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT...toxic water and diseases as mine offer no hope of social transformation Zambia, Mozambique share gemstone...recently shared by Richard Musukwa, Minister of Mine that government intends to ensure a stable, reliable...Ctrack Intelligent solu ons trives to create a safer Zambia for all by providing holis c tracking solu ons...Business Park Leopards Hill Road, New Kasama Lusaka, ZAMBIA Coordinates: -15.472395, 28.394009 Zambian Mining
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mineralization in the Domes Area, Lufilian Arc, northwestern Zambia M. Cosi a, A. D e B o n i s a, G. G o s s o b,...mineralization in the Domes Area, Lufilian Arc, northwestern Zambia. In: G. Ga~iland K. Schulz (Editors), Precambrian...kilometers in the Domes Area of the Northwestern Province of Zambia, close to the Zairean border (Fig. I ). It...southern Africa between the Congo Craton in the north and the Kalahari in the south, form a curved zone...Lufilian Arc of southern Zaire and central-northern Zambia (Cahen and Snelling, 1966; Clifford, 1967, 1970;
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Likasi area (François, 1973a) and at Lubudi, 80 km north of Tenke (Schellinck, 1946). Study of the Nguba...of the Congo (hereafter Congo) and northwestern Zambia (Fig. 1). A basal unconformity between the Katangan...Kibaride belt (ca. 1.4–1.0 Ga) occurs north (Mitwaba area) and north-west (Nzilo area) of the Katangan belt...are well exposed in the Nguba area (Fungurume district). The Roan Group consists of clastic sedimentary...sedimentary sequences were folded and thrust to the north during the Lufilian orogeny (Kampunzu and Cailteux
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...south of Lusaka Start of production 65km west of Solwezi Location Remarks - Cu mineralization occurs...37-year mine life. Appendix II-5 (1) Mineral Development and Exploration Projects in Zambia 1 84
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VEIN-HOSTED MINERALIZATION AT THE KANSANSHI COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN ZAMBIA HEIDIE I. TORREALDAY, MURRAY W...Abstract The Kansanshi copper deposit in the Pan-African Damaran-Lufilian fold belt of northern Zambia consists...mineralization was continuous for 10 m.y. or the Kansanshi deposit includes two pulses of mineralization...latter suggestion. The ages of mineralization at Kansanshi are broadly similar to those determined for other...deposits, including Kansanshi, may have been metamorphic in origin. Introduction The Kansanshi copper deposit
Report (chapter)
of Central Africa (Katanga Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and eastern Angola) is exposed...southern part of the Lufilian belt in what is now Zambia. From: Arnaud, E., Halverson, G. P. & Shields-Zhou...Ma) in the southern part of the Roan rift basin (Zambia) terminated deposition of the Roan Group platform...in a NE direction from eastern Angola across NW Zambia and into southern DRC (Unrug 1987, 1988; Kampunzu...the text: L, Lwaio Mission; M, Mwinilunga; Ks, Kansanshi; MF, Musonda Falls; Ma, Mansa; M-K, Makonga-Kibambale
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RhodesiaCopperbelt................................... Mufulira Mine .......................................................................................... Nkana north limb .............................................................................. Roan Antelope Mine ............................................. 909.................................... The Katanga Province ......................................................................... 915 920 922 923 The Mine Series ........................................
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Craton in the south and the Congo Craton in the north. North vergent thrusting of its Katangan metasedimentary...of the Lufilian arc. The Katangan succession in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is traditionally...deposited in a newly recognised foreland basin to the north. The sedimentary origin means that the ‘megabreccias’...correlated with the rift-related Roan Group of Zambia. The Cu-Co-bearing Roanderived strata, traditionally...(Figure 1). It straddles the national border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; Figure
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the largest sediment-hosted stratiform Cu–Co province on Earth. Petrographic examination of borehole...and layers and in stratabound veins and tectonic breccia cement. This second phase is related to a hydrothermal...Copperbelt in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia supports the regional presence of the two Cu–Co...Copperbelt (Fig. 1), which straddles the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is...largest sediment-hosted stratiform copper–cobalt province on Earth with a combined production and reserves
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Examples from the Irish Zn-Pb district, the McArthur River Zn-Pb-Ag district, the Ruby Creek Cu-Co deposit...deposit, and the Kansanshi copper deposit are presented to illustrate the type of information that can be...that appear mottled gray may display spectacular breccia textures with staining (Fig. 1E). Slightly variable...Hitzman and Beaty 1996) is hosted by dolomite breccia. Staining clearly reveals the irregular contact...normal and ferroan dolomite. Staining of dolomite breccia interlayered with laminated, argillaceous dolostones
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Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo hereafter) and Zambia, which represent the most economically important...northward convex structure, straddling the Congo–Zambia border and called “Lufilian Arc”. It was formed...50-km-wide region from the Mwinilunga district in northwestern Zambia (Brock, 1961; Steven, 2000), east-northeastwards...Likasi (Congo), and southeastwards to Bwana Mkubwa (Zambia) and Lonshi (Fig. 1). The Katangan sedimentary...between these two formations (François, 1974). In Zambia, only a dominantly argillaceous unit, called “Mwashia”
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either smaller resources such as the calcrete, breccia pipe, and metamorphic deposits, or very large,...some of these deposits as in the Henry Mountains district, Colorado. Roll-front deposits represent the best...tabular uranium deposit type. Solution-collapse breccia pipes correspond to nearvertical, 30–175 m large...Canada (Kish and Cuney 1981), and the Kansanshi deposit from Zambia (Kríbek et al. 2005) which both formed...exemplified by the mid-European Variscan uranium province, which extends over more than 2,000 km from Spain
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,...Schuh, Richard A. Leveille, Isabel Fay, and Robert North 269 Stephen E. Box, Boris Syusyura, Reimar Seltmann
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Johnson, 1976; Smith, 1976), are recognized in North America. Good age control for both host rocks and...the Mesoproterozoic deposits in the White Pine district, Unites States, is approximately 1080 Ma (Davis...ROCK-HOSTED STRATIFORM COPPER DEPOSITS Kupferschiefer district (Schneiderhöhn, 1923; SawƂowicz, 1992) and those...fracture-hosted, Cu-Mo-U mineralization occurred at the Kansanshi deposit at ~512 to 502 Ma (Torrealday et al.,...of mineralization at ~450 Ma is recorded by the breccia-related Cu-ZnGa ores of Kipushi (Schneider et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
broadly in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Zambian district comprises deposits...breccias of probable evaporitic origin. The Congolese district comprises deposit fragments that occur within...or exceeding those of other copper deposits in Zambia and DRC, and remains open at depth. The deposit...6005, Australia (sdominy@snow dengroup.com) 2 Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University,...geometallurgy is not new, but its modern holistic mine value chain application can be considered a critical
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Kamoa copper deposit located within the DRC at the western end of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB). Fringes...of Congo (DRC). The deposit is located on the western edge of the Congolese portion of the Central African...largest sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper province (Fig. 1). It is hosted in a 5 to 10 km thick package...terranes by E-W sinistral strikeslip faulting in the western part of the CACB (Monwezi fault system) and the...throughout the DRC Copperbelt and in the northwest of Zambia; the east-northeast directed phase is well developed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gneisses in the Domes Region of the LuïŹlian Arc in Zambia. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1....large deposits of the Central African Copperbelt in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Selley et...and burial of originally trench sediments during north- or northwestward subduction of the Kalahari below...1991; Miller, 2008; Meneghini et al., 2014). To the north, the SZ prism borders against the magmatic arc of...version of this article.) plunges to both the north and south (Fig. 3). In outcrop, the lineation is
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from the northern margin of Dartmoor (the Red-a-Ven mine), the greisen vein systems at Redmoor and Cligga...(St Just district); Dolcoath, Wheal Concord and Nangiles (Camborne-Redruth-St Day district), Wheal Charlotte...metal is considered as a potential by-product by Western United Mines, much more detailed investigations...Nkout deposit is part of an emerging iron ore province in West and Central Africa. It is an oxide facies...km and dip to the north. Precambrian basement rocks are present to the south and north of the Palaeozoic
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C.). The Kundelungu Plateau is situated to the north of the Lufilian Arc that hosts the world-class stratiform...Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1a). Reserves of the Dikulushi mine prior to...Plateau is a triangular-shaped area situated to the north of the Lufilian Arc that hosts the Central African...investigated during two mapping campaigns in the mine, and by interpretation of aeromagnetic and satellite...a relatively thin package of arkose beds in the north and a thick package of dolomitic shale and fine-grained
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in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, about 250 km to the north 394 of the Lufilian...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...which change towards sandstone and siltstone in the north (Batumike et al. 2006). The overlying Bunkeya Subgroup
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Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................rocks of South Central Africa of a polymetallic province, distinct from the stratiform Cu-Co-U seams of...in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes deposits of Zn-Pb-Cu with an array of...1984). The Broken Hill deposit at Kabwe in central Zambia is also famous economically. Hosted just outside...connected by a good road to the old Kansanshi mine and the neighboring Solwezi town, about 100 km S60°W (see
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commenced in 1926 when the mine was renamed “Mine Prince Leopold.” The mine was worked continuously until...studies on potential redevelopment of the underground mine by Adastra Minerals Inc. report measured and indicated...of mining in the 1920s up to the late 1970s, the mine was frequently visited by researchers related to...minerals acquired by these researchers from various mine levels, forms the basis of this study. We focus...(~650–600 Ma) glacial events (Key et al., 2001). In Zambia, basal Roan quartzites and schists unconformably
 
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