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


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1291295
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1291295:7
GUID (UUID V4):aa27ce5f-4cee-401a-beca-679770731613
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
94.6km (58.8 miles) Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MOORE 445 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL...MESOTHERMAL CU(-AU) MINERALIZATION IN NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA J.M. MOORE Geology Department, Rhodes University, P...the Lufilian Orogen in Zambia, specifically with the Navachab Au and Kansanshi Cu deposits. The Onganja...Onganja copper mine is located within the Southern Zone of the Damara Orogen, some 65 km north-east of Windhoek...supergene minerals, particularly its world-renowned cuprite crystals (Cairncross and Moir, 1996). Despite an
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kamoa copper deposit is located in the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo outside...at least 5 km west and approximately 10 to 15 km north and south of the area investigated in this study...pers. commun., 2012). Kamoa is located on the western edge of the Congolese Katangan basin and is hosted...01-24 flat-lying sedimentary sequence of the Western foreland to the west (Key et al., 2001). The deposit...Pre-Katanga Basement t Roan Subgroup s ru th ZAMBIA Nguba and Kundelungu Group Mwashya Subgroup Volcanic
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
Journal (issue)
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
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
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Copperbelt, which stretches across the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of...occurrence, is located in the northern part of the western flank of the anticline. This part of the anticline...56-0.53 Ga felsic province External Fold and Thrust Belt 0.76-0.73 Ga mafic province Domes Region Zambezi...African Copperbelt straddles the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1)....Republic of Congo-Zambia border form the Zambian Copperbelt, whereas deposits to the north of this border
Journal (issue)
tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott...collecting achievements contributing to the heritage of North American mineral specimens February 201 8 Notes...contributing to the Heritage of American (that is, North, Central and South American) mineral specimens....of 2007 Rod began looking at housing along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy. He found a ship captain's
Journal (issue)
locality. Pyromorphite from on old locality—rhe Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho. A small lot of miniatures and hondsize...specimens— $15 to $500. Liebigite from rhe SchwarTzwalder mine, Golden, Colorado. Well-formed, bright yellow-green...Feature articles Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia..........................................341...Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 385 by F. J. Parker Tveitite from the Barringer Hill District, Texas...December, 1978 UBETHENITE from the Rokana Mine, Zambia by Stanley P. Korowski and Cor W. Notebaart
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...divided into two prospects namely Central Aynak and Western Aynak (Figure 2). Published accounts (AGS and BGS...mineralizing processes which may be important in mine development and exploration for further resources...Aynak deposit (Figure 2) and more exten­ sively north of Kabul City (Figure 3(a)). This comprises garnetiferous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specifically those in the Yenisei Ridge gold province (e.g. Olimpiada, Sovetskoe) which likely formed...Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Permian collision of the North (NCC) and South China (SCC) cratonic blocks, and...Yangshan, Baguaniao) in the sutured terranes of the western Qinling fold belt. Although their tectonic evolution...the Siberian continental margin farther to the north, was associated with orogenic (e.g. Natalka), as...the south, and eastern, southern Siberia to the north. These Phanerozoic orogenic gold districts are globally
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started in...area of the Kristineberg VHMS deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden .......................................A. Massive Zn-Cu-Pb deposits in the Røros ore district, Norway: setting and formation ................ The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry and emplacement...Cooper VMS mineralization in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: petrochemistry and recent developments
Book (volume)
bois de mine Planche géodésique. Planche des minéraux Plan et coupe schématique de la mine de Kambove...s'étendent largement dans la zone nord-ouest de cette province. Elles apparaissent aussi plus à l'Est dans quelques...Calamine Siü' (ZnOH ) 2 Mine Prince Léopold 2. Cometite Cu' ( PO ' ) ' + 3Cu ( OH ) 2 Mine de !'Etoile 3 . Planchéite...dioptase. Cu'H'Si'O' Mine de Tantara 4 . Stainiérite. Mine de Mindigi 5. Cuprite Cu'O Mine de Likasi 6. Katangite... CuH'SiO' + H'O Mine de Tantara 7. Malachite concrétionnée . . CuCO' + Cu(OH) 2 Mine de Lukuni 0 NOMS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
index). Another geometallurgical modelling study by Mine [12] attempted to developed mathematical equations...mineralogical composition using the Aitik copper mine in Sweden as a case study. The present study build...same pit with different mineralisation zones in the mine within the Pan African Damara Orogen, of the Northern...Fe Malachite (Cu2 CO3 (OH)2 ) Relative to O Cuprite (Cu2 O) Relative to O Azurite (2CuCO3 .Cu(OH)2...Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank the mine management (which shall remain anonymous as agreed
Report (issue)
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