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Chalcocite from
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central 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 Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44318:0
GUID (UUID V4):12d09631-edf8-47d9-8501-731fee155b98
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...location of Kabwe in Zambia. Prepared by William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing... Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004. T HE CITY OF KABWE, ZAMBIA’S...north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe means “place of smelting” but refers to the pre-European...in the area (Notebaart and Korowski 1980). The Kabwe lead-zinc deposit was fortuitously discovered in
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)
Excelsior, Surprise (Lusaka 29 30 31 area, Zambia), Kabwe (Zambia), Berg Aukas and Tsumeb (Namibia); 3. Supposedly...Supposedly supergene deposits: Mumbwa area (Zambia), and Altenberg-Vieille Montagne (Belgium). 32 Textures...statistically 42 inhomogeneous, both at the district and at the deposit scale: high-T willemite from...formal description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new mineral...are Vazante (Brasil), Beltana (Australia), Kabwe (Zambia) 79 and Berg Aukas and Abenab (Namibia). These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leadville, United States; 5 = Upper Mississippi Valley district, United States; 6 = Franklin and Sterling Hill...Mississippi Valley-type district, Poland; 16 = Reocin, Spain; 17 = Sardinian Zn-Pb district; Italy; 18 = Larium...Hamman N’Baïls, Algeria; 21 = Zamanti Zn-Pb district, central Turkey; 22 = Angouran, Iran; 23 = Mehdiabad...Jabali, Yemen; 26 = Abu Samar, Sudan; 27 = Kabwe and Star Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas...they may be replaced by carbonates, oxides, and chalcocite. As a result, direct-replacement supergene deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-sulfide Zn deposits: a reanalysis of the Kabwe Zn-Pb ores (central Zambia) N. MONDILLO1,*, R. HERRINGTON2, A...Editor: Nigel Cook] ABSTR ACT The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (central Zambia) consists of a cluster of mixed sulfide...mineralization, and was carried out on a suite of Kabwe specimens, housed in the Natural History Museum...non-sulfides, Kabwe, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Zambia. Introduction...2003). The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (formerly known as ‘Broken Hill’) is located in central Zambia, ∼110 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
U. Haack Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits...orogenesis in the Damaran-Lu®lian Fold Belt of Central Africa Received: 8 September 1997 / Accepted: 21...massive sulphide deposits of Kabwe (PbZn) and Tsumeb (Pb-Zn-Cu) in Zambia and Namibia, respectively, have...and characteristic of upper crustal source rocks. Kabwe galena has average isotope ratios of 206/204 Pb...016) and 208/204Pb (38.276 ‹ 0.073) ratios than Kabwe galena. The isotopic di€erences are attributed to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic Nguba and Kundelungu rock successions, central African Copperbelt M.J. Batumike a,b,⁎, J.L.H....evolution; Zn–Pb–Cu 1. Introduction The Neoproterozoic central African Copperbelt is well known for its world-class...of the Congo (hereafter Congo) and northwestern Zambia (Fig. 1). A basal unconformity between the Katangan...are well exposed in the Nguba area (Fungurume district). The Roan Group consists of clastic sedimentary...and by logging of borehole cores from the Kipushi mine. A total of 115 samples (30 from Bunkeya, 50 from
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...Angola,Zaire, and minor local deformationspresent. Zambia (Anonymous,1961; Legg, 1973; Francois, In the souththe...first Roan Group (Vasconcelos,1951) are exposedin a ZAMBIA' L UFILIAN FOLD BELT MINERALIZATION 1249 lo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high concentrations of Co (up to 34,400 mg/L in mine water, 14,165 mg/kg in tailings, 21,134 mg/kg in...have been documented. Co is contained in ore and mine waste in a wide variety of primary (e.g., cobaltite...Hudson-Edwards, K.A. Geochemistry, Keywords: cobalt; mine waste; tailings; erythrite; heterogenite; biogeochemistry...mobility within tailings, soils, smelter waste, and mine waters [10–12]. This paper will review the geochemistry...the major controls on Co uptake and mobility in mine-affected waters, soils, sediments, plants, minerals
Catalog/List
Next Miner.ii Shows 1 PURPURITE Sandamab North Mine, Usakos, Namibia. Attractive purple iridescent material...80x50x50mm. £86 7 CHALCOCITE, TENNANTITE & BORNITE 9' Level, Nth Pig Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall...display. 59x43x38mm. £52 £48 10 CASSITERITE Modoto Mine, Mongolia, Russia. Crystals to 11m. Rare locality...lustrous xtls. 40x36x34mm. £32 11 FLUORITE Emilio Mine. Caravla, Asturias, Spain. Crystals to 20mm. Superb...Superb colour. 84x70x46mm. £65 £48 12 EMERALD Muzo Mine, Colombia. Superb museum display exhibiting multiple
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.084 13.6 13.60 South Africa Mapochs Mine Rhovan Mine 1.5 0.52 1.5 1.06 1.60 Generally, VTM...Cu5 FeS4 Sulfide Galena PbS Sphalerite ZnS Chalcocite Cu2 S Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 Besides oxidized minerals...elements [37,38]. For example, the Broken Hill Plant (Zambia) extracted cadmium as by-product from the hydrometallurgical...vanadate ore from Abenab West Mine, Namibia. After the closure of the Berg Aukas Mine and stoppage of the flotation...mined in commercial quantities in Spain, Namibia, Zambia, USA, Mexico, and Argentina [59,60]. The major
Show/Event (guide)
private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14...museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks), direct atmospheric leaching of the run of the mine (5ROM) ore with sulphuric acid will not be economically...Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Leuvensesteenweg 13, B3080 Tervuren...several granite generations. The Kibara belt in Central Africa hosts numerous Nb-Ta, Sn and W deposits...on the tungsten mineralisation occurring in the central part of Rwanda. Here, a NNW-SSE oriented zone rich...veins and chalcopyrite precipitated together with chalcocite and pyrite in pores in wolframite. During a later
Catalog/List
l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. -2BARYTES. Hailemoor Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland. Specimen A - Choice...specimen. 3tx2~-x2". £8.00. BARYToCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine, sharp, creamy spear-like...mineral and the sample came from an area of the mine known as the Admiralty Flats, a lease which belonged
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu mineralisation is conducted by malachite, chalcocite, covellite, bornite, and chalcopyrite, with the...goethite from various Fe deposits of the NefzaSejnane district in Tunisia. The results directly date significant...frame for the polymetallic mineralisation in the district, confirming the influence of meteoric regional...Hakkari (Turkey), Jabali (Yemen), Cristal (Peru), Kabwe (Zambia), and investigated with different methods. These...Supergene Iron (Oxyhydr-)Oxides of the Nefza-Sejnane District (Tuni-sia): New Insights into Mineralization and
Catalog/List
on cellular azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select...places. ~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals...matrix. 3tx2~3", £4.75p 16. CALCITE. Burtree Pastures Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Select creamy-white sharp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Ongeluk Formation in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. These are very similar in appearance...West, constitute part of a large flood volcanic province that extruded at ~2·22 Ga onto the partly submerged...Proterozoic McArthur–Mount Isa–Cloncurry Minerals Province of Northern Australia hosts seven of the largest...from south-east to north-west across the mineral province. Subsurface replacement-style mineralisation is...deposits in the McArthur–Mount Isa–Cloncurry Minerals Province suggests this model may be regionally applicable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium...Kundelungu Plateau region in the southeast Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kundelungu...part of the Central African copperbelt, the largest known sediment-hosted copper province in the world...is exposed in the western part of the Dikulushi mine, marked by ductile deformed shale that was transported...nonbrecciated sandstone layers in the central part of the mine are crosscut by several east-west– and
Catalog/List
7. APATITE variety FRAN~JLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreat~. Corny/all. A r i<.:h Cc:'ust of intergrown...the c£n~u) 2xlt". £27. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Sele~t. pure, radiated nodules...have been broken open and ea ch specimel, Las a central cavity Jined with small sharp bright crystals....matrix. 2xlixl-}". £7. BOF. ITE. South .;aradon Mine, st. '::leer, Cornwall. A pure, purply irridescent...Chalcopyrite. 2txlt". £1.65. BREli STERITE. 'Ihitesmith Mine, Str:mtian, Argyll. Choice, sharp, creamy coloured
Report (issue)
........................................... I15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ I19 Mine Closure...........................................Red Dog mining district in Alaska and the stratigraphy of selected deposits in the district...............location of Kipushi-type deposits (including the Kabwe deposits) and major Neoproterozoic orogenic belts...Abbreviations and Symbols °C degree Celsius AMD acid mine drainage CIGS copper-indium-gallium-diselenide
Journal (issue)
manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................ famous mineraC (ocafities: the Broken Hiffmine Zambia by C. W. Notebaart Stadhoudersplein 25 C 3039-ER...906 Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken Hill lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north...north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the main route to the Copperbelt (Pig. 1). The ore deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the light of new techniques or data, such as the Central African Copperbelt and the Damara Belt, and ground...goldfields in 1886 through to the development of the Central African Copperbelt in the 1920s and the concomitant...igneous intrusions of the Kibaran Orogenic Belt of Central Africa (ca 1275 m.y.) are potential sources of...Belt of Zambia and the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire), which hosts the Central African...the PanAfrican Katangan/Lufilian Arc system of Central Africa. The orogen can be divided into a number
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Land (OML) is a base metal sulfide metallogenic province situated within a carbonate platform of the Neoproterozoic...(Fig. 1). The northern part of the metallogenic province forms part of the Owambo Basin and the southern...1992–1996). The polymetallic OML metallogenic province contains a diversity of base metal deposits, with...Neoproterozoic Pan-African belt systems in southern and central Africa (modified after Porada, 1989). 1 = West...the work of Söhnge (1957) and Martin (1965). The mine geology and local stratigraphy in the mining areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a number of recent studies, including pyrite, chalcocite, and bornite (e.g., Stein et al. 2000; Morelli...27°14′E/11°47′S, within the northern extension of the Central African Copperbelt (Fig. 1). Kipushi is the largest...Mt at 12% Zn, 8.0% Cu, Fig. 1 Map of southern central Africa showing major geotectonic units and location...Tanzania DRC 10 KIPUSHI Angola Malawi LUFILIAN ARC Zambia CONGO CRATON Zimbabwe Namibia DAMARA Panafrican...Kundelungu Group. Sphalerite, Ag-bearing bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, galena, and arsenopyrite are the
 
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