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


Locality type:Pit
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 Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629829:6
GUID (UUID V4):5c65992f-0c60-471c-aab3-0803ae6f5326
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
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
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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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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...Zone of the orogen, as well as the Kansanshi copper deposit in Zambia. The latter comparison shows that
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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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MINERALIZATION IN THE MWOMBEZHI DOME, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA: METALLOGENIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN...sedimenthosted stratiform copper province, occur in the Domes region of northwestern Zambia. The copper deposits...beneath and/or alongside the Copperbelt in both Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Such preenrichment...Introduction The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hosted...highest grade, sediment-hosted stratiform copper province, currently containing ~220 million metric tons
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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...shadows on porphyroblasts, suggest a top to the north shear sense. The sulphides are deformed by a strong...Copperbelt, which straddles the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is host to...the provincial capital of Solwezi, in the North Western Province of Zambia and represent one of the most
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Dome: The Copperbelt Ore Shale in Northwestern Zambia NICK STEVEN† Rockwater Consulting, 10 Evergreen...semimassive) to locally discordant chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, violarite, and siegenite within a finely laminated...target. Kalumbila occurs within a moderately (40o) north- northwest-dipping band of Wamikumbi Formation carbonaceous...mineralization at the Kalumbila prospect in North Western province, Zambia (Fig. 1). This mineral deposit type...presented for a potentially important mineral district, where the high-precision geochronological database
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.^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
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kyanite-micaschists hosting the Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the LuïŹlian belt François...Rennes Cedex, France Barrick Limited, Lumwana, Zambia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...internal zone of the LuïŹlian belt known as the Western Zambian Copperbelt in which a primary Cu mineralization...metasedimentary sequence. Cu(–U) occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by kyanite-micaschists...of the P–T path is evidenced by chalcopyrite–pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite–bornite delineating a steep-dipping
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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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sediment-hosted copper- and cobalt-producing metallogenic province in the world (Fig. 1). It hosts over 80 deposits...Kabompo Western Middle Lu filian 12°S Solwezi Musoshi Kasumbalesa Chililabombwe Mwombezhi Solwezi Chingola...City or town dl Rivers n ia Antiform traces Solwezi id Faults, shear zones M 26° 25° 24° Kalahari...folding and strain partitioning Bancroft 16 Solwezi Musoshi Kanwangungu Roan Upper Roan Middle...13: Musoshi, 14: Kipushi, 15: Luiswishi, 16: Kansanshi. (b) Generalised stratigraphic column of the Katanga
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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
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isotopic dating. Brannerite from the Kansanshi mine, Western Province, Zambia, is found in association with...(1016 α mg−1) dpa Crocker's Well, SA W. Province, Zambia Sierra Albarrana, Spain Bou-Azzer, Morocco...Supergroup. Minerals of the deposit include pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and bornite together with minor...include bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite, together with...hydrothermal quartzbarite vein at the La Gardette mine, near Bourg d' Oisans, Isere, where it occurs as
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Chile Abstract The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo, along with its...world’s largest sediment-hosted, stratiform copper province. The economically dominant stratiform copper ±...metamorphosed and deformed in some deposits in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia. In conjunction, these observations...unlikely throughout the Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in...CRATON Tenke-Fungurume 10Âș KOLWESI ZAMBIA Kipoi ANGOLA Konkola North Nchanga Mufulira Frontier ZIMBABWE
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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
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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
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only sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper district that contains significant cobalt. Its presence...with ultramafic rocks, typified by the Bou Azzer district of Morocco, represent another type of primary...to the total. In all cases except the Bou Azzer district (Morocco), cobalt is produced as a byproduct of...Cobaltiferous iron sulfides: o o Pyrite (Fe,Co)S2 Pyrrhotite (Fe,Co)1‐xS ‱ Sulfarsenides: o o ‱ Cobaltite...stratiform copper deposits o o Congo (Kinshasa) Zambia From Slack and others, in press. 15 Cobalt—Sedimentary
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minerals: chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in the Peridotite Zone; and pyrrhotite with pentlandite, pyrite and... 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,
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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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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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dominate the hypogene ore with lesser pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobaltite and chalcocite, and rare sphalerite...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
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at Gameleira and Serra Verde, Carajàs Mineral Province, Brazil: constraints from Re-Os molybdenite ages...mineralization in the northern Carajás Mineral Province. Molybdenite from the Gameleira iron oxide CuAu-Mo...Leveille Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation, One North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA A.-J. de...structural evolution is complex. The Carajás Mineral Province hosts several Cu-Au(-Mo) deposits (Fig. 1) for...The Cu-Au(-Mo) mineralization in the Carajás province is commonly spatially associated with Archean
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(CAC; Fig. 1), which straddles the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is...is the largest sediment-hosted stratiform Cu–Co province on Earth, hosting at least 200 Mt copper and 8...zircon U–Pb SHRIMP ages of 765±5 Ma in northwestern Zambia (Key et al. 2001). These mafic igneous rocks record...the Lufilian orogeny in the Chambishi basin in Zambia. The oldest metamorphic ages are provided by U–Pb...monazite from the Kalumbila deposit in northwest Zambia, and the third set of monazites gave an age of
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Norrbotten ore province Æ Sweden Introduction The northern Norrbotten Fe–Cu–Au province (Fig. 1) is one...produced in Sweden at present. The Aitik mine is situated 60 km north of the Arctic Circle, and 15 km southeast...Fig. 1 Geology of the northern Norrbotten ore province and the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit. a The location...location of the northern Norrbotten ore province in Scandinavia. Shaded area represents the Norrbotten County...geological map of the northern Norrbotten ore province. c Plan view of the Aitik Cu– Au–Ag deposit Sweden
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Geological Survey ofMalawi . Mining and Prospecting in Zambia, with reference to the Geological Survey. By A...Department, Zambia; and A. R. Drysdall, DSc, . BSc, PhD, MIMM, Geological Survey Department, Zambia . Mineral...Interpretation of Reconnaissance Geo­ chemical Survey in North Karamoja,- Uganda. By P. W. G. Brock, BASc, PhD...Remobilized Syngenetic Tungsten Deposit at Nyamalilo Mine. By A. J. Reedman, BSc, PhD, DIC,formerly Geological...the Brines and Evaporite Deposits of Lake Katwe, Western Uganda. By W. H. Morton, BSc, PhD, . formerly Geological
 
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