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Muscovite from
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:995713
Long-form Identifier:1:3:995713:8
GUID (UUID V4):3894ece1-1766-4a68-aab5-1f1fd213b86e
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘSamba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘKonkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMusoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘChibuluma West Mine, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
71.1km (44.2 miles) ⓘKagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
87.1km (54.1 miles) ⓘLuswishi River, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Boyce Origin of the Nchanga copper–cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt Received: 8 April 2005... Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Zambian Copperbelt forms the southeastern part of the 900-km-long...mineralization. The Nchanga deposit is one of the most signiïŹcant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated ïŹ‚uid inclusions,...distinct structural regimes are recognized in the Nchanga area: a weakly deformed zone consisting of basement
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...Resources (UK) 7 /Copperbelt Minerals Copper Copper 6 /Phelps Dodge Mining (Zambia) African Eagle Resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 cm high, Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Becky...cm high, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Patrick...8 cm high, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Eric Long specimen. Jeffrey A...cm wide, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Alex Schauss...wide, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Marshall Sussman specimen. Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Conditions of Ore Mineral Formation in Certain Zambian Copperbelt Deposits with Special Reference to the Role of...coexisting sulphide assemblages from certain Zambian Copperbelt deposits and of their textural relations and...certain copper-cobalt sulphides of the Zambian Copperbelt and to consider this information in relation...these ores. Sulphide assemblages occurring in Copperbelt ores have been examined in polished section and...further data obtained from the literature. The Copperbelt lies within the Lufilian fold arc of Central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralized sedimentary sequence of the Nchanga Mine, Zambian Copperbelt Stephen Roberts & Martin R. Palmer...the host rocks and ores of the Nchanga mine of the Zambian Copperbelt. Dolomite samples from the hanging...origin and timing of carbonate precipitation at Nchanga is reflected in the REE and Sr isotope chemistry...oxidizing event. Introduction The Nchanga deposit, located 30 km SE of Chingola, on the SW margin of the Kafue...one of the largest ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt. The deposit contains two major economic concentrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Chambishi–Nkana Basin, Central African Copperbelt Koen Torremans1,a , Philippe Muchez1 , and Manuel...Chambishi–Nkana Basin in the Central African Copperbelt, hosting the world-class copper and cobalt (Cu–Co)...folding and the degree of shale content in the Copperbelt Orebody Member (COM), which hosts most of the...(re-)mobilisation in the Copperbelt. 1 Introduction The Central African Copperbelt is the largest and highestgrade...sediment-hosted copper- and cobalt-producing metallogenic province in the world (Fig. 1). It hosts over 80 deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Konkola stratiform Cu–Co deposits (Zambian Copperbelt): Insights from Sr and Nd isotope ratios Jorik...Available online 28 November 2014 Keywords: Zambian Copperbelt Nkana Konkola Multi-phase mineralisation Metal...Domes Region a b s t r a c t The Central African Copperbelt lies within the LuïŹlian orogenic belt, in the...between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. A Sr and Nd isotope study was performed on gangue...Elsevier B.V. 1. Introduction The Central African Copperbelt (Fig. 1) straddles the border between the Democratic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
icfeldspar.................... 967 Phoenix muscovite ................................................alization.................................... Nchanga red granite .....................................diastrophislnwas followedby the developmentof the Copperbelt domes,includingthe Kafue anticline. It is suggestedthat...Katanga rocks over wide areas, including the Copperbelt. ! NTRODUCTIO N Trim paper reviewsall the age...Holmesand Cahen (22, 23). Others referringto the Copperbelt are reportedby Cahenet al. (4) and Darnley et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...which both comprise quartz–feldspar ± biotite ± muscovite ± haematite ± amphibole and intervening quartz–feldspar...horizons are typically developed within a biotite–muscovite–quartz–kyanite schist, although mineralization...to the copper mineralization. Unlike typical Copperbelt mineralization, unmineralized units show very
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...Zafnbia John E. Clarke and Ian Loe Published by Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. P.O. Box 48, 74...P.O. Box 851 Kafue House, Cairo Road, Lusaka © Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. 1978. © Roan Consolidated...DWoecraite of Zambia by GERALD COORAY, PhD, DIC, FGS Professor of Geology, University of Zambia and ANDREW
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-017-0726-8 ARTICLE Age of the Zambian Copperbelt Richard H. Sillitoe 1 & JosĂ© PerellĂł 2 & Robert...deposits and prospects of the Central African Copperbelt are characterized by two intimately associated...across the Zambian part of the Central African Copperbelt suggest that both the disseminated and veinlet...Sediment-hosted Cu deposits . Central African Copperbelt . Zambia . Molybdenite . Re-Os ages . Synorogenic...the Central African Copperbelt—the world’s most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
origin of stratiform Cu–Co ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Ph. Muchez & P...stratiform Cu–Co ore mineralisation in the Katangan Copperbelt consists of dispersed sulphides and sulphides...organic matter during BSR. Keywords Anhydrite . Copperbelt . Cu–Co stratiform ore deposits . Fluid chemistry...Republic of Congo Introduction The Central African Copperbelt hosts stratiform Cu–Co deposits of major economic...Supergroup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia (Fig. 1). The most widely proposed genetic model
Catalog/List
sitting on a matrix of quartz crystals, albite & muscovite crystals. An impressive miniature. ÂŁ390 Ill...I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group oflustrous...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone...ROSE QUARTZ & SMOKY QUARTZ (4cm x 4cm 2cm) Piftorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brasil A very pretty specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOME, NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA: METALLOGENIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT Richard H. Sillitoe...Central African Copperbelt, the world’s largest, sedimenthosted stratiform copper province, occur in the...the Domes region of northwestern Zambia. The copper deposits and prospects are commonly hosted by amphibolite-facies...speculated that the copper in the Central African Copperbelt deposits was extracted from the basement, this...elsewhere beneath and/or alongside the Copperbelt in both Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia Patricia L. Capistrant,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...AIRIE Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia, Plot 3805, Zambia Road, Ndola, Zambia Program, Dept. of Geosciences...of the Kabompo dome in the North-Western Province of Zambia. The deposit area contains basement schists...sediment-hosted nickel-rich deposits of Central African Copperbelt exemplified by Enterprise appear to represent...Enterprise nickel deposit in the Central African Copperbelt appears to represent a new style of hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lower Roan Group, Chambishi Basin, North‐eastern Zambia: Implication for rift evolution of the Congo Craton...Resources, China University of Geosciences Zambia Copperbelt hosts numerous world‐class, high‐grade sediment‐hosted...Group, provenance analysis, rift evolution, Zambia Copperbelt 1 | I N T RO D U CT I O N Moring, & Diggles...Wilton, & Dawborn, 2015). It is widely The Zambia Copperbelt (ZCB) is famous for its many world‐class high‐...Rainaud, Master, Armstrong, & Robb, 2005). and Zambia) and the Damara Supergroup (Namibia). The rift
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~('cntral Afrir'i (also ccilled Katanjian belt or Copperbelt) is a zone of low- to high-grade niet'iscclimentary...Structural analysis conducted in the Zambian Copperbelt (Coward and Daly, 1984;Daly et al., 1984), and...terranes in Congo (Cailteux, 1990)and in Western Zambia (Cosi et al., 1992), led to the conclusion that...central Africa Copperbelt. Major strikc-slip fault systems wcre documented in Zambia (De Swardt ct al...tectonic evolution of the Lufilian arc in Congo and Zambia, and the age of the major deformation events in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the LuïŹlian belt François Turlin a,⁎, AurĂ©lien...Rennes Cedex, France Barrick Limited, Lumwana, Zambia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...hosts world-class Cu deposits. In the Congolese Copperbelt (DRC), Cu(–Co) deposits, are mostly hosted within...the LuïŹlian belt known as the Western Zambian Copperbelt in which a primary Cu mineralization is overprinted...sequence. Cu(–U) occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt are hosted by kyanite-micaschists metamorphosed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Hamdy A. El Desouky...Luiswishi and Kamoto deposits in the Katangan Copperbelt is hosted by the Neoproterozoic Mines Subgroup...the basement rocks. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . D.R. Congo . Stratiform Cu–Co mineralization...Introduction Since the discovery of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB) in the early 1890s, both mining companies...economic copper–cobalt mineralization of this ore province. These efforts have been rewarded by the discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE Geology of the Fishtie deposit, Central Province, Zambia: iron oxide and copper mineralization in Nguba...Fishtie copper deposit, located in the Central Province of Zambia, contains approximately 55 Mt of 1.04 % Cu...precipitation was associated with growth of both muscovite and chlorite, together with weak silicification...of the Zambian Copperbelt. The deposit is 30 km north of the village of Mkushi, Zambia, and approximately...Generalized geologic map of the Central African Copperbelt area showing the distribution of Katanga Supergroup
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu–Co deposit at Kamoto in the Central African Copperbelt Philippe Muchez 1 & Anne-Sylvie AndrĂ©-Mayer 2...sediment-hosted ore deposits such as in the Central African Copperbelt. Here we present Re–Os dating results for disseminated...after anhydrite in nodules and layers from the Copperbelt. Results demonstrate that at least some of the...low-temperature polymorph. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . Re–Os dating . Sediment-hosted deposits . Diagenetic...sediment-hosted Cu–Co deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Several recent studies indicate that these deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kamoa copper deposit is located in the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo outside...world-class Kolwezi Cu-Co deposits in the Congolese Copperbelt (Fig. 1). The deposit was discovered in an area...that host the major deposits in the Congolese Copperbelt to the east (Cailteux, 1994; Cailteux et al....diamictite. Unlike many deposits in the Conglese Copperbelt, Kamoa lacks significant cobalt. Regional Geology...Geology Copper deposits of the Central African Copperbelt are hosted primarily within Neoproterozoic metasedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo I. Fay & M. D. Barton...deposits in the Tenke-Fungurume district of the Central African Copperbelt were examined to evaluate the...consumption . Central African Copperbelt Introduction The African Copperbelt, an arcuate band of Neoproterozoic...southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo into northern Zambia (Fig. 1a, b), contains some of the world’s most...generally restricted their work to the deposit or district scale (e.g., Oosterbosch 1951; BartholomĂ© 1974;
Journal (issue)
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...Remobilized Syngenetic Tungsten Deposit at Nyamalilo Mine. By A. J. Reedman, BSc, PhD, DIC,formerly Geological...Prospecting in Zambia with reference to the Geological Surv9 Fig. 1. Geology of Zambia; after Geological...stream sediments in part of north-eastern Kigezi . District . . . . . . . ,, '' 90 Beryllium content of stream
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of uranium occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt Aurélien Eglinger ‱ Clément Ferraina ‱ Alexandre...the Pan-African Lufilian belt (Western Zambian Copperbelt), uranium mineralizations, preferentially scattered...and Mitukuluku (Domes region, Western Zambian Copperbelt), two mineralizing stages are described. The...scenario for U mineralizations in the Lufilian belt (Zambia) renowned for its Cu mineralizations associated...fold-and-thrust belt, designated as the Katanga Copperbelt (Key et al. 2001; Cailteux et al. 2005; Dewaele
 
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