 | | 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 |  | Capistrant, P. L., Hitzman, M. W., Wood, D., Kelly, N. M., Williams, G., Zimba, M., Kuiper, Y., Jack, D., Stein, H. (2015) Geology of the Enterprise Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia. Economic Geology, 110 (1) 9-38 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.1.9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Uranium in the KatangaSystem of Northwestern LUIGI Zambia MENEGHEL AGIP S.p.A.-ZambiaBranch,Lusaka,Zambta...formationat the marginsof the Kabompo, Mwombezhi, and Solwezi domes. The mineralization occursas disseminationsor...in the Shaban and as it includes the Shinkolobwe mine (Derricks and Vaes, 1956; Derricks and Oosterbosch...of the arc, particularly at Kalongwe,Menda, KaIn Zambia,the sequenceis subdividedfrom bottom sompi,Swambo...exposed, 56 U OCCURRENCE, KATANGA SYSTEM, NW ZAMBIA 57 FIG.1. Distribution of the Katangasystem (afterDemesmaeker |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., Perelló, José, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Wilson, Alan J., Dawborn, Toby (2017) Age of the Zambian Copperbelt. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1245-1268 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0726-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., Perelló, José, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Dawborn, Toby (2015) Two Ages of Copper Mineralization in the Mwombezhi Dome, Northwestern Zambia: Metallogenic Implications for the Central African Copperbelt. Economic Geology, 110 (8) 1917-1923 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.8.1917 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | Eglinger, Aurélien, Ferraina, Clément, Tarantola, Alexandre, André-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Dubessy, Jean, Richard, Antonin, Brouand, Marc (2014) Hypersaline fluids generated by high-grade metamorphism of evaporites: fluid inclusion study of uranium occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 167 (2) doi:10.1007/s00410-014-0967-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusion study of uranium occurrences in the Western Zambian Copperbelt Aurélien Eglinger • Clément...2014 Abstract In the Pan-African Lufilian belt (Western Zambian Copperbelt), uranium mineralizations, preferentially...studied in Lolwa and Mitukuluku (Domes region, Western Zambian Copperbelt), two mineralizing stages are...scenario for U mineralizations in the Lufilian belt (Zambia) renowned for its Cu mineralizations associated...Abbreviations: Kbp Kabompo dome, Mbz Mwombezhi dome, Slz Solwezi dome, Lwh Luswishi dome, Kfu Kafue Anticline, C |  | Eglinger, Aurélien, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, André-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Goncalves, Philippe, Zeh, Armin, Durand, Cyril, Deloule, Etienne (2016) Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the internal zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and syn-orogenic uranium mineralizations. Lithos, 240. 167-188 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.10.021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and syn-orogenic...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and syn-orogenic...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia): Implications for crustal reworking and ...Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, D Western Australia 6009 Université...zone of the Pan-African Lufilian orogenic belt (Zambia) hosts a dozen uranium PT occurrences mostly |  | Eglinger, Aurélien, Tarantola, Alexandre, Durand, Cyril, Ferraina, Clément, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, André-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Paquette, Jean-Louis, Deloule, Etienne (2014) Uranium mobilization by fluids associated with Ca–Na metasomatism: A P – T – t record of fluid–rock interactions during Pan-African metamorphism (Western Zambian Copperbelt) Chemical Geology, 386. 218-237 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.07.028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interactions during Pan-African metamorphism (Western Zambian Copperbelt) Aurélien Eglinger a,⁎, Alexandre...2014 Editor: Prof. K. Mezger Keywords: Uraninite Monazite Fluids Metasomatism Pan-African a b s t r a c...occurrences are known in the Western Zambian Copperbelt (Domes region, Zambia). The hostrocks, Neoproterozoic...region. The present study focuses on the Solwezi dome in the Western Zambian Copperbelt. Two distinct uranium... U–Pb dating of uraninite and Th–Pb dating of monazite show that the first U-mineralization event took |  | Bernau, Robin, Roberts, Stephen, Richards, Mike, Nisbet, Bruce, Boyce, Adrian, Nowecki, James (2013) The geology and geochemistry of the Lumwana Cu (± Co ± U) deposits, NW Zambia. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (2) 137-153 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0424-5 | 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...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 |  | Torrealday, H. I., Hitzman, M. W., Stein, H. J., Markley, R. J., Armstrong, R., Broughton, D. (2000) Re-Os AND U-Pb DATING OF THE VEIN-HOSTED MINERALIZATION AT THE KANSANSHI COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN ZAMBIA. Economic Geology, 95 (5) 1165-1170 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...relatively abundant molybdenite with significant monazite and brannerite and minor chalcopyrite. Direct...mineralogies observed in the field. The molybdenite-monazite veins, which crosscut the two earlier chalcopyrite-rich...based on Re-Os dating. SHRIMP U-Pb analyses of monazite from the final veining event yield a UPb age of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dome: The Copperbelt Ore Shale in Northwestern Zambia NICK STEVEN† Rockwater Consulting, 10 Evergreen...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...Appleton, 1978; Unrug, 1988) is located toward the western end of the Lufilian arc (Daly, 1986) on the southeastern |  | Turlin, François, Eglinger, Aurélien, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, André-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Poujol, Marc, Mercadier, Julien, Bartlett, Ryan (2016) Synmetamorphic Cu remobilization during the Pan-African orogeny: Microstructural, petrological and geochronological data on the kyanite-micaschists hosting the Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the Lufilian belt. Ore Geology Reviews, 75. 52-75 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kyanite-micaschists hosting the Cu(–U) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the Lufilian 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 Lufilian 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...(rutile geothermometry). Syn-S2–3 metamorphic monazite grains yield U–Th–Pb ages ranging from ca. 540 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...chalcopyrite, and bornite together with minor amounts of monazite, brannerite, molybdenite, silver, and gold. Re–Os...molybdenite and U–Pb isotopic SHRIMP dating of monazite indicate that the veins have ages of approximately...pegmatites include beryl, chrysoberyl, uraninite, monazite, xenotime, allanite, zircon, and columbite group |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | Darnley, A. G., Horne, J. E. T., Smith, G. H., Chandler, T. R. D., Dance, D. F., Preece, E. R. (1961) Ages of some uranium and thorium minerals from East and Central Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (252) 716-724 doi:10.1180/minmag.1961.032.252.05 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Rhodesia, 522 • 15 m.y. ; brannerite, Kansanshi, Northern Rhodesia, 503 • 15 m.y. ; uraninite...Mozambique, 578• m.y.; monazite, Monkey Bay, Nyasaland, 597i25 m.y.; samarskite, north-west Kenya, 635 5=25...15 600 I " 700 I 800 I 9 0 0 M.Y. I O KANSANSHI 5 0 3 + 15 I S HI N K O L O B W E 6 42 • 20...inches, collected from the Mindola Section of Nkana mine. This mode of occurrence is not typical of the disseminated...I C A N M I N E R A L S 719 Brannerite from Kansanshi, Northern Rhodesia. The specimen analysed was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- beudantite, carminite, mimetite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy |  | Schmandt, D., Broughton, D., Hitzman, M. W., Plink-Bjorklund, P., Edwards, D., Humphrey, J. (2013) The Kamoa Copper Deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo: Stratigraphy, Diagenetic and Hydrothermal Alteration, and Mineralization. Economic Geology, 108 (6) 1301-1324 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.6.1301 | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the largest sediment-hosted stratiform Cu–Co province on Earth. Petrographic examination of borehole...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...total production and reserves of the entire ore province (Hitzman et al., 2005). To the NE of the Copperbelt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as defined by White and Chappell (1977). Early monazite and zircon fractionation, due to the low solubility...some of these deposits as in the Henry Mountains district, Colorado. Roll-front deposits represent the best...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...uranium favorability based on a study of deposits in Western Australia and South West Africa (Namibia). US Dept |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...stratiform copper deposits o o Congo (Kinshasa) Zambia From Slack and others, in press. 15 Cobalt—Sedimentary...one sedimentary rock‐hosted stratiform copper district contains economic cobalt resources—the Central |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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) | | (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...presented three U–Pb SHRIMP ages for metamorphic monazite from Katanga rocks that were deformed and metamorphosed...Chambishi basin in Zambia. The oldest metamorphic ages are provided by U–Pb monazite (592±22 Ma) and Ar–Ar |
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