| Sillitoe, Richard H., PerellĂł, JosĂ©, 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) | 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 Copperbeltâthe worldâs most important metallogenic province of this type, with ~220 | | KĆĂbek, Bohdan, Nyambe, Imasiku, Sracek, Ondra, MihaljeviÄ, Martin, KnĂ©sl, Ilja (2023) Impact of Mining and Ore Processing on Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals, 13 (3) 384 doi:10.3390/min13030384 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review Bohdan KrÌĂbek 1,...Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals 2023, 13...School of Mines, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia Department of Geology, Faculty of...processing on a large part of the Zambian Copperbelt mining district was carried out by the Czech Research...Geology Department, University of Zambia, and the Geological Survey of Zambia in the period 2002â2018. This | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Nchanga copperâcobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt Received: 8 April 2005 / Accepted: 25 October... Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The Zambian Copperbelt forms the southeastern part of the 900-km-long...the most signiïŹcant ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt and contains two major economic concentrations...mineralogy includes pyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite, although in the Lower Orebody, sulïŹde phases...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated ïŹuid inclusions, | | | 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) | porphyry-typedepositsand mineralizedgneisses. the border of Zambia with Zaire (Fig. 1A). It lies Introduction within...of central Africa. The sul- THE copper belt of Zambia stretchesfor approximately150 km fromKonkolain...the 1838 STABLE ISOTOPE & GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES, ZAMBIA 1839 caseof a narrowbelt of depositsrunningfromKonkola...iston the geology and the ore depositsof the copperbelt; the contents of many of these papershave been...specimensand in thin and polished orebody. The Konkola orebody lies in a sequence sections to establish | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume CuâCo 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 worldâs most...generally restricted their work to the deposit or district scale (e.g., Oosterbosch 1951; BartholomĂ© 1974; | | | Report (issue) | not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon...Copper in Sediment-Hosted Deposits by Age 200 Copperbelt, Zambia, Rep. of Congo 190 180 170 160 150 140 130...following minerals deposited in zones in this order: chalcocite and other CU S minerals, bornite, chalcopyrite...pyrite, and 2 subordinate galena and sphalerite. Chalcocite forms near the oxidized source of copper; pyrite...sulfide. Native silver is common. Some deposits in Zambia and Republic of Congo contain carrollite, Co-pyrite | | | Journal (issue) | target : ........................... Dickinson Kalis Zambia flexes muscle, as demand rise : ............................................ Madagascarâs Andapa mine exhibit large flake graphite concentrates : .................. SA firm powers Mozambiqueâs Balama Mine : ......................................... SEW...year, new prospects are beaming on the horizon of Zambiaâ mining industry, thanks to continued dialogue...impasse between Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings (ZCCMIH) and Konkola Copper Mines | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CuâCo 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 ReâOs dating results for disseminated...after anhydrite in nodules and layers from the Copperbelt. Results demonstrate that at least some of the...recrystallization/metamorphism or the transition of chalcocite from its high- to its low-temperature polymorph...polymorph. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . ReâOs dating . Sediment-hosted deposits . Diagenetic copper | | Sillitoe, Richard H., PerellĂł, JosĂ©, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Wilson, Alan J., Dawborn, Toby (2017) Reply to discussions of âAge of the Zambian Copperbeltâ by Hitzman and Broughton and Muchez et al. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1277-1281 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0769-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Reply to discussions of âAge of the Zambian Copperbeltâ by Hitzman and Broughton and Muchez et al. Richard...throughout the Zambian part of the Central African Copperbelt, shows that there was a major Cu mineralization...region in the northwestern part of the Zambian Copperbelt (Sillitoe et al. 2015). Both Hitzman and Broughton...evidence in defense of their Central African Copperbelt models, which assign important roles to Cu-bearing...sulfide mineralization throughout the Zambian Copperbelt are Lufilian in age but insist that there was | | Muchez, Ph., Vanderhaeghen, P., El Desouky, H., Schneider, J., Boyce, A., Dewaele, S., Cailteux, J. (2008) Anhydrite pseudomorphs and the origin of stratiform CuâCo ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 43 (5) 575-589 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0183-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | origin of stratiform CuâCo ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Ph. Muchez & P...stratiform CuâCo ore mineralisation in the Katangan Copperbelt consists of dispersed sulphides and sulphides...organic matter during BSR. Keywords Anhydrite . Copperbelt . CuâCo stratiform ore deposits . Fluid chemistry...Republic of Congo Introduction The Central African Copperbelt hosts stratiform CuâCo deposits of major economic...Supergroup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia (Fig. 1). The most widely proposed genetic model | | VĂtkovĂĄ, M., Ettler, V., Johan, Z., KĆĂbek, B., Ć ebek, O., MihaljeviÄ, M. (2010) Primary and secondary phases in copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 581-600 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.581 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia M. VIÌTKOVAÌ1,*, V. ETTLER1, Z. JOHAN2...(Nkana, Mufulira, Chambishi) in the Copperbelt Province, Zambia, were studied from mineralogical and...the slags studied were Cu sulphides (digenite, chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite), Co-Fe sulphides (cobaltpentlandite)...evaluated further. K EY WORDS : slags, smelting, Copperbelt, Zambia, copper, cobalt, clinopyroxene, leucite....minerals of the Zambian Copperbelt are bornite (Cu5FeS4), followed by chalcocite (Cu2S), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | STRATIFORM MINERALIZATION OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT: TEMPORAL AND GENETIC IMPLICATIONS RICHARD H...Santiago, Chile Abstract The Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo, along...(the Kalahari Copperbelt), is the worldâs largest sediment-hosted, stratiform copper province. The economically...metamorphosed and deformed in some deposits in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia. In conjunction, these observations...cobalt mineralization in the Central African Copperbelt, as well as in the geologically similar and broadly | | Roberts, Stephen, Palmer, Martin R., Cooper, Matthew J., Buchaus, Peter, Sargent, Drew (2009) REE and Sr isotope characteristics of carbonate within the CuâCo mineralized sedimentary sequence of the Nchanga Mine, Zambian Copperbelt. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (8) 881-891 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0254-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mineralized sedimentary sequence of the Nchanga Mine, Zambian Copperbelt Stephen Roberts & Martin R. Palmer & Matthew...host rocks and ores of the Nchanga mine of the Zambian Copperbelt. Dolomite samples from the hanging...one of the largest ore systems in the Zambian Copperbelt. The deposit contains two major economic concentrations...Katangan Supergroup. At the Nchanga mine of the Zambian Copperbelt, dolomite occurs both in the mineralized...work on the Copperbelt, particularly on the mineralized sequence of the nearby Konkola mine, demonstrated | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in the ChambishiâNkana Basin, Central African Copperbelt Koen Torremans1,a , Philippe Muchez1 , and Manuel...ChambishiâNkana Basin in the Central African Copperbelt, hosting the world-class copper and cobalt (CuâCo)...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 | | El Desouky, Hamdy A., Muchez, Philippe, Boyce, Adrian J., Schneider, Jens, Cailteux, Jacques L. H., Dewaele, Stijn, von Quadt, Albrecht (2010) Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copperâcobalt mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 45 (8) 735-763 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0298-3 | 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...minerals are chalcopyrite, bornite, carrollite, and chalcocite. These minerals are in many places replaced by...the basement rocks. Keywords Central African Copperbelt . D.R. Congo . Stratiform CuâCo mineralization...Introduction Since the discovery of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB) in the early 1890s, both mining companies | | Waizy, Hamidullah, Moles, Norman R., Smith, Martin P., Boyce, Adrian J. (2021) Formation of the giant Aynak copper deposit, Afghanistan: evidence from mineralogy, lithogeochemistry and sulphur isotopes. International Geology Review, 63 (17) 2104-2128 doi:10.1080/00206814.2020.1824129 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | with lesser pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobaltite and chalcocite, and rare sphalerite, molybdenite, uraninite... resembling orebodies of the Central African Copperbelt, although underlying red-beds are absent at Aynak...KEYWORDS Sediment-hosted copper sulphide deposit; copperbelt; neoproterozoic; chalcopyrite; bornite; cobaltite;...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | African Copperbelt. A study focused on the Tenke-Fungurume district (TFM) in the Copperbelt found Co-rich...microscopic inclusions with kolwezite in supergene chalcocite (Cu2S) replacing primary carrollite (CuCo2S4)...African Copperbelt mines. Keywords: magnesite, spherocobaltite, Co-rich dolomite, Copperbelt, carbonates...the Congolese deposits of the Central African Copperbelt have come to produce more than half the annual...Flinders Range (Australia), and the Santa Rosalia district (Mexico) (Table 1). Cobalt in rhombohedral carbonates | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | DRC at the western end of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB). Fringes reveal a straight orientation...the Congolese portion of the Central African Copperbelt (CACB; Broughton and Rogers, 2010; Schmandt et...Regional Geology The Neoproterozoic Katangan Copperbelt of central Africa is the worldâs largest sedimentary...sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper province (Fig. 1). It is hosted in a 5 to 10 km thick package...al., 3 2007). The copper deposits in the DRC Copperbelt typically are hosted in dolomites and dolomitic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | USA The Kamoa copper deposit, Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) David...Katangan Supergroup form the Central African Copperbelt, and host two well-known districts of sediment-hosted... 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...overlying oxidised redbeds. Both districts and the Copperbelt in general have been considered as relatively | | | Book | 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 Worldâs 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,...N. Moreto, AndrĂ© Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco | | Haest, M., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Franey, N., Tyler, R. (2007) Structural Control on the Dikulushi Cu-Ag Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Economic Geology, 102 (7) 1321-1333 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1321 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Kundelungu Plateau region in the southeast Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kundelungu...the Central African copperbelt, the largest known sediment-hosted copper province in the world. The Lufilian...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-westâ and northeast-oriented...mineralization consisting of chalcopyrite, bornite, and chalcocite, with minor pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite | | 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...Mwashya-Grand ConglomĂ©rat contact, changing from chalcocite to bornite to chalcopyrite to pyrite with increased...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....displays a classical mineral zonation pattern of chalcocite to bornite to chalcopyrite to pyrite(sphalerite) | | | 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 | | Hayes, T. S., Landis, G. P., Whelan, J. F., Rye, R. O., Moscati, R. J. (2012) The Spar Lake Strata-Bound Cu-Ag Deposit Formed Across a Mixing Zone Between Trapped Natural Gas and Metals-Bearing Brine. Economic Geology, 107 (6) 1223-1249 doi:10.2113/econgeo.107.6.1223 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | with the lowest CH4/CO2 ratios from high-grade chalcocite-bearing ore, and the highest from the chalcopyrite-bearing...very low ÎŽ13C values approximately envelopes chalcocite-bearing ore. Sulfur isotope data of Cu, Pb, and...Kupferschiefer in central Europe and the Copperbelt in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...operated by Revett Minerals, Inc., as their Troy Mine. Measured and indicated resources together with...for this study. The Snowstorm Mine in the eastern Coeur dâAlene district was a deposit of this type mined |
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