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Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Lower Roan Group, Footwall Quartzite — Clastic Sedimentary Rock
- Deposit model
- 200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
Records and references
Annels, A.E., 1989, Ore genesis in the Zambian Copperbelt with particular reference to the northern sector of the Chambishi Basin, in Boyle, R.W., Brown, A.C., Jefferson, C.W., Jowett, E.C., and Kirkham, R.V. eds., Sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 36. p. 427-452.Kirkham, R.V, Carriere, J.J., Laramee, R.M., and Garson, D.F., 1994, Global distribution of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits and occurrences: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2915b, 256 p.Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.Verbeek, Julian, Lomberg, Ken, and Rupprecht, Steven, 2005, Independent Technical Report on the Central African Mineral Properties of TEAL Exploration and Mining Inc.: Report prepared by RSG Global, (dated Sept. 16, 2005), 181 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [Teal Exploration and Mining Inc., Technical Report(s), filed Oct. 21, 2005, 2216 K]).African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2009, 2009 Annual Report, 224 p.: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2009/pdf/full.pdf.African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), 2008, 2008 Annual Report, 232 p: accessed Oct. 4, 2010, at http://www.arm.co.za/im/files/annual/2008/files/ARM_AR2008.pdf.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10400382 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -12.75917, 28.00472
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