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Kansanshi

ZM / North-Western
-12.09680, 26.43300View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Kansanshi is a historic mining site in North-Western, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Kundulungu Group (Metamorphic Rock). Reported specimens include Brannerite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Molybdenite, Monazite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Molybdenite. The site was discovered in 1899; production began in 1908; workings are surface.

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Found Here

BranneriteChalcopyriteCopperGoldMolybdeniteMonazitePyritePyrrhotite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Kundulungu Group — Metamorphic Rock
Ore minerals
ChalcopyritePyritePyrrhotiteMolybdenite
Other materials
BranneriteMonazite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Surface
Workings
Surface
Discovered
1899
First production
1908

Records and references

Cited references

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.Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markeley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D, 2000, Re-Os and U-Pb dating of vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia, Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1165-1170.Cameron, A.R., 2005, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Kansanshi Copper Project, Zambia, Operations Overview: A&J Cameron and Assoicates, 31 p. COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, COPPERBELT GETS ANOTHER LINK, JUNE 1974, P. 53-55. GOLDAR ASSOCIATES, INC., DEPOSIT PROFILE-KANSANSHI, ZAMBIA, SEPTEMBER 1980. MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50. REEVE, WH. H., 1963, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHERN RHODESIA: NORTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, VOLUME 1, 1963, P. 61-62. WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, 1977.Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe): Lukasa, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 2, map IV, #22.Infomine.com website \n[http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/infodbweb/ChargePropertyReport.asp?SearchID=29685 last accessed 7/1/10]Portergeo.com.au website. Kansanshi. [http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn663 last accessed 7/1/10]Broughton, D.W., Hitzman, M.W., Stephens, A.J., 2002, Exploration history and geology of the Kansanshi Cu(-Au) deposit, Zambia, in Goldfarb, R.J. and Nielsen, R.L., eds., Integrated methods for discovery; global exploration in the twenty-first century: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication, v. 9, p.141-153. ACP Mining Data Bank [Secretariat of the African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Group], undated, http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_ZMB-00065_en.htmlKansanshi 2006 Fact Sheet. (note addition error) [1565_Kansanshi_FactSheet_03-06-otherdocs.pdf] [as of 5/26/10 UNABLE TO LOCATE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ON www.first-quantum.com]MINING JOURNAL, KANSANSHI PROGRESS, 9/1/89, P. 169. NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD, ANNUAL REPORT. 1976, 1978. ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1991, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 44. ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1992, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 53.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10183134view the source record

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