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Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Kundulungu Group — Metamorphic Rock
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1899
- First production
- 1908
Records and 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 [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 2, map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 10183134 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -12.09680, 26.43300
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