CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
202 Zambia 12.05.00 S -- 026.25.00 E Kansanshi Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Kansanshi
Political location(s): Zambia
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in sedimentary rocks
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: vein(s)
Geological ages: Neoproterozoic (host rocks)
Paleozoic (mineralization)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sedimentary rocks; mining commenced in june 1977/ located 160 km west of Chingola
References:
Bowen, R., 1977
Stratiform Copper Deposits
6, in Copper - Its Geology and Economics, Edited by Bowen, R.; Gunatilaka, A., Halsted Press (John Wiley and Sons), New York, 366 p, p. 211 - 278

Ellis, M. W., 1981
The Mineral Industry of Zambia
in 1978-79 Minerals Yearbook, Edited by Anonymous, Area Reports - International, United States Department of the Interior, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., V 3, 1250 p, p. 1067 - 1075

Ellis, M. W., 1982
The Mineral Industry of Zambia
in 1980 Minerals Yearbook, Edited by Anonymous, Area Reports - International, United States Department of the Interior, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., V 3, 1367 p, p. 1137 - 1142

Glover, T., 1983
The Mineral Industry of Zambia
in Minerals Yearbook 1981: Volume III Area Reports : International, Edited by Bureau of Mines, United States Department of The Interior, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1413 p, p. 1145 - 1153

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Production data: Report period: from 1981; 307,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.21 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1981: Minerals Yearbook 1981; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1980; 237,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.97 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1980: Minerals Yearbook 1980; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1985-03-31; 3,400,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: undeveloped reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.75 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Zambia Bites the Bullet; Mining Journal, February 7 issue, p. 89
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


24,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3 percent
Reference: Whyte, J., 1997: Cyprus Amax is Winner in First ZCCM Privatization; The Northern Miner, February 3 issue, p. C5
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1998-01-26; 200 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: mineral resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.9 percent
Reference: Northern Miner, 1998: Zambia nears end of ZCCM privatization; The Northern Miner, January 26, 1998 issue, p. B1
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2002-10-07; 73 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserves
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.74 percent
Au: 0.27 grams/metric ton

Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


197 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resources
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.16 percent
Au: 0.12 grams/metric ton
Reference: Northern Miner, 2002: First Quantum expands Bwana Mkubwa; The Northern Miner, Oct. 7, 2002 issue, p. 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2001-05-28; 267 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: mineral resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.28 percent
Au: 0.16 grams/metric ton

Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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