Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Mwambashi B |
Political location(s): |
Zambia |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in arenite |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | arenite quartzite conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Lower Roan Group, Footwall Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in arenite; Cu-Co found at top of footwall sequence immediately beneath ore-shale |
References: |
Annels, A. E.; Simmonds, J. R., 1984 |
Cobalt in the Zambian Copperbelt |
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 75 - 98 |
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 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/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: 1977; 5,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3 percent | Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 7,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2.72 percent Co: 0.08 percent | Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |