CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
179 Zambia 13.24.00 S -- 024.59.30 E Kalengwa 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): Kalengwa
Political location(s): Zambia; Subprovince or locality: west of Copperbelt
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; supergene cu replaces carbonate matrix of conglom
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; conglomerate
Individual lithologies:conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Katanga System
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) supergene Cu replaces carbonate matrix of conglom; production began in 1967; conglom unit interbedded in steeply overturned sequence of clastic rxs
References:
Anonymous, 1981
Chambishi Mine, Zambia
Mining Magazine, April issue, p. 293

Ellis, M. W.; Mcgregor, J. A., 1967
The Kalengwa Copper Deposit in North-Western Zambia
Economic Geology, Volume 62, p. 781 - 797

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

Van Eden, J. G., 1972
Scope of Stratigraphic and Sedimentologic Analysis of the Katanga Sequence, Zambia
Journal Royal Geological Mining Society of Netherlands, Volume 51, p. 321 - 328

Production data: Report period: from 1969 until 1982; 2,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Ag: 20 grams/metric ton
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1981-01 until 1981-12; 215,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.47 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 1980-01 until 1980-12; 204,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.35 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%



Report period: from 1979-01 until 1979-12; 154,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.74 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1979: Minerals Yearbook 1978-79; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1977-01 until 1977-12; 149,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 10.03 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1977: Minerals Yearbook 1977; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: until 1977; 1,600,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 6.45 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1995: African Minerals Eyes Zambian Prospects; The Northern Miner, February 5 issue, p. B16
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1976-01 until 1976-12; 209,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 8.72 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1976: Minerals Yearbook 1976; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1975-01 until 1975-12; 188,694.4 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5.9 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1975: Minerals Yearbook 1975; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1985; 2,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: original reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 8 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1966; 544,310.9 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 16 percent
Reference: Ellis, M. W.; McGregor, J. A., 1967: The Kalengwa Copper Deposit in Northwestern Zambia; Economic Geology, Volume 62, p. 781 - 797
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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