CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1255 Zambia 12.19.00 S -- 027.43 E Nama Co; 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): Nama
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Cililabombwe Mine (25 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; co-cu values from drilling average 9-25 ppm co and 25-50 ppm cu
Geologic province: Zambian Copperbelt
Commodities: Co; Cu
Geological ages: Neoproterozoic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) Co-Cu values from drilling average 9-25 ppm Co and 25-50 ppm Cu; cobalt mineralization consists of several roughly stratiform units within NW-dipping metasiltstone, sandstone and idamictite at the discovery area
References:
Warman, T., 1997
Geology and Exploration of Cu-Co and Co Oxide Deposits, Zambian Copperbelt
in Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Cu (+/- Co) Deposits: Genesis and Exploration, Department of Geology, University of Toronto, February 7, Edited by Anonymous, Abstracts, Department of Geology, University of Toronto

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2000; 950 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resources
Grade-commodity information:Co: 0.029 percent
Reference: Northern Miner, 2000: Partners ink Zambian deal; The Northern Miner, Sep. 4, 2000 issue, p. 15
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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