CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
198 Zambia 13.07.50 S -- 028.23 E Luanshya (Roan Antelope) Cu; Co
 
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): Luanshya (Roan Antelope)
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Luanshya
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in lower roan dark grey dolomitic argillite
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:arenite (argillic)
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group

(2) sedimentary; evaporite
Individual lithologies:evaporite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in lower roan dark grey dolomitic argillite; deposit features uniform grade/ thickness/ stratigraphic position; from footwall to hanging wall sulphide sequence is py/ cp/ bn/ cc
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

Brummer, J. J., 1955
The Geology of the Roan Antelope Orebody
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, Section B: Applied E.S., Volume 64, p. 257 - 318

Davis, G. R., 1954
The Origin of the Roan Antelope Copper Deposit of Northern Rhodesia
Economic Geology, Volume 49, p. 575 - 615

Fleischer, V. D.; Garlick, W. G.; Haldane, R., 1976
Geology of the Zambian Copperbelt
6, in Handbook of Stratabound and Stratiform Ore Deposits, Edited by Wolf, K. H., Volume 6: Cu, Zn, Pb and Ag Deposits, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, New York, 585 p, p. 223 - 352

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

Mendelsohn, F., 1962
The Lithology of the Roan Antelope Deposit
12, in Gisements Stratiformes de Cuivre en Afrique: Symposium, 1 Partie, Lithologie, Sedimentologie (Stratiform Copper Deposits in Africa: Symposium Part 1, Lithology, Sedimentology), Edited by Lombard, J.; Nicolini, P., International Geological Congress (Copenhagen, 1960), African Geological Surveys, 1, 265 p, p. 173 - 179

Schmitz, J. C., 1963
Structure and Mineralization at Roan Antelope
14, in Gisements Stratiformes de Cuivre en Afrique: Symposium, 1 Partie, Lithologie, Sedimentologie (Stratiform Copper Deposits in Africa: Symposium Part 1, Lithology, Sedimentology), Edited by Lombard, J.; Nicolini, P., International Geological Congress (Copenhagen, 1960), African Geological Surveys, 1, 265 p, p. 203 - 213

Production data: Report period: from 1931 until 1981-12; 206,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.05 percent
Reference: Goossens, P. J., 1983: Precambrian Mineral Deposits and their Metallogeny; Annales. Série in 80, Sciences Géologiques, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Publication code 89, 97 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



213,600,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.91 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
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: 1985-04-01; 41,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.41 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1982-01; 134,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.52 percent
Reference: Goossens, P. J., 1983: Precambrian Mineral Deposits and their Metallogeny; Annales. Série in 80, Sciences Géologiques, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Publication code 89, 97 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 19,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.61 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1977; 72,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.71 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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