CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
199 Zambia 13.01.15 S -- 028.41.07 E Bwana Mkubwa 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): Bwana Mkubwa
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Ndola (6 mi SE)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in arenite
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:arenite
arkose
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in arenite
References:
Binda, P. L.; Mulgrew, J. R., 1974
Stratigraphy of Copper Occurrences in the Zambian Copperbelt
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 215 - 233

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

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

Pienaar, P. J., 1961
Bwana Mkubwa Area
in The Geology of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt, Edited by Mendelson, F., MacDonald, London, 523 p., 1 maps, p. 467 - 486

Production data: Report period: from 1971 until 1984; 8.6 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.34 percent
Reference: Northern Miner, 1998: First Quantum set to produce copper at Zambian mine; The Northern Miner, Jan. 26, 1998 issue, p. C9
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1913 until 1971; 8,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.14 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%
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; 5,600,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.31 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1981; 2,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.53 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; 8,600,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: original reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.34 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


9,200,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: total resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.78 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1974: Minerals Yearbook 1974; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1998-01-26; 8.6 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserves
Reference: Northern Miner, 1998: First Quantum set to produce copper at Zambian mine; The Northern Miner, Jan. 26, 1998 issue, p. C9
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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