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): |
Kadola West |
Political location(s): |
Zambia; Nearest community: Roan Antelope Mine (40 km S) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated malachite with minor amounts of chrysocolla, chalcocite and chalcopyrite; pyrite and specular hematite are common |
Geologic province: |
Zambian Copperbelt |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Neoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated malachite with minor amounts of chrysocolla, chalcocite and chalcopyrite; pyrite and specular hematite are common; Cu-Co mineralization hosted in metasiltstone and sandstone across the contact between lower and upper Roan fms |
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 |
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