CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
195 Zambia 12.49.32 S -- 028.07.30 E Chibuluma and Chibuluma West 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): Chibuluma and Chibuluma West
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Chibuluma
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in aqueous arenite above barren aeolian quartzite
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:arkose (arkose and arenite)
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan, Katanga System
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in aqueous arenite above barren aeolian quartzite; within 3.2 km of Kalulishi/ 13 & 15 km west of Nkana respectively; main orebody occupies a probable abandoned river channel
References:
Annels, A. E.; Vaughan, D. J.; Craig, J. R., 1983
Conditions of Ore Mineral Formation in Certain Zambian Copperbelt Deposits with Special Reference to the Role of Cobalt
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 18, p. 71 - 88

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

Whyte, R. J., 1971
Geology and Palaeogeography of Chibuluma West Orebody, Zambian Copperbelt
Economic Geology, Volume 66, p. 400 - 424

Production data: Report period: from 1955 until 1981-12; 13,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4 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%



18,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.66 percent
Co: 0.21 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1977; 8,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: original reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.6 percent
Co: 0.17 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 4,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.36 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1977; 7,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5.23 percent
Co: 0.25 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1982-01; 7,800,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.68 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; 42,400,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.31 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 8,700,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.35 percent
Co: 0.21 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1998-03-05; 922,000 short ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: additional resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5.33 percent
Co: 0.11 percent
Reference: Crew Development Corp, 1998: Drilling at Chibuluma West Identifies Additional 922 000 tons at 5.33% Copper and 0.11% Cobalt; March 5, 1998 issue
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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