CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
188 Zambia 12.40.55 S -- 027.56.40 E Fitula; Nchanga Division 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): Fitula; Nchanga Division
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Nchanga (9.5 mi S)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; dissiminated in feldspathic ss within arkose
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (feldspathic - quartz matric)
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group, Footwall Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissiminated in feldspathic ss within arkose; production commenced in may 1968 & ended early 1981/ pit depth 130m; tabular deposit occurs in central part-east limb of Fitula syncline
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

Cornwall, F. W., 1969
Discovery and Exploration of the Fitula Copper Deposit, Nchanga Area, Zambia
in Mining and Petroleum Geology, Proceedings of Ninth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, Edited by Jones, M. J., Volume, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 2, 774 p, p. 525

Diederix, D., 1977
The Geology of the Nchanga Mining Licence Area
Report, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited-Nchanga Division, Geology Department, 56 p.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1977; 4,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1965; 4,091,403 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated pre-production
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5.28 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1969: Proceedings of the Ninth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgy Congress
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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