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): |
Mufulira |
Political location(s): |
Zambia; Subprovince or locality: Mufulira Basin |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in lower roan arenites |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: turbidite; Depositional setting: shallow marineIndividual lithologies: | arenite (carbonaceous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Lower Roan Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in lower Roan arenites; Cu occurs at 21 distinct lithological horizons/ 5 broad mining units; barren interbeds contain 19-31% anhydrite/ orebeds-little or none |
References: |
Annels, A. E., 1979 |
Mufulira Greywackes and their Associated Sulphides |
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, Section B: Applied E.S., Volume 88 |
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., 1967 |
Relation Between Folding Mineralization and Sub-Katanga Topography at Mufulira Mine, Zambia |
Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, Volume 70, p. 1 - 14 |
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 |
Garlick, W. G., 1979 |
Contributed Remarks on Mufulira Greywackes and their Associated Sulphides |
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, Section B: Applied E.S., Volume 88 |
Garlick, W. G., 1981 |
Sabkhas Slumping and Compaction at Mufulira, Zambia |
Economic Geology, Volume 76, p. 1817 - 1847 |
Garlick, W. G., 1982 |
Erosion of the Folded Copper-rich Arenite Filling of a Rolled-Up Algal Mat, Mufulira, Zambia |
Economic Geology, Volume 77, p. 1934 - 1939 |
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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1933 until 1981-12; 179,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2.82 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%
208,100,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.51 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: 1982-01; 139,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?Grade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.08 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; 86,800,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.01 percent | Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1977; 136,400,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.27 percent | Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 40,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2.94 percent | Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1998; 35 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: underground reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.1 percent | Reference: Northern Miner, 1998: Zambia nears end of ZCCM privatization; The Northern Miner, January 26, 1998 issue, p. B1 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 2000; 71 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reservesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.1 percent | Reference: Northern Miner, 2000: First Quantum ups Bwana Mkubwa output; The Northern Miner, July 3, 2000 issue, p. 13 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 2000; 29 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reservesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.02 percent | Reference: Northern Miner, 2000: First Quantum ups Bwana Mkubwa output; The Northern Miner, July 3, 2000 issue, p. 13 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |