CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
200 Zambia 12.31.22 S -- 028.14.10 E Mufulira 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): 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 marine
Individual lithologies:arenite (carbonaceous)
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group
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

Production data: Report period: from 1933 until 1981-12; 179,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-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?: S
Grade-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 resource
Grade-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 reserve
Grade-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 resource
Grade-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 reserve
Grade-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: reserves
Grade-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: reserves
Grade-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%

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