CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
475 Zambia 13.37.30 S -- 024.47 E Mufumbwe 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): Mufumbwe
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Mufumbwe Village
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in sedimentary rocks
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sedimentary rocks
References:
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

Legg, C. A., 1973
Provisional Mineral Map of the Republic of Zambia
Geological Survey of Zambia

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: 1985-04-01; 5,200,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.3 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


7,200,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1995: African Minerals Eyes Zambian Prospects; The Northern Miner, February 5 issue, p. B16
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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