CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
180 Zambia 12.23.24 S -- 027.49.35 E Konkola (Bancroft); Konkola 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): Konkola (Bancroft); Konkola Division
Political location(s): Zambia; Nearest community: Chililabombwe (10 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in ore-shale of dominantly dark grey siltstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group, Katanga Sequence
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in ore-shale of dominantly dark grey siltstone; 4 main orebodies: Kirila Bomwe south & north, Fitwaola & Konkola
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

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

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 1995 until 1996; 306,802 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 306,802 metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: Konkola Consortium; Mining Journal, April 19 issue, p. 286
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1957 until 1981-12; 33,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.34 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%



53,500,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.06 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: 1977; 66,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve - Konkola No 3
Grade-commodity information:Co: 0.07 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-03-31; 45,100,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: undeveloped reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.84 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Zambia Bites the Bullet; Mining Journal, February 7 issue, p. 89
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 421,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.06 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985-04-01; 51,800,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.82 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 52,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: fully or partially developed resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.8 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Konkola (Bancroft) Company Data; Company Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1977; 131,400,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve - Konkola
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.55 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1982; 121,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.52 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: 1986; 300,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: minumum inferred reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.8 percent
Co: 0.07 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Konkola (Bancroft) Company Data; Company Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


147,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.15 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: Avmin on Road; Mining Journal, November 8 issue, p. 383
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


340,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: total resource of Konkola Deep
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.8 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: Falconbridge into Konkola Deep; Mining Journal, November 22 issue, p. 409
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


500,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: global resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: African Minerals Eyes Zambian Copper Property; The Northern Miner, January 29 issue, p. 11
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


30,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven and probable
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.49 percent
Co: 0.05 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: South Atlantic Submits Proposals for African Copper-Cobalt Projects; The Northern Miner, June 10 issue, p. 12
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


50,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: additional possible reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.58 percent
Co: 0.09 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: South Atlantic Submits Proposals for African Copper-Cobalt Projects; The Northern Miner, June 10 issue, p. 12
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


344 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.8 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%

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