CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
203 Zambia 12.50 S -- 028.03 E Chibuluma South; Kalulushi East Cu; Co
 
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): Chibuluma South; Kalulushi East
Political location(s): Zambia
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in argillite
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite-mudstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:quartzite
conglomerate
argillite
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in argillite; located 7 miles south of Chibuluma
References:
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

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; 11,100,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.33 percent
Reference: Freeman, P. V., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1977; 5,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4 percent
Co: 0.2 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1975; 5,352,390 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource - East orebody
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.09 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1975: Minerals Yearbook 1975; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2001; 7.8 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserves
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.3 percent
Reference: Northern Miner, 2000: Crew builds new Zambian mine; The Northern Miner, July 24, 2000 issue, p. 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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