Mine detail: Kalengwa

Previously called 'Kalengara'

Location:	North-Western, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long:	-13.43, 24.93
dep_id:	10182917
mas_id:	7940300005
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
other_matl:	Pyrite
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Boyle, Ed, Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit:	Katangan succession
hrock_type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Year first produced:	1969
disc_yr:	1963
References:	Deposit:: Miller, W.E., and McGregor, J.A., 1967, The Kalengwa copper deposit in north western Zambia: Economic Geology, v. 62. p. 781-797. Deposit:: Van Eden J.G., and Binda, P.L., 1972, Scope of stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis of the Katanga Sequence, Zambia: Geologie en Mijnbouw, v. 51, p. 321-328. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1971, MAY, V. 124, P. 347-349. Deposit:: E/MJ 1973-74 INT. DIRECT. OF MINES, P. 249. Deposit:: MINING INTER. YEAR BOOK, 1973-74, P. 500-501, 1975, P. 480. Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1974, P. 341, 361. Deposit:: KNUCKEY,P.B.,AND LITTLEFORD, D. DEVELOPMENT OF THE KALENGWA MINE IN ZAMBIA. SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF A.I.M.E. TRANSACTIONS V.250, 1971, P. 338-327. Deposit:: Kirkham, R.V, Carriere, J.J., Laramee, R.M., and Garson, D.F., 1994, Global distribution of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits and occurrences: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2915b, 256 p. Deposit:: Broughton, D.W., Valorose, C.P., Coker, S.A., Spera, S.L., Venendaal, J.F., and Hitzman, M.W., 2004, Congolese-style hypogene and supergene copper mineralization at the Kalengwa deposit, Zambia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, Abstract 222-11, p. 517. Deposit:: ELLIS, M. W.,AND MCGREGOR, J.A. 1967, THE KALENGWA COPPER DEPOSIT IN NORTHWESTERN ZAMBIA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 62, P. 781-797. Deposit:: Ellis, M.W., and McGregor, J.A., 1967, The Kalengwa copper deposit in northwestern Zambia: Economic Geology, v. 62, p. 781-797. Deposit:: Knuckey, PB., and Littleford, D., 1971, Development of the Kalengwa mine in Zambia: AIME Transactions, v. 250, no. 4, p. 328-337. Deposit:: ROAN CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1976. Production:: Jon Woodhead, personal communication (email to Anna Wilson) 1/24/2010. Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING. KALENGWA CU MINE IS ZAMBI* MIGHTY MIDGET, JUNE 1972, P. 32.