Mine detail: Kansanshi

Previously called 'Kansanshi-Kopje'

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Location

Lat / long: -12.09715, 26.43117

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Molybdenite
Other material: Brannerite, Monazite
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908

Geology

Host rock:Kundulungu Group
Host type:Metamorphic Rock

References

MRDSDE00066
MAS7940300006
DEP10183134
Reference{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:: Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markeley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D, 2000, Re-Os and U-Pb dating of vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia, Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1165-1170.}{Deposit:: Cameron, A.R., 2005, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Kansanshi Copper Project, Zambia, Operations Overview: A&J Cameron and Assoicates, 31 p.}{Deposit:: COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, COPPERBELT GETS ANOTHER LINK, JUNE 1974, P. 53-55.}{Deposit:: GOLDAR ASSOCIATES, INC., DEPOSIT PROFILE-KANSANSHI, ZAMBIA, SEPTEMBER 1980.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50.}{Deposit:: REEVE, WH. H., 1963, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHERN RHODESIA: NORTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, VOLUME 1, 1963, P. 61-62.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, 1977.}{Deposit:: Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe): Lukasa, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.}{Deposit:: Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 2, map IV, #22.}{Deposit:: Infomine [http://www.infomine.com/index/properties/KANSANSHI.html] [http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/infodbweb/ChargePropertyReport.asp?SearchID=29685]}{Deposit:: Portergeo.com.au website. Kansanshi. [http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn663 last accessed 5/27/10]}{Deposit:: Broughton, D.W., Hitzman, M.W., Stephens, A.J., 2002, Exploration history and geology of the Kansanshi Cu(-Au) deposit, Zambia, in Goldfarb, R.J. and Nielsen, R.L., eds., Integrated methods for discovery; global exploration in the twenty-first century: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication, v. 9, p.141-153.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, KANSANSHI PROGRESS, 9/1/89, P. 169.}{Reserve-Resource:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD, ANNUAL REPORT. 1976, 1978.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1991, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 44.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1992, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 53.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E., Wilson, Anna B.