Mine detail: Chambishi

Previously called 'Chambishi SoutheastChambishi Main and West'

Location:	Copperbelt, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long:	-12.6601, 28.04565
dep_id:	10207476
mrds_id:	DE00068
mas_id:	7940050004
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Cobalt
Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Sediment-hosted Cu
Development status:	Producer
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Porter, Kenneth E., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Wilson, Anna B.
Year first produced:	1963
disc_yr:	1899
References:	Deposit:: Reeve, W.H., 1963, The geology and mineral resources of Northern Rhodesia: N. Rhodesia Geological Survey Bull. 3, vol. 1. Deposit:: International Copper Study Group, http://www.icsg.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=82&Itemid=62. CNMC Mining in Africa. Deposit:: ROAN CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 1976. Deposit:: MENDELSOHN, F. (ED.). THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT. MCDONALD AND CO., LONDON, 1961, 523 PP. Deposit:: Gilliejoy Ltd., 2006, Environmental Impact Statement for NFC Africa Mining, Plc, Chambishi Copper Mine, Kitwe, Appendix K, Geology Baseline Report : Environmental Council of Zambia. [available online at http://www..necz.org.zm/news/comments/wis-rports/NFC-Mining.htm]. last accessed 1/14/2010, but unavailable as of 3/3/2010. Deposit:: Ivanhoe Capital Corp. wins bid to acquire Zambi* Chambishi Copper Mine [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=35921] last accessed 3/3/2010. Deposit:: Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe), unpublished report, p. 5, 24. Deposit:: Annels, A.E., 1989, Ore genesis in the Zambian Copperbelt with particular reference to the northern sector of the Chambishi Basin, in Boyle, R.W., Brown, A.C., Jefferson, C.W., Jowett, E.C., and Kirkham, R.V. eds., Sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 36, p. 427-452. Deposit:: Fleischer, V.D., Garlick, W.D., and Haldane, R., 1976, Geology of the Zambian Copperbelt, in Wolf, K.H., ed., Handbook of Strata-bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits, v. 6, Chapter 6, p. 223-352. Deposit:: PELLETIER, R. A. MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTERAL AFRICA. OXFORD UNIV. PRESS, CAPE TOWN, 1964 P. 178-198. Deposit:: Fleischer, V.D., 1984, Discovery, geology and genesis of copper-cobalt mineralization at Chambishi Southeast prospect, Zambia: Precambrian Research, v. 25, p. 119-133. Deposit:: DE KUN, N. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA. ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, 1965, P130-136,350-356,365-369. 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:: Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000. Deposit:: Metal Mining Agency of Japan, 1996, Report on the cooperative mineral exploration in the Chambishi southeast area the Republic of Zambia--Consolidated report, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Metal Mining Agency of Japan. [downloadable from http://lvzopac.jica.go.jp/external/library?func=function.opacsch.mmindex&view=view.opacsch.toshoshozodsp&lang=eng&shoshisbt=1&shoshino=0000088693&volno=0 as of 5/27/10] Deposit:: HALL,S.J.THE GEOLOGY OF CHAMBISHI MINE,MARCH 4,1977. COPY PROVIDED BY RCM LTD. TO J.JOLLY, INTL. DIV.,USBM,WASH. D.C. Deposit:: RCM,LTD. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAMBISHI MINE AND MINING METHODS AND DESCRIPTION OF CHAMBISHI CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM. COPY PROVIDED TO J. JOLLY, INTL.DIV.,USBM, WASH. D.C. Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC. DEPOSIT PROFILE-CHAMBISHE MINE. SEPT. 1980. Deposit:: MINING MAGIZINE. CHAMBISHI MINE, ZAMBIA. APRIL 1980, P. 293-301. Deposit:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 10/93, P.2. Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 7/1/93, P.7. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 10/21/94, P.289. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50. [copied from deleted record 10021408= DE00068] Production:: TER BRUGGEN J. W. INTRODUCTION INTO MINING AND METALLURGY ON THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW, V.51, 1972. P. 361-370. Production:: STAFF WORLD MINING, RCM $110,000,000 EXPANSION PROGRAM. NOVEMBER 1972, P. 52-53. Reserve-Resource:: ROAN CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 1977. Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES 1987 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 43. Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.53. Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 14, 1/23/95, P.8. Reserve-Resource:: METALS WEEK, V 66/N 4, 1/23/95, P.6.