Copperbelt
Producer

Nchanga Division

Copperbelt, Zambia
CopperCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model{200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett}{202: Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced-facies}
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Digenite, Malachite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock · Lower Bwan M'Kubwa Series
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1939
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10159181
Alternate namesChingola, Nchanga Cobalt, Ncaanga (misspelling?), N'ChangaNchanga, Mimbula Pit 2, Mimbula Pit 1, Chingola F Ore Body, Chingola C Ore Body, Nchanga Underground Mine, Fitula Open Pit, Mimbula No 2 Ore Body, Mimbula No 1 Open Pit, Chingola E Ore Body, Chingola D Ore Body, Chingola B Ore Body, Nchanga Open Pit, Nchanga Area, Chingola Div.,Nchanga Cons., River Lode Open Pit
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-12.5, 27.85
References
{Deposit:: JACKSON, G.C.A., 1932, THE ORES OF THE NCHANGA MINE AND EXTENSIONS, NORTHERN RHODESIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 27, P. 247-280.}{Deposit:: JACKSON, G.C.A., 1932, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NCHANGA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA: GEOL. SOC. LONDON QUART. JOUR., V. 88, P. 443-515. [unable to verify this reference. Corrected spelling from Nanchanga to Nchanga].}{Deposit:: Jackson, G.C.A., 1933, Outline of the geological history of the N'Changa District, Northern Rhodesia: Geological Magazine, vol.70, no.824, pp.49-57, Feb 1933}{Deposit:: Reeve, W.H., 1962, The geology and mineral resources of northern Rhodesia: Northern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3, v. 1, p. 56, and v. 2, map IV, #33.}{Deposit:: Freeman, P.V., 1988, Description of mineral deposits on the Copperbelt (and Kabwe, Nampundwe), unpublished report, p. 17, 29.}{Deposit:: Annels, A.E., 1989, Ore genesis in the Zambian Copperbelt with particular reference to the northern sector of the Chambishi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:: 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:: KCM Valuation, Prepared for ZCI Holdings SA and Vedanta Resources Plc by Rothschild, 15 January, 2008, 228 p. [www.zci.lu/KCM%20Valuation%20Report.pdf]}{Deposit:: Konkola Copper Mines, Plc. [www.KCM.co.zm] [http://www.kcm.co.zm/konkola.php]}{Deposit:: Selley, David, Broughton, David, Scott, Robert, Hitzman, Murray, Bull, S.W., Large, R.R., McGoldrick, P.J., Croaker, Mawson, Pollington, Nicky, and Barra, Fernando, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt, in Hedenquist, J.W., Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and Richards, J.P., eds., Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, 1905-2005: Littleton, Colorado, Society of Economic Geologists, p. 965-1000.}{Deposit:: Kirkham, Rodney, and Broughton, David, 2005, Appendix, Supplement to the sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system, in J.W. Hedenquist, J.W., J.F.H. Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and J.P. Richards, J.P., eds., Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, 1905-2005: Littleton, Colorado, Society of Economic Geologists, p. 609-642.}{Deposit:: Bennett, Julian, Hermann, Jurgen, and Warwick, John, 2008, KCM Valuation, Prepared for ZCI Holdings SA and Vedanta Resources Plc by N.M. Rothschild & Sons, 15 January, 2008 [revised April 2009], 228 p.: accessed at www.zci.lu/KCM%20Valuation%20Report.pdf.}{Deposit:: WALL STREET JOURNAL JAN 19,1979 P22.}{Deposit:: VOET,H. W., FREEMAN, P. V. COPPER OREBODIES IN THE BASAL LOWER ROAN META-SEDIMENTS OF THE CHINGOLA OPEN PIT AREA ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW, V.51, 1972, P. 299-308.}{Deposit:: Konkola Copper Mines, Plc., 2010, Konkola Copper Mines Web page: accessed 2010, at http://www.kcm.co.zm/konkola.php. [Web page not available as of May, 2011]}{Deposit:: 2011, Central African Copperbelt: U.S. Geological Survey SIR}{Deposit:: BURLS, R. V. C., HOLT, W., FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN OPEN PIT MINING AT NCHANGA. JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, APRIL 1967, P. 421-453.}{Deposit:: MENDELSOHN, F. (ED.) THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT. MACDONALD AND CO., LONDON, 1961, 523P.}{Deposit:: DE KUN, N. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA. ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, 1965, P130-136,350-356,365-369.}{Deposit:: PELLETIER, R. A. MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTERAL AFRICA. OXFORD UNIV. PRESS, CAPE TOWN, 1964, P. 178-198.}{Deposit:: ANGLO-AMERICAN CORP."IT'S A METALURGICAL BREAKTHROUGH ON THE COPPERBELT", CHRONICLE OF ACHIEVMENT--A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO COAL, GOLD AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. MARCH 1978. PP. 11-13.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW,"ZAMBIAN ISSUE."VOL.51,NO.3, MAY-JUNE 1972. PP. 247-468.}{Deposit:: HOLMES,JOHN."SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS IS MAJOR ADVANCE IN BASE METAL RECOVERY." PP. 47-15.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER METHODS IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRY,PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM,JOHANNESBURG,REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. APRIL 10-14, 1972.}{Deposit:: MENDELSOHN,F. THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT. PP. 234-275.}{Deposit:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES."ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1979. PP. 150-159.}{Deposit:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED--CHINGOLA DIVISION "NCHANGA OPEN PIT." JUNE 1973. PP. 1-20.}{Deposit:: RITCEY,G.M."SOME ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION IN THE RECOVERY OF METALS BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION,"CIM BULLETIN. JUNE 1975. PP. 88-94.}{Deposit:: SLINN,PETER."THE LEGACY OF THE BRITISH SO.AFRICA COMPANEY THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND,"ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND ZAMBIAN COPPER: A CASE STUDY OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT. PP. 23-74.}{Deposit:: SMITH,B.WEBSTER."AFRICA-THE COPPERBELT "THE WORLD'S GREAT COPPER MINES. 1967. PP.55-67.}{Deposit:: TALBOT,H.L. DECO-TREFOIL,"NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED--PART I: DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT PLANT OPERATIONS." MAY-JUNE 1948. PP. 1-16.}{Deposit:: TALBOT, H.L. DECO-TREFOIL,"NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED--PART II: DESIGN FEATURES OF MAIN PLANT."MAY-JUNE 1948. PP. 1-9.}{Deposit:: THE ZIMCO MANAGEMENT DIARY--1979.}{Deposit:: THE INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY."OPTIMA/1--A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AT NCHANGA OPEN PIT, ZAMBIA." TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 82, BULLETIN NO. 800. JULY 1973. PP. A83-99}{Deposit:: THE INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY,"ALLOCATION AND CONTROL OF THE TRUCK FLEET AT NCHANGA OPEN PIT, ZAMBIA." TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 82, BULLETIN NO. 803. OCTOBER 1973. PP. A131-A139.}{Deposit:: WILKIE, N.A.,HOLT,W."A DESCRIPTION OF OPEN PIT MINING AT NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED, NORTHERN RHODESIA,"7TH COMM. MINERALS AND METALURGICAL CONGRESS (NORTHERN RHODESIAN SECTION). PAPER 14. APRIL 1961. PP. 2-20.}{Deposit:: WOLF, K.H. HANDBOOK OF STRATABOUND AND STRATIFORM ORE DEPOSITS--REGIONAL STUDIES AND SPECIFIC DEPOSITS--COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, AND GOLD DEPOSITS. 1976. PP. 223-351.}{Deposit:: ZAMBIAN MINING YEARBOOK-1978.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL,F.W.D."DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE FITULA COPPER DEPOSIT, NCHANGA AREA, ZAMBIA" THE INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, PROCEEDING OF THE NINTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALURGICAL CONGRESS 1969, VOL. 2. PP 535--560.}{Deposit:: DEVLETTER, D.R.; DIJKSTRA,S.; AND TERBRUGGEN,J.W.(EDS). JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL AND MINING SOCIETY OF THE NETHERLANDS. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW, ZAMBIA ISSUE. VOL. 51, NO.3 MAY-JUNE 1972. PP. 247-468.}{Deposit:: FLEISCHER, V.D. GARLICK,W.G.; AND HALDAN,R. "GEOLOGY OF THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT,"HANDBOOK OF STRATABOUND AND STRATIFORM ORE DEPOSITS. CHAPTER 4. PP. 224-351.}{Deposit:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1979}{Deposit:: ANON. "A DESCRIPTION OF OPEN PIT MINING AT NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED." UNKNOWN DATE. PP. 17-20.}{Deposit:: EVANS,J.P."PROCESS DESIGN OF HYDROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHINGOLA CUPRIFEROUS MICA ORES,"TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY VOL.85. MARCH 1976.}{Deposit:: MENDELSOHN,F.THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT 1961.}{Deposit:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LIMITED (CHINGOLA DIVISION) "A VISITORS GUIDE TO THE HIGH GRADE LEACH PLANT."}{Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.}{Deposit:: THE ZIMCO DIARY,PUBLISHED BY ZIMCO INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY UNIT OF ZAMBIA INDUSTRIAL AND MINING CORPORATION.}{Deposit:: ULETTER,D.R.;DIJKSTRA,S.; AND TERBRUGGEN,J.W. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW. "ZAMBIA ISSUE. VOL. 51, NO. 3. MAY-JUNE 1972. P. 247-468.}{Deposit:: "ZAMBIA."ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NOVEMBER 1979. PP. 146-188.}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, 8/92, P.49.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 10/92, P.208.}{Production:: TER BRUGGEN, J. W. INTRODUCTION INTO MINING AND METALLURGY ON THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT. GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW V. 51. 1972. P. 361-370.}{Production:: NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS 1976-1977.}{Production:: STAFF, MINING, MAGAZINE, INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT WILL BOOST ZAMBIA'S COPPER DEVELOPMENT. FEBRUARY 1974 P100-103.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONS. COPPER MINES LTD., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P.42,44.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONS. COPPER MINES LTD., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.51,53.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONS. COPPER MINES LTD., 1988 ANNUAL REPORT. P.43.}{Reserve-Resource:: ZAMBIA CONS. COPPER MINES LTD., 1982 ANNUAL REPORT}{Workings:: WYLLIE, R.J.M., HOW NCHANGA OPERATES FIVE OPEN PIT MINES ON THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT., WORLD MINING,JUNE 1970, P. 33-37.}