Copperbelt
Past Producer

Bwana Mkubwa

Copperbelt, Zambia
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Copper
Model200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock · "Lower Roan Quartzites", "Mines Group, Roan Supergroup,"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsContinuous production from 1971-1984.
First production1902
Last production1984
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10280840
MRDS IDW032843
Alternate namesShovel Pit, Bwana Mkubwa, Rokana Div.
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-13.0315, 28.6923
References
MENDELSOHN, F. (ED.), THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT: MACDONALD AND CO., LONDON, 1961, 523 P.MM 1980. [copied from deleted record 10081121=W032843]DE KUN, N., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA: ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, 1965, P130-136,350-356,365-369.E/MJ 1978. [copied from deleted record 10081121=W032843]PELLETIER, R. A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTERAL AFRICA: OXFORD UNIV. PRESS, CAPETOWN, 1964, P365-369.WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977. [copied from deleted record 10081121=W032843]NCHANGA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES LTD ANNUAL REPORTS,1976, 1978.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 [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.Kirkham, R.V, Carriere, J.J., Laramee, R.M., and Garson, D.F., 1994, Global distribution of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits and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.Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.Infomine \n[http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/infodbweb/ChargePropertyReport.asp?SearchID=18438 last accessed 7/1/10]ACP Mining Data Bank [Secretariat of the African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Group],undated, http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_ZMB-00091_en.htmlKirkham, Rodney, and Broughton, David, 2005, Appendix, Supplement to the sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system, Economic Geology 100th anniversary volume, 1905-2005, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton, CO, United States, pp. 609-642