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Kasaria/Luansobe

Prospect in Zambia with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400372
Record type Site
Current site name Kasaria/Luansobe

Comments on the site identification

  • In the Mufulira Mining License area. This is a Cox entry that is repeated by Selley and others (2005). We need to confirm the location and existence of a resource at this property. Selley and others (2005) shows Kasaria as a distinct orebody between Luansobe and Mufulira. Annels (1984) shows a figure similar to Selley except that Kasaria and Luansobe are switched with Luansobe between Kasaria and Mufulira.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.13861, -12.44966 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zambia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zambia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 200
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Mark3 model number 64

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock type qualifier arenite
    Rock unit name Footwall Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.13861, -12.44966
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Kasaria/Luansobe
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 21500000mt
    Total endowment 21500000mt
    Remarks 21.5Mt @ 2.31% Cu
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 2.31 wt-pct Copper Primary 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 [ZCCM] unpublished company report, 88 p.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

    Marjonen, R., 2000a, Geological map of the Kitwe-Mufulira area (quarter degree sheets 1128 SW and part of 1228 NW) to accompany Report No. 60: Republic of Zambia Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development, Geological Survey Department, scale 1:100,000.
    AND
    Marjonen, R., 2000b, The geology of the Kitwe-Mufulira area; explanation of quarter degree sheets 1228 SW and part of 1228 NW: Zambia Geological Survey Department, Report No. 60, 31 p.

  • 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

    CSMA Consultants Ltd, ACA How International Ltd, and SGS Ghana Ltd, 2001, Competent Person's Report, The assets of First Quantum Minerals Limited in Zambia and Zimbabwe (dated May 2001): Report prepared by CSMA Consultants Ltd, ACA How International Ltd, and SGS Ghana Ltd., for First Quantum Minerals, 203 p. (Available for download at www.sedar.com [First Quantum Minerals, Mining Reports, filed May 31, 2001]).

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Does not include Nsato Deposit.
Deposit Email from Jon Woodhead to Mike Zientek on 3/16/10: "The Luansobe deposit referred to in more recent documents (e.g. MCM - Mopani Copper Mines) is located on the Zam/DRC border. It was previously referred to as Kasaria. The resource is either as stated in Freeman (1988) for Kasaria, i.e. "more than 20Mt(21.5Mt) @ 2.51% Cu" or "5.8Mt @ 2.57% Cu", or alternatively the larger resource number calculated by MCM in 2000. The latter (~65Mt) was either a press release or a figure provided directly during visit to Mufulira - I will try to confirm this. The MCM oxide resource is part of this."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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