1	-	Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D. (2000): Re-Os and U-Pb Dating of the vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia. Economic Geology, Vol. 95, pp. 1165-1170.
2	-	Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D. (2000): Re-Os and U-Pb Dating of the vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia. Economic Geology, Vol. 95, pp. 1165-1170.
3	-	Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D. (2000): Re-Os and U-Pb Dating of the vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia. Economic Geology, Vol. 95, pp. 1165-1170.
4	-	Torrealday, H.I., Hitzman, M.W., Stein, H.J., Markley, R.J., Armstrong, R., and Broughton, D. (2000): Re-Os and U-Pb Dating of the vein-hosted mineralization at the Kansanshi copper deposit, northern Zambia. Economic Geology, Vol. 95, pp. 1165-1170.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

629834

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:629834:0

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite

94.6km (58.8 miles)

ⓘ Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

References

Kampunzu, A.B.; Cailteux, J.L.H.; Kamona, A.F.; Intiomale, M.M.; Melcher, F. (2009) Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews, 35 (3). p.263-297. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.02.003

Jacobs, T. T. (2016). Process mineralogical characterisation of the Kansanshi copper ore, NW Zambia (Masters thesis, University of Cape Town).

MacIntyre, Timothy J. (2019) Geology and geochemistry of the Kansanshi Cu-(Au) deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia. Geology and geochemistry of the Kansanshi Cu-(Au) deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia, Colorado School of Mines.

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Molybdenite from Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia

Molybdenite from
Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia