Kashitu - Foundry (Vale/ARM) - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)

RESOURCE BASE   -  BHP Billiton

Airfield: 16Mt at 2.14% Zn and 0.73% Pb

Kashitu: 24.2Mt at 2.24% Zn and 0.18% Pb

Fold Closure / North Limb: 4.8Mt at 2.19% Zn and 1.18% Pb

 

 Map Hitzman / Terracciano 2003

At the Kashitu West target, disseminated sphalerite (2% Zn to 3% Zn) and minor galena were intersected in the majority of the drillholes. The sulphides occur as disseminated blebs suggesting precipitation in open spaces in the carbonate host-rock. Zinc silicate mineralisation in the form of willemite was also encountered in some drillholes. The willemite appears to overprint or replace the sulphide mineralisation, hosted within faultrelated veins and stringers associated with iron and silica alteration assemblages. Higher zinc grades are encountered in these willemite-enriched zones, lying along the western and northern edges of the drilled resource. The results of these holes are summarised in Table 11.5.1_1. (4.47% Zn from 16-26m)

 

At Foundary South, no sulphides other than trace amounts of disseminated sphalerite were intersected. All drillholes intersected iron-stained carbonate rocks with disseminated and narrow vein-hosted willemite/smithsonite accumulations. The best intersections are presented in Table 11.5.1_2. (4.17% Zn from 30-38m)

 

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Prospects/Deposits: Airfield, Chiwanda, Fold Closure, Foundary, Foundary  South, Kashitu and  Kashitu West