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issued: 2026-03-26T08:13:58.935405
modified: 2026-03-26T08:13:58.896243

Laser ablation trace element analyses of rutile and apatite grains from the Zambian Copperbelt
type: Dataset
keyword: NERC_DDC
keyword: Lasers
keyword: Copper deposits
keyword: Rutile
keyword: Trace elements
description: Laser ablation trace element data for rutile and apatite were recovered from Mindola and Nchanga. At Mindola the Kitwe Formation is the major host to Cu-Co (copper-cobalt) mineralisation at Nkana-Mindola, particularly within the Ore Shale member. The Ore Shale has been subdivided into multiple units based on texture and composition. In summary, a black shale or dolomitic siltstone. often with a schistose or banded texture, passes upwards into a coarser porous sandstone or siliceous dolomite and capped by a massive argillite. Mineralisation across Nkana-Mindola is primarily hosted by dolomitic siltstones, pyritic black shales and schists. At Nchanga samples were analysed from the upper and lower ore bodies hosted within the Lower Roan metasediments which unconformably overlie the basement, transitioning from basal continental, arenaceous clastic rocks to shallow marine argillaceous clastic rocks and mixed platform carbonates. Context of samples and methods described in; Chapters 4 and 5 Kelly, Jamie (2024) Dataset for thesis "Constraining Cu-(Co) mineralisation in sediment-hosted copper deposits using rutile, apatite, and carbonate geochronology". University of Southampton doi:10.5258/SOTON/D3219 [Dataset]
issued: 2025-09-30T18:13:19.675653
modified: 2026-03-26T08:13:58.885004

British Geological Survey (BGS)
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