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Zambia has large reserves of copper ore, concentrated in the Copperbelt, formed by alternating layers of sandstone, shale, and dolomite of the Katanga system; mineralization occurs in the dolomite. The copper ore is associated with cobalt and other metals; there are also zinc, lead, vanadium, cadmium, manganese ore, and coal.