Katanga
Producer

Mupine

Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa)
CopperCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Heterogenite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite
StructureCopper Belt
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10079670
MRDS IDW029733
Alternate namesKamoto-KOV-Musonie-Mupine
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-10.6979, 25.404
References
WORLD MINING, OCT. 1974, P.53BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III ZAIRE, P.47;GECAMINES, 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTSCROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAT 930-F, 54 P.Dixon, Roger, Simposya, Victor, Takolia, Ebrahim, Waldeck, Wally, Salter, Henrietta, von Wielligh, Anton, Naismith, Alan, Cilliers, Petrus, and McNeill, R., 2009, An independent technical report on the material assets of Katanga Mining Ltd., Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"): SRK Consulting, 216 p. (Available at www.sedar.com [Katanga Mining Ltd., Technical Report (NI 43-101) - English, filed March 31, 2009]).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.ISMIGECAMINES 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTSWilson, A.B., Causey, J.D., Kirschbaum, M.J., Taylor, C.d., and Zientek, M.L,, 2011, Database of Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2010-5090x