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 production1913
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10079674
MRDS IDW029737
Alternate namesKambove Principal-Kambove WestKambove
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-10.88616, 26.59858
References
GECAMINES 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTSBGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE;CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.Kirkham, Rodney, and Broughton, David, 2005, Appendix, Supplement to the sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system, in J.W. Hedenquist, J.W., J.F.H. Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and J.P. Richards, J.P., eds., Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, 1905-2005: Littleton, Colorado, Society of Economic Geologists, p. 609-642.ISMIGECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTSKirkham, 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.Wilson, 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