Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Heterogenite, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite
StructureCopper Belt, Folding And Shearing
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1946
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10107362
MRDS IDW029728
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-10.7135, 25.4433
References
BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE;GECAMINES, ANNUAL REPORTS 1973, 1974, 1975;CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAT 930-F, 54 P.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 ANNUAL REPORTS 1972 TO 1975;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