Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondaryCadmium, Silver, Germanium
TertiaryCobalt, Molybdenum, Gallium, Rhenium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model233: Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu)
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Carrollite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Calamine, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Linnaeite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Turgite, Vanadinite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1925
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10134596
MRDS IDW029742
Alternate namesPrince Leopold Mine (until 1962)
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-11.76416, 27.23464
References
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