Katanga
Producer

Mutoshi

Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa)
CopperCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Other materialsBornite, Carrollite, Dolomite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockShale,Quartzite,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1945
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10159261
MRDS IDW029734
Alternate namesMutoshi RuweRuwe
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-10.6782, 25.5338
References
WORLD MINING, E. WEBERG "HOW U.S. EQUIPMENT IS USED AT MUSONOI CU-CO OPEN PIT. FEBRUARY 1957, PP. 40 - 44.BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE; P.46GOLDER REPORT ON MUTOSHI RUWE 1980C. AGUIRE VARIOUS REPORTS FOR USBM UNPUBLISHED 1979WORLD MINING VARIOUS REPORTS APRIL 1970 PP. 21-24DEMESMAEKER, G., FRANCOIS A., OOSTERBOSCH, R., LA TECTONIQUE DES GISEMENTS CUPRIFERES STRATIFORMES DU KATANGA IN: LOMBARD, J., NICOLINI, P., ED., GISEMENTS STRATIFORMES DE CUIVRE EN AFRIQUE, 2E, PARTIE, ASSOCIATION DES SERVICES GEOLOGIQUES AFRICAINS, PARIS, 1963, PP. 47-115.Anvil Mining Ltd., 2006, Exploration 2006, Kolwezi Mine Tour, Sept., 2006: Anvil Mining Ltd., 12 p. accessed March 2, 2010, at http://www.anvilmining.com/files/060916%20NJF%20Kolwezi%20Exploration%20Summary.pdf.GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTs, 1967-1978.GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND TO THE COPPER BEARING STRATA OF SOUTHERN SHABA (ZAIRE). L. COHEN. GISEMENTS STRATIFORME ET PROVINCES CUPRIFIERS, LIEGE, 1974, PP. 57-77.PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.STRATIGRAPHIE, TECTONIQUE ET MINERALISATIONS DANS L'ARC CUPRIFERE DU SHABA (REPUBLIQUE DU ZAIRE). A. FRANCOIS. CENTENAIRE DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE BELGIQUE. GISEMENTS STRATIFORMS ET PROVINCES CUPRIFERES, LIEGE, 1974, PP. 79-101.ZAIRE, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1979, PP. 188-206.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