Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model202: Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced-facies
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1972
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10183112
MRDS IDW029740
Alternate namesKinsenda
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-12.2719, 27.7362
References
BGR, 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE, P.59Selley and others, 2005, A new look at the geology of the Zambian Copperbelt: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 965-1000.Metrorex Annual Report, 2008. [http://www.metorex.co.za/downloads/annual_reports/2008/Metorex_23_Dec2008.pdf last accessed 5/27/10]GYSIN, MARCEL. 1936. "LES MINERAIS DE CINVRE DU SUD KANTANGA," ANNOLES DU SERVICE DES MINES, TOME VIII, P. 1-139.METAL BULLETIN, JUNE 21, 1977. P. 20.METAL BULLETIN, OCTOBER 7, 1977. P. 20.PRIGOGINE, ALEXANDRE, "MUSOSHI-JAPANESE DEVELOP NEW MINE IN ZAIRE'S COPPER PROVINCE," WORLD MINING. DECEMBER 1972, P. 44-48.WORLD MINING, DEC. 1972, P.44WORLD MINING, OCT. 1974, P.53GOLDER ASSOCIATES REPORTS, SEPT. 1980.WORLD MINING, SEPT. 1977, P. 146.METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, NOV. 1979, PP. 27-28.WORLD MINING, APRIL 1976, P. 71.ANOMA, SHIGEO, SUSUMU HIDAKA, YOSHIHARU ABE AND HARUHIKO HIRAYAMA. 1972. "GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MUSOSHI AND KINSENDA MINES IN REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE," MINING GEOLOGY, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 4. TOKYO.