Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formWedge
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Malachite
GangueChlorite, Quartz, Dolomite
Other materialsMagnesite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1950
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10183231
MRDS IDW029729
Alternate namesKamoto Underground
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-10.7143, 25.4009
References
E/MJ,NOVEMBER 1979 PP. 188-206.LOMBARD, J. AND NICOLINI, P. (ED). GISEMENTS STRATIFORMS DE CUIVRE EN AFRIQUE. VOL.1 AND 2, ASSOC. OF AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, 1963.BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III ZAIRE.BARTOLOME AND KATEKESHA, 1971, COBALT ZONING IN MICROSCOPIC PYRITE FROM KAMOTO, REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.MAADINI, BULLETIN D' INFORMATION DE LA GECAMINES, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1974-1978.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.RAPPORTS ANNUELS, 1967-1978, GECAMINES. \n[GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTS 1967 TO 1978]WORLD MINING, 1970, NO. 23 (MAY), P. 61.ENG. MINING JOUR., 1973, 1972 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., P. 218.GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTS.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987.WORLD MINING, 1970.