Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Carrollite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10280763
MRDS IDW029735
Alternate namesTenke - FungurumeTenkeFungurume
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-10.58, 26.1533
References
"CHARTER COOL ON TENKE," METAL BULLETIN. JULY 20, 1979, PP. 18.BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III ZAIRE, P.48."CHARTER LED GROUP GETS 30 PERCENT OF KATANGA'S COPPER," WORLD MINING . JUNE 1971. P. 25.ROSKILL, 1975, COBALT, P.38-41.OOSTERBOSCH, R. 19--. "COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FUNGURUME REGION ," ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. VOL. 46, NO. 2 . P. 121-148.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, NO. 3, P. 32.PHILIPPINE MINING RECORD, APRIL 1976."FRANCE TO JOIN IN PORTUGAL ZAIRE MINING VENTURES," AMERICAN METAL. JUNE 4,1980. VOL. 88, NO. 108.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P."TENKE FUNGURUME DRILL RESULTS CONFIRM HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE," WORLD MINING . MARCH 1972, P. 41."ZAIRE," ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NOVEMBER 1979. PP. 188-191.