Mine detail: Mupine

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Location: Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa), Africa
Lat / long: -10.69755, 25.41802
dep_id: 10079670
mrds_id: W029733
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Heterogenite, Malachite
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Reporter: Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Structure: Copper Belt
tectonic: Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, OCT. 1974, P.53
  • Deposit:: BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III ZAIRE, P.47;
  • Deposit:: GECAMINES, 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS
  • Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAT 930-F, 54 P.
  • Other Database:: ISMI
  • Production:: GECAMINES 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS
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