Mine detail: Kambove West

Previously called 'Kambove'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.88616, 26.59858

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Heterogenite, Malachite
Discovery year: 1901

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1913

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Structure:Copper Belt
Tectonic:Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine

References

MRDSW029737
DEP10079674
Reference{Deposit:: GECAMINES 1973, 1974, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS}{Deposit:: BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE;}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}{Production:: GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTS}{Reserve-Resource:: Kirkham, R.V, Carriere, J.J., Laramee, R.M., and Garson, D.F., 1994, Global distribution of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits and occurrences: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2915b, 256 p.}
ReporterWilson, Anna B., Orris, Greta J., Saam, Henning G.