Mine detail: Kambove West

Previously called 'Kambove'

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Location: Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa), Africa
Lat / long: -10.88616, 26.59858
dep_id: 10079674
mrds_id: W029737
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: Wilson, Anna B., Orris, Greta J., Saam, Henning G.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Structure: Copper Belt
tectonic: Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine
Year first produced: 1913
disc_yr: 1901
References:
  • 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.
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