Mine detail: Musonoi

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Location: Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa), Africa
Lat / long: -10.69755, 25.45135
dep_id: 10107362
mrds_id: W029728
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Heterogenite, Malachite, Pyrite
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Reporter: Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Structure: Copper Belt, Folding And Shearing
tectonic: Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin; Shallow Marine
Year first produced: 1946
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE;
  • Deposit:: GECAMINES, ANNUAL REPORTS 1973, 1974, 1975;
  • 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 ANNUAL REPORTS 1972 TO 1975;
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