Mine detail: Musonoi

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.69755, 25.45135

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Heterogenite, Malachite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1946

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W029728
DEP	10107362
Reference	{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;}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.