Mine detail: Kamoto

Previously called 'Kamoto Underground'

Location:	Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa), Africa
Lat / long:	-10.7232, 25.40763
dep_id:	10183231
mrds_id:	W029729
mas_id:	7660400005
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Cobalt
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Malachite
gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Dolomite
other_matl:	Magnesite
orebody_fm:	Wedge
work_type:	Underground
model:	197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Reporter:	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC), Saam, Henning G., Shaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J., Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite
Year first produced:	1950
disc_yr:	1940
References:	Deposit:: E/MJ,NOVEMBER 1979 PP. 188-206. Deposit:: LOMBARD, J. AND NICOLINI, P. (ED). GISEMENTS STRATIFORMS DE CUIVRE EN AFRIQUE. VOL.1 AND 2, ASSOC. OF AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, 1963. Deposit:: BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III ZAIRE. Deposit:: BARTOLOME AND KATEKESHA, 1971, COBALT ZONING IN MICROSCOPIC PYRITE FROM KAMOTO, REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Deposit:: MAADINI, BULLETIN *INFORMATION DE LA GECAMINES, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1974-1978. Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P. Deposit:: RAPPORTS ANNUELS, 1967-1978, GECAMINES. [GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTS 1967 TO 1978] Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1970, NO. 23 (MAY), P. 61. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1973, 1972 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., P. 218. Production:: GECAMINES ANNUAL REPORTS. Reserve-Resource:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987. Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING, 1970.