Mine detail: Kamoto

Previously called 'Kamoto Underground'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.7232, 25.40763

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Ore: Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Dolomite
Orebody form: Wedge
Other material: Magnesite
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite

References

MRDSW029729
MAS7660400005
DEP10183231
Reference{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.}
ReporterEastern Field Operations Center (EFOC), Saam, Henning G., Shaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J., Wilson, Anna B.