| Deposit ID | 10038701 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M046122 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shinkolobwe |
| Alternate or previous names | Union Miniere Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | 26.91801, -10.99751 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Katanga(province)
Congo (Kinshasa)(country)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Congo (Kinshasa) | Katanga |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| (1) | 26.91801, -10.99751 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| District name | Katanga |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M046122 |
DE'KUN, NICOLAS, 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, P. 117
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Uranium from this deposit was used to make the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was shut down, but small miners have been removing uranium and apparently selling on the black market, possibly to North Korea. |
| Deposit | MINE SHUT DOWN APPROX 1964 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Snyder, Walter S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.