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Kambove / Kamfundwa

Producer in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Cobalt, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183294
MRDS ID W029737
MAS/MILS ID 7660400003
Record type Site
Current site name Kambove / Kamfundwa
Alternate or previous names Kambove
Related records 10079674

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 24.66806, -10.83084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1450
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Katanga(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 24.66806, -10.83084
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 70M
    Length 800M
    Width 550M
    Area 1000HA
    Depth to top 500M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1000
    Date of Last Modification 830624

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1892
Mining method Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Year of first production 1926
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Kambove

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner La Generale Des Carrieres Et Mines Du Zaire (State Owned) (Gecamines)
    Interest 100
    Home office Zaire
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • GECAMINES IS A STATE OWNED CORPORATION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description 200000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1966
    Description 200000 Mtpy
  • Year 1967
    Description 200000 Mtpy
  • Year 1968
    Description 310000 Mtpy
  • Year 1969
    Description 680000 Mtpy
  • Year 1970
    Description 850000 Mtpy
  • Year 1971
    Description 959999 Mtpy
  • Year 1972
    Description 940000 Mtpy
  • Year 1973
    Description 819999 Mtpy
  • Year 1974
    Description 580000 Mtpy
  • Year 1975
    Description 1300000 Mtpy
  • Year 1976
    Description 1899999 Mtpy
  • Year 1977
    Description 1899999 Mtpy
  • Year 1978
    Description 1800000 Mtpy
  • Year 1979
    Description 1600000 Mtpy

Comments on the production information

  • THE KAMBOVE DEPOSIT WAS BROUGHT INTO PRODUCTION IN 1926 AS AN OPEN PIT USING STEAM SHOVELS AND TRACK HAULAGE. IT WAS CONVERTED TO AN UNDERGROUND MINE IN 1963.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR CURRENT STUDIES, THIS PROPERTY IS COMBINED INTO GECAMINES CENTRAL DIVISION, SEQ NO. 7660400031.
  • ESTIMATE BASED ON BROOK HUNT, WESTERN WORLD COPPER COSTS, VOL 3, AFRICA
  • THESE RESERVE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE EXTENSION OF THE OREBODY TO THE NORTH. TOTAL RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST TWICE THE PROVEN RESERVES.
  • RESERVES FOR THIS ECONOMIC STUDY DOES NOT INCLUDE N. EXTENSION RESERVES WHICH ARE NOT FULLY KNOWN AND WILL REQUIRE A NEW SHAFT TO DEVELOP. A NEWLY DISCOVERED SLIP FAULT THAT INTERSECTS AND THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE PRODUCTION SHAFT HAS CAUSED A RE-EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMICS OF EXPLOITING THE NORTHERN EXTENSIONS OF THE OREBODY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 645M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method COMBINED METHODS
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 2000
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 4839
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 24.51
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 310
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1979, PP. 188-206.

  • Deposit

    RAPPORTS ANNUELS, 1967-1978, GECAMINES.

  • Deposit

    GOLDER ASSOCIATES PROFILE REPORT, SEPT. 1980.

  • Deposit

    C.A. AGUIRRE TRIP REPORT, FEB. 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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