Frontier

Producer in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Copper, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400558
Record type Deposit
Current site name Frontier
Alternate or previous names Lufua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.4745, -12.7278 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Katanga(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Bornite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 200
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Mark3 model number 64

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier altered Nguba shales and uppermost diamictite portion of Grand Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Nguba Group of the Katangan Supergroup (Grand Conglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.4745, -12.7278

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    2011, Central African Copperbelt: U.S. Geological Survey SIR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.