| Deposit ID | 10400558 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Frontier |
| Alternate or previous names | Lufua |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.4745, -12.7278 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Katanga(province)
Congo (Kinshasa)(country)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Congo (Kinshasa) | Katanga |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Model code | 200 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
| Mark3 model number | 64 |
| 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) |
| (1) | 28.4745, -12.7278 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Significant | Yes |
2011, Central African Copperbelt: U.S. Geological Survey SIR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-JUN-11 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.