Kalukundi

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400565
Record type Deposit
Current site name Kalukundi
Alternate or previous names Kalakundi Project
Included sites Anticline, Golf, Kesho, Kii, Principal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 25.9334, -10.6352 (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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Carrollite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Kolwezite Ore
Heterogenite Ore
Cobaltite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock type qualifier laminated silty dolomite, stromatolitic silicified dolomite, bedded argillaceous dolomite, and clay/talc-rich dolomite.
    Rock unit name Mines Sequence, Roan division of Katangan Supergroup (SDB, RSC, D-STRAT, RAT-G)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 25.9334, -10.6352

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • New model name will be Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille. This is not presently a model name in MRDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.