Kinsevere

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400575
Record type Deposit
Current site name Kinsevere
Included sites Kinsevere Hill, Tshifufia, Tshifufia South, Tshifufiamashi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.5872, -11.3694 (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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Mines Sequence, Roan division of Katangan Supergroup (grey RAT, D-strat, RSF, SD, and CMV) There is no RSC present between the Lower and Upper Orebodies at Kinsevere

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.5872, -11.3694

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The proposed new Deposit Model name is: Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille.

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.