Kiwana

Unknown in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Copper, Cobalt

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10400579
Record type	Deposit
Current site name	Kiwana
Alternate or previous names	Kiwana II

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	26.3161, -10.7335 (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

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1)	26.3161, -10.7335	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Significant	Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

Comments on the references

Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate, June 2007 82.000t at 2.70% Cu 0.35% Co for 2.211t Cu 287t Co.

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.