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Shinkolobwe Signal

Past Producer in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Copper, Cobalt
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  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. Reserves and resources
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400616
Record type Deposit
Current site name Shinkolobwe Signal
Alternate or previous names Shinkolobwe CSK, Kasolo Signal
Included sites Shinko West Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.5706, -11.0494 (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 > Dolomite
    Rock type qualifier altered siliceous dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier dolomitic shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.5706, -11.0494
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2011
    Total endowment 125200metric tons
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Co 3.17 wt-pct Copper Primary 2011
    Cobalt Cu 1.697 wt-pct Cobalt Primary 2011

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Resources 125Kt at 3.1% Cu; 1.7% Co. Records show a production of 200 tonnes of oxide copper ore grading 18%.Unpublished source says production of 207 tons, resources of 124,600 tons and 1.69% Co.
    The various numbers can be found in Francois (1996), Francois (2006); Huderek (2008).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    2011, Central African Copperbelt: U.S. Geological Survey SIR 2010-5090?

  • Reserve-Resource

    Elemental Minerals Limited, 2007, Quarterly activity report for the perio ended 30 June 2007: Elemental Minerals Limited New Release ASX Code - ELM, July 31, 200

  • Deposit

    Huderek, Richard, 2008, Katangan Copperbelt: Google Earth KML file, accessed July-September 2009 and Oct. 2010, at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=nl&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=118078989952556264569.00044e1e24afa04af0cca&output=kml.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Francois, Armand, 2006, La partie centrale de l'Arc cuprifere du Katanga: etude geologique: Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale - Belgique, Tervuren African Geoscience Collection v. 109, 61 numbered pages, 130 PDF pages.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Francois, Armand, 1996 , Informations concerning the deposits found in the southern Shaba: Braine l'Alleud (Ophain), Belgium, Bureau of Geological Consultancy S.A. [BUGECO] unpublished company report, 24 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General This deposit is in sediments that surround the famous Shinkolobwe deposit (source of U for atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Deposit Deposit type, subtype: Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit, Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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