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Kazibizi

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079675
MRDS ID W029738
Record type Site
Current site name Kazibizi

Comments on the site names

  • Deposit info separated from Kamfundwa.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 26.60045, -10.83921 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position RAILWAY-LINE FROM KAMBOVE. Coordinates from USGS CACB GIS database.

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 Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 26.60045, -10.83921
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Copper Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1971

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gecamines
  • Type Owner
    Owner La Generale Des Carrieres Et Mines Du Zaire (State Owned) (Gecamines)

Comments on the production information

  • Goossens gives remaining resource. Francois reported that there has been production from this property, but we are not at liberty to report those values.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Remaining Resource as of 2007
    Estimate year 2007
    Total resources 1000000mt
    Remarks 1,000,000 mt ore @ 3.2% Cu and 0.6% Co = 320,000 mt Cu and 6,000 mt Co.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 3.2 wt-pct Copper Primary 2007
    Cobalt 0.6 wt-pct Cobalt Secondary 2007

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, OCT. 1974, P.53

  • Reserve-Resource

    Wilson, A.B., Causey, J.D., Kirschbaum, M.J., Taylor, C.d., and Zientek, M.L,, 2011, Database of Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2010-5090x

  • Deposit

    BGR, APRIL 1974, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, III, ZAIRE

  • Production

    GECAMINES, ANNUAL REPORTS;

  • Deposit

    Goossens, Pierre, 2007, Phoenix rising in an uncertain world - new mining activities in Katanga: Academie Royale des Sciences d'outre-mer, Bulletin des seances v. 53, no. 3. p. 361-385.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit New deposit type-subtype: Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-78 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 28-APR-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 09-AUG-11 Causey, J Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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

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