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Kisenge

Past Producer in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodity Manganese
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  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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106135
MRDS ID W029763
Record type Site
Current site name Kisenge
Alternate or previous names Kisenge-Kamata-Kapolo
Related records 10159211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 23.1847, -10.68089 (WGS84)
Relative position 71 KM EAST OF DILOLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Katanga(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE CENTRAL PORTION OF CLAY COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL ORE (80 % MN) SOME TIMES SELECTIVELY MINED. CARBONACEOUS ORE FROM KAMATA: MNO: 51.7 %; FE: 1.07 %; LOI: 27 %; CAO: 3.6 %; MGO: 3.07 %; SIO2: 8.27 %; AL2O3: 4.8 %

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Analytical data

Result MN: 48-50 %
Result FE: 2-3 %
Result SIO2 PLUS AL2O3:9-12 %
Result P: 0.15 % MAX.
Result BASE-METALS: 0.1 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 23.1847, -10.68089
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 42.9 wt-pct Manganese Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 54.2 wt-pct Manganese Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 40 wt-pct Manganese Major 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS OVER A DISTANCE OF 10 KM BENEFICIATION: CRUSHING, GRINDING, WASHING

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINING ACTIVITY WAS AFFECTED BY CIVIL WAR IN ANGOLA IN 74 AND 75. EXPORT OF ORES VIA LOBITO PORT (ANGOLA) WAS INTERRUPTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH UNKNOWN-GRAPHITE SEAMS 3 TO 30 M WIDE
Deposit LEADING PRODUCER OF GRAPHITE DURING WAR PERIODS. GRAPHITE RESOURCES VERY LARGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED IN 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Krauss, Ulrich H. U.S. Geological Survey

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