Punia-Kasese

Producer in Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232228
MRDS ID ISM0560
MAS/MILS ID 7660350003
Record type Site
Current site name Punia-Kasese
Related records 60000742, 10183170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.11801, -1.63157 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Congo (Kinshasa)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.11801, -1.63157

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Symetain
    Interest 100
    Home office Zaire
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANTHOINE,P., EVRARD,P., KHARKEVITCH,C., AND SCHAAR, G. THE

  • Deposit

    SYMETAIN TIN DEPOSITS: GEOLOGY AND MINING, PAPER IN TECH.

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE ON TIN, LONDON, 1967, INTL. TIN COUNCIL. WIJAND

  • Deposit

    AND LEITERITZ, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, V.2, 1968, PP.421-

  • Deposit

    455.

  • Deposit

    VARLAMOFF, N. GRANITES ET MINERALIZATION AU MANIEMA (CONGO

  • Deposit

    BELGE), MEMOIRS 1949-1950, ANN. SOC. GEOL. DE BELGIQUE,

  • Deposit

    P. M111-M116.

  • Deposit

    STEENSTRA, B. LES PEGMATITES DU MANIEMA ET DU RWANDA ET LES

  • Deposit

    ROCHES DE TRANSITION ENTRE LES APLITES ET LES PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    DU MANIEMA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 2, 1967, PP.271-285.

  • Deposit

    ANTUN, P., SUR LA GENESERET LES PROPRIETES DE STANNINES ET

  • Deposit

    DE VARLAMOFFITES DU MANIEMA (CONGO BELGE), BULL. NO. 9,

  • Deposit

    DIRECTION GENERALE DES AFFAIRS ECONOMIQUES, SERVICE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIQUE, CONGO BELGE ET RUANDA-URUNDI, 1960, 27 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, A.M. BELGIAN CONGO TIN DEPOSITS AND MINING,

  • Deposit

    INTERNAL REPORT, U.S.STATE DEPT., JAN. 1944, P19 PP.

  • Deposit

    WASKEY, R. TIN RESERVES OF THE BELGIAN CONGO, INTERNAL

  • Deposit

    REPORT, U.S.STATE DEPT., JAN.1945, 17 PP.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SA 35-7, SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SYMETAIN IS LARGEST SN PRODUCER IN ZAIRE; TOTAL SYMETAIN RESERVE EST. AT 120,000 MT CONTAINED SN. SYMETAIN OPERATIONS ARE IN TWO AREAS: (1) PUNIA-KASESE AND (2) KALIMA-MESSARABA(SEQ.NO. 766-035-0004). AS OF 1967 THERE WERE 8 MINING CONCESSION GRANTED TO SYMETAIN NEAR 3 TOWNS-KUBITAKA, KASESE AND NYUNDU - IN THE PUNIA AREA. KUBITAKA IS 40 KM SE OF PUNIA, KASESE IS 90 KM ESE OF PUNIA AND NYUNDU IS 50 KM ENE OF PUNIA. CODED CO-ORDINATES ARE OF TOWN OF KASESE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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