Kaminafitwe

Prospect in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400567
Record type Deposit
Current site name Kaminafitwe
Alternate or previous names Kaminamfwite, Kuminafitwe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.1076, -11.2159 (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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock type qualifier mafic (probable) dikes with ferruginous mineralized halos
    Rock unit name R.3 (Dipeta) and R.4 (Mwashya) Roan division of Katangan Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.1076, -11.2159

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.