Kansalawile

Prospect in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Cobalt, Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10400569
Record type	Deposit
Current site name	Kansalawile
Included sites	Tenke Fungurume Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	26.2228, 10.6202 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Katanga(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Congo (Kinshasa)	Katanga

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Cobalt Critical	Primary
Copper	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Rock unit name Mines Sequence, Roan division of Katangan Supergroup (RAT, RSF, SDB, RSC)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
Rock unit name	Mines Sequence, Roan division of Katangan Supergroup (RAT, RSF, SDB, RSC)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	26.2228, 10.6202	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

The proposed new Deposit Model name is: Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Significant	Yes

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.