| Deposit ID | 10400593 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Shangolowe |
| Included sites | Kamfundwa) |
| Geographic coordinates: | 26.5743, -10.811 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Katanga(province)
Congo (Kinshasa)(country)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Congo (Kinshasa) | Katanga |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| (1) | 26.5743, -10.811 |
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| Development status | Prospect |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 25000metric tons | ||||||||||||||
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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
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | New deposit type-subtype: Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-JUN-11 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey |
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