Kailo and Moga Deposits

Past Producer in Nord-Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000742
MRDS ID ISM0560
Record type District
Current site name Kailo and Moga Deposits
Related records 10232228, 10183170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.58462, -2.53149 (WGS84)
Relative position SOMINKI (SOCIETE MINIERE ET INDUSTRIELLE DE KIVU). MINES AT KALIMA, BUNI (PU NIA?) AND KAMITUGA. MINES/DEPOSITS AT KAILO AND MOGA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nord-Kivu(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Nord-Kivu

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.58462, -2.53149

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description WITHIN LATE PROTEROZOIC GRANITIC INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED CONTACT AUREOLES, AND IN DERIVED SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1932

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SOMINKA (SOCIETE MINIERE ET INDUSTRIELLE DE KIVU)
  • Type Operator
    Owner SOMINKA (SOCIETE MINIERE ET INDUSTRIELLE DE KIVU)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANTHOINE,P., EVRARD,P., KHARKEVITCH,C. AND SCHAAR,G., 1968, THE SYMETAIN TI N DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY AND MINING, IN A TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON TIN, LONDON, 1967, VOLUME TWO; INTERNATIONAL TIN CONFERENCE, LONDON, P. 421-455.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. II, METALS AND MINERALS, TUNG STEN SECTION, 1962-84.

Beyond USGS

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