CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
175 Democratic Republic of the Congo (S 10.42.30 S -- 025.24 E Kamoto Cu; Co
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Kamoto
Political location(s): Democratic Republic of the Congo; Province or state: Shaba
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in dolost/chert/shale emplaced during diagenesis
Geologic province: Katangan Subprovince
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Middle Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-chert
Individual lithologies:dolostone
chert
shale
Host rock stratigraphy:Kamoto Formation, Mines Group, Roan Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolost/chert/shale emplaced during diagenesis; 7 orebodies: Principal, Etang, South, North, East, West & Oliveira-Virgule; ore occurs at transition/hematite to organic-rich sulfide-bearing beds
References:
Bartholome, P.; Evrard, P.; Katekesha, F.; Lopez-Ruiz, J.; Ngongo, M., 1973
Diagenetic Ore-Forming Processes at Kamoto, Katanga Republic of the Congo
in Ores in Sediments, Edited by Amstutz, G. C.; Bernard, A. J., Series A, International Union of Geological Sciences, Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits and the International Association of Sedimentology, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 3, 350 p, p. 21 - 41

Binda, P. L., 1972
Preliminary Observations on the Palynology of the Precambrian Katanga Sequence, Zambia
Journal Royal Geological Mining Society of Netherlands, Volume 51, p. 315 - 319

Brown, A. C., 1979
Metallogenic Aspects of the Shaban Copperbelt Zaire
Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, Volume 102, p. 531 - 536

Cailteaux, J., 1986
Diagenetic Sulphide Mineralization, West Kambove (Shaba-Zaire), Copper Deposits (Part 2)
in Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits, Edited by Friedrich, G. H.; Genkin, A. D.; Naldrett, A. J.; Ridge, J. D.; Sillitoe, R. H.; Vokes, F. M., Proceedings of 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow 1984, Springer-Verlag, 592 p, p. 398 - 411

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Snelling, N. J., 1964
A Review of Age Determinations from Northern Rhodesia
Economic Geology, Volume 59, p. 961 - 981

Production data: Report period: until 1986; 80,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5 percent
Co: 0.4 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: until 1986; 30,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.5 percent
Co: 0.4 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1986; 40,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve - Kamoto Etang
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 6,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve - Kamoto North
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 100,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 170,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.5 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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