CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
172 Angola 10.59 S -- 014.00 E Cachoeiras De Binga Cu
 
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): Cachoeiras De Binga
Political location(s): Angola
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in finely bedded mudstone and siltstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Cretaceous (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: epicontinental basin; stable (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-siltstone
Individual lithologies:mudstone
siltstone
limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Upper Cuvo
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in finely bedded mudstone and siltstone
References:
Caia, J., 1976
Paleogeographical and Sedimentological Controls of Copper, Lead and Zinc Mineralizations in the Lower Cretaceous Sandstones of Africa
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 409 - 422

Van Eden, J. G., 1978
Stratiform Copper and Zinc Mineralization in the Cretaceous of Angola
Economic Geology, Volume 7, p. 1154 - 1161

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1986; 6,350,293 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve - non-oxidized
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Cu: 1 percent
Reference: Van Eden, J. G., 1978: Stratiform Copper and Zinc Mineralization in the Cretaceous of Angola; Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 1154 - 1160
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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