Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Ruashi - Etoile |
Political location(s): |
Democratic Republic of the Congo; Nearest community: Lubumbashi (10 km NE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; disseminated chalcocite, chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite and carrolite in beds ranging from few metres to tens of metres in thickness |
Geologic province: |
Central African Copperbelt |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Neoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated chalcocite, chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite and carrolite in beds ranging from few metres to tens of metres in thickness |
References: |
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 |
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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. |
62,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: potential reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.45 percent Co: 0.46 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1996: SAR Makes Move on Copper-Cobalt Prospect in Zaire; The Northern Miner, October 28 issue, p. 3 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |