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-siltstoneIndividual 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: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
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-oxidizedGrade-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% |