CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
176 Democratic Republic of the Congo (S 12.15.57 S -- 027.42.49 E Musoshi Cu; Co; U
 
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): Musoshi
Political location(s): Democratic Republic of the Congo; Province or state: Shaba; Nearest community: Musoshi
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in ore shale of dominantly silty argillite
Commodities: Cu; Co; U
Geological ages: Middle Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:mudstone (silty)
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Roan Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in ore shale of dominantly silty argillite; extension of Konkola deposit over Zambian-Zaire border
References:
Anonymous, 1973
Zaire's Five-Year Plan
Mining Magazine, February 1973 issue, p. 71

Anonymous, 1984
Zaire-Zambia Copperbelt
in Mineral Industries of Africa, Edited by United States Bureau of Mines, Mineral Perspectives, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, 153 p, p. 142

Binda, P. L.; Mulgrew, J. R., 1974
Stratigraphy of Copper Occurrences in the Zambian Copperbelt
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 215 - 233

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

Vaes, J. F., 1962
A Study of the Metamorphism of the Roan Sediments at the Musoshi Copper Deposit and Its Consequences
Annales-Tervuren, Musee Royal De L'afrique Centrale, Publication code 43, 130 p.

Production data: Report period: from 1972-09 until 1986; 20,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.1 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1985-01 until 1985-12; 562,454.6 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.3 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1985: Mineral Industry of Zaire; United States Bureau of Mines
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1972; 90,718,472 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1973: Zaire's Five-Year Plan; Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 71
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1972; 100,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: quoted reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.1 percent
Reference: Annels, A. E., 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 90,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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