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): |
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-chertIndividual lithologies: | dolostone chert shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Kamoto Formation, Mines Group, Roan Supergroup |
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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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: until 1986; 80,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-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?: SGrade-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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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; 40,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve - Kamoto EtangGrade-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 NorthGrade-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 reserveGrade-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 reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 4.5 percent | Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |