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): |
Kolwezi |
Political location(s): |
Democratic Republic of the Congo; Province or state: Shaba |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in dolomitic shale |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (dolomitic) siltstone (laminites) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Mines Group, Roan Supergroup |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolomitic shale |
References: |
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 |
Bowen, R., 1977 |
Stratiform Copper Deposits |
6, in Copper - Its Geology and Economics, Edited by Bowen, R.; Gunatilaka, A., Halsted Press (John Wiley and Sons), New York, 366 p, p. 211 - 278 |
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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Production data: |
Report period: until 1986; 15,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 6 percent | Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: until 1986; 5,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 6 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: 1998-01-12; 107 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resourcesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.34 percent Co: 0.26 percent | Reference: Northern Miner, 1998: AMF sues Anglo over Kolwezi tailings project; The Northern Miner, Jan. 12 1998 issue, p. 1 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 2001; 112.8 million metric tons tailings; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reservesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.49 percent Co: 0.32 percent | Reference: Northern Miner, 2001: AMF, Anglo cut new deal at Kolwezi; The Northern Miner, April16, 2001 issue, p. 16 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |