CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo (S 10.34.48 S -- 026.09.12 E Tenke Cu; Co
 
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): Tenke
Political location(s): Democratic Republic of the Congo; Province or state: Shaba; Nearest community: Fwalu
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in dolomitic shales and laminites
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:shale (dolomitic)
mudstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Mines Group, Roan Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolomitic shales and laminites; three deposits within Tenke District: Goma, Fwalu, Kwatebala; host rks enclose stromatolitic masses formed in intertidal environment
References:
Anonymous, 1972
Encouraging Results from Zaire
Mining Journal, February 25 issue, p. 153

Anonymous, 1973
Zaire's Five-Year Plan
Mining Magazine, February 1973 issue, p. 71

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

Oosterbosch, R., 1951
Copper Mineralization in the Fungurume Region, Katanga
Economic Geology, Volume 46, p. 121 - 148

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; 75,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven reserve - Kwatebala
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.6 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 15,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven resource - Fwalu
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.1 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 40,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: possible additional reserve - Kwatebala
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.7 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1972; 18,143,694 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 6.2 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; 13,426,334 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: inferred additional resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 6.2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1972: London Market Highlights; Mining Journal, June 16 issue, p. 504
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 45,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven resource - Goma
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.3 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 10,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: possible additional reserve - Goma
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.5 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1986; 50,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: possible additional reserve - Kwatebala
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


222,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.42 percent
Co: 0.33 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Cu: 1 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: Junior Mining Companies Flock to Zaire; The Northern Miner, September 2 issue, p. 1
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


92,600,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven mineable reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.59 percent
Co: 0.36 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: Tenke Deal Signed...; Mining Journal, December 6 issue, p. 453
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2000; 547 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: global resources
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.5 percent
Co: 0.27 percent

Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2003-02; 547 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: global resources
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.5 percent
Co: 0.27 percent
Reference: Tenke Mining Corp, 2003: Tenke Fungurume (Company Project Overview); Feb, 2003 issue
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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