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): |
Kambove and Kambove West |
Political location(s): |
Democratic Republic of the Congo; Province or state: Shaba; Nearest community: Kambove |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in stratified siliceous dolomite |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | dolomite mudstone (dolomitic) siltstone (dolomitic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Katanga System, Roan Supergroup, Mines Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in stratified siliceous dolomite |
References: |
Cahen, L., 1974 |
Geological Background to the Copper-Bearing Strata of Southern Shaba, Zaire |
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. 57 - 77 |
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 |
Francois, A., 1974 |
Stratigraphie Tectonique et Mineralisations Dans L'arc Cuprifere Du Shaba (Republique Du Zaire) |
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. 79 - 101 |
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; 10,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 10 percent Co: 0.5 percent | Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: until 1986; 25,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 6 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: 1985; 7,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: total resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 4 percent | Reference: Morgan, G. A., 1985: Zaire; Mineral Perspectives, United States Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Mines, 36 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1985; 4,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: recoverable reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.13 percent Co: 0.3 percent | Reference: Morgan, G. A., 1985: Zaire; Mineral Perspectives, United States Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Mines, 36 p. 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: proven reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3 percent Co: 0.4 percent | Reference: Verbeek, T., 1987: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |