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Kananga

Prospect in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Copper, Cobalt
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400568
Record type Deposit
Current site name Kananga
Included sites Kananga West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 25.4588, -10.6892 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Heterogenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Mines Sequence, Roan division of Katangan Supergroup (Lower Roan)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 25.4588, -10.6892
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Comments on the geologic information

  • The new model type will be Redbed-associated stratabound copper deposit-Reduced-facies carbonate ecaille

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    2011, Central African Copperbelt: U.S. Geological Survey SIR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey