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Kipushi
Katanga, Dem. Rep. Congo
Main commodities: Zn Cu Pb Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1997.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Haest, M. and Muchez, P.,  2011 - Stratiform and vein-type deposits in the Pan-African orogen in central and southern Africa: evidence for multiphase mineralisation: in    Geologica Belgica   v.14, pp. 23-44,
Heijlen W, Banks D A, Muchez P, Stensgard B M and Yardley B W D,  2008 - The Nature of Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion Analysis using Laser Ablation ICP-MS, and Bulk Crush-Leach Methods: in    Econ. Geol.   v103 pp 1459-1482
Hitzman, M.W., Broughton, D., Selley, D., Woodhead, J., Wood, D. and Bull, S.,  2012 - The Central African Copperbelt: Diverse Stratigraphic, Structural, and Temporal Settings in the Worlds Largest Sedimentary Copper District: in Hedenquist, J.W., Harris, M. and Camus, F., 2012 Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World - A tribute to Richard H Sillitoe Society of Economic Geologists   Special Publication 16, pp. 487-514.
Kamona A F, Leveque J, Friedrich G, Haack U  1999 - Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 273-283
Kampunzu A B, Cailteux J L H, Kamona A F, Intiomale M M and Melcher F,  2009 - Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.35 pp. 263-297
Schneider J, Melcher F and Brauns M,  2007 - Concordant ages for the giant Kipushi base metal deposit (DR Congo) from direct Rb-Sr and Re-Os dating of sulfides : in    Mineralium Deposita   v42 pp 791-797
Turner, E. C., Broughton, D. W. and Brooks, T.,  2018 - Neoproterozoic carbonate lithofacies and ore distribution at the Kipushi Cu-Zn Deposit, Democratic Republic Of Congo, and Gayna River Zn Camp, Northwest Territories, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 779-788.
Van Wilderode J, El Desouky H A, Elburg M A, Vanhaecke F and Muchez P,  2014 - Metal sources for the Katanga Copperbelt deposits (DRC): insights from Sr and Nd isotope ratios: in    Geologica Belgica   v.17 pp. 137-147


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