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Kolwezi - KOV, Kamoto KTO, Musonoi T-17, Mashamba, Dikiluwe, Kananga, Dilala, Ecaille C, Mutoshi
Katanga, Dem. Rep. Congo
Main commodities: Cu Co




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2012.     Record last updated: 01/11/2013
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Dewaele, S., Muchez, Ph., Vets, J., Fernandez-Alonzo, M. and Tack. L.,  2006 - Multiphase origin of the Cu-Co ore deposits in the western part of the Lufilian fold-and-thrust belt, Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo) : in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.46, pp. 455-469.
El Desouky H A, Muchez P, Boyce A J, Schneider J, Cailteux J L H, Dewaele S and von Quadt A,  2010 - Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper-cobalt mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo): in    Mineralium Deposita   v.45 pp. 735-763
Haynes D W  1986 - Stratiform Copper deposits hosted by low-energy sediments: I. Timing of Sulfide precipitation - an hypothesis: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 250-265
Haynes D W  1986 - Stratiform Copper deposits hosted by low-energy sediments: II. Nature of source rocks and composition of metal-transporting water: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 266-280
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.
Muchez, P., Andre-Mayer, A-S., El Desouky, H.A. and Reisberg, L.,  2015 - Diagenetic origin of the stratiform Cu–Co deposit at Kamoto in the Central African Copperbelt: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.50 pp 437-447
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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