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Central African Copperbelt - Congolese/Katangan Copper Belt
Katanga, Dem. Rep. Congo
Main commodities: Cu Co




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2014.     Record last updated: 20/02/2015
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Basson, I.J., McCall, M.-J., Koegelenberg, C.K. and Jakaite, L.   2023 - Emplacement and preservation of mineralized ecaille within Roan Breccia of the Lufilian Arc, Central African Copperbelt: the Thrust Belt Boudinage model: in    Mineralium Deposita,   v.58, pp. 511-529.
Batumike Mwandulo, J., Kampunzu, A.B. and Cailteux, J.H.,  2006 - Petrology and geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic Nguba and Kundelungu Groups, Katangan Supergroup, southeast Congo: Implications for provenance, paleoweathering and geotectonic setting: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.44, pp. 97-115.
Cailteux J H,  1994 - Lithostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Shaba-type (Zaire) Roan Supergroup and metallogenesis of associated stratiform mineralization: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.19 pp. 279-301
Cailteux J L H, Kampunzu A B and Lerouge C,  2007 - The Neoproterozoic Mwashya-Kansuki sedimentary rock succession in the central African Copperbelt, its Cu-Co mineralisation, and regional correlations: in    Gondwana Research   v.11 pp. 414-431
Cailteux J L H, Kampunzu A B H and Batumike M J,  2005 - Lithostratigraphic position and petrographic characteristics of R.A.T. ( Roches Argilo-Talqueuses ) Subgroup, Neoproterozoic Katangan Belt (Congo): in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v42 pp 82-94
Cailteux J L H, Kampunzu A B, Lerouge C, Kaputo A K and Milesi J P,  2005 - Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper-cobalt deposits, Central African Copperbelt: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v42 pp 134-158
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
El Desouky, H.A., Muchez, P. and Cailteux, J.,  2009 - Two Cu-Co sulfide phases and contrasting fluid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.36, pp. 315-332.
Fay, I. and Barton, M.D.,  2012 - Alteration and ore distribution in the Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume Cu-Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.47, pp. 501-519.
Haest, M., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Boyce, A.J., von Quadt, A. and Schneider, J.,  2009 - Petrographic, fluid inclusion and isotopic study of the Dikulushi Cu-Ag deposit, Katanga (D.R.C.): implications for exploration: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.44, pp. 505-522.
Hitzman M W, Kirkham R, Broughton D, Thorson J and Selley D,  2005 - The sediment-hosted stratiform copper ore system: in Hedenquist J W, Thompson J F H, Goldfarb R J and Richards J P (Eds.), 2005 Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Denver,     pp. 609-642
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.
Jackson M P A, Warin O N, Woad G M and Hudec M R,  2003 - Neoproterozoic allochthonous salt tectonics during the Lufilian orogeny in the Katangan Copperbelt, central Africa: in    GSA Bulletin   v.115  pp. 314-330
Kampunzu A B and Cailteux J L H,  1999 - Tectonic Evolution of the Lufilian Arc (Central Africa Copper Belt) During Neoproterozoic Pan African Orogenesis: in    Gondwana Research   v.2 pp. 401-421
Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Moine, B. and Loris, H.N.B.T.,  2005 - Geochemical characterisation, provenance, source and depositional environment of Roches Argilo-Talqueuses (RAT) and Mines Subgroups sedimentary rocks in the Neoproterozoic Katangan Belt (Congo): Lithostratigraphic implications: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.42, pp. 119-133.
Lerouge C, Cailteux J, Kampunzu A B, Milesi J P and Flehoc C,  2005 - Sulphur isotope constraints on formation conditions of the Luiswishi ore deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.42 pp. 173-182
Mambwe, P., Delpomdor, F., Lavoie, S., Mukonki, P., Batumike, J. and Muchez, P.,  2020 - Sedimentary evolution and stratigraphy of the ~765-740 Ma Kansuki-Mwashya platform succession in the Tenke-Fungurume Mining District, Democratic Republic of the Congo: in    Geologica Belgica,   v.23, 1-2, pp. 69-85.
Master S, Rainaud C, Armstrong R A, Philips D and Robb L J,  2005 - Provenance ages of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Supergroup (Central African Copperbelt), with implications for basin evolution: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.42 pp. 41-60
Muchez, Ph., Vanderhaeghen, P., El Desouky, H., Schneider, J., Boyce, A., Dewaele, S. and Cailteux, J.,  2008 - Anhydrite pseudomorphs and the origin of stratiform Cu-Co ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo): in    Mineralium Deposita   v.43, pp. 575-589.
Porada H and Berhorst V,  2000 - Towards a new understanding of the Neoproterozoic-Early Palaeozoic Lufilian and northern Zambezi Belts in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.30 pp. 727-771
Rainaud C, Master S, Armstrong R A and Robb L J,  2005 - Geochronology and nature of the Palaeoproterozoic basement in the Central African Copperbelt (Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo), with regional implications: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.42 pp. 1-31
Rainaud C, Master S, Armstrong R A and Robb L J,  2003 - A cryptic Mesoarchaean terrane in the basement to the Central African Copperbelt: in    Journal of the Geological Society, London   v.160 pp 11-14
Rainaud C, Master S, Armstrong R A, Phillips D and Robb L J,  2005 - Monazite U-Pb dating and 40Ar-39Ar thermochronology of metamorphic events in the Central African Copperbelt during the Pan-African Lufilian Orogeny: in    J. of African Earth Sciences   v.42 pp. 183-199
Schuh, W., Leveille, R.A., Fay, I. and North, R.,  2012 - Geology of the Tenke-Fungurume Sediment-Hosted Strata-Bound Copper-Cobalt District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo: 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. 269-301.
Squire, R.J. and Keays, R.R.,  2024 - The role of supermountain belts and climatic controls on the genesis of copper deposits in the Kupferschiefer and the Central African Copperbelt: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.59, pp. 717-732.
Zientek M L, Hayes T S and Hammarstrom J M  2013 - Overview of a New Descriptive Model for Sediment- Hosted Stratabound Copper Deposits: in Zientek M L, Hammarstrom J M and Johnson K M, 2013 Descriptive Models, Grade-Tonnage Relations, and Databases for the Assessment of Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits - With Emphasis on Deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia USGS Scientific Investigations,   Report 2010-5090-J pp. 2-16


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