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Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Also known as Katanga Copper belt or Katanga Crescent or Katanga Copper Zone.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Agardite-(Y)
Albite
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane

Anatase
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Asbolane
Astrocyanite-(Ce) (TL)
Athabascaite
Azurite
Baryte
Becquerelite (TL)
Berzelianite
β-Uranophane
Bieberite
Bijvoetite-(Y) (TL)
Billietite (TL)
'Biotite'
'Bisbeeite'
Bornite
Brochantite
Buttgenbachite (TL)
Cacoxenite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cattierite (TL)
'Cattierite-Vaesite Series'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcocyanite
Chalcomenite
Chalcopyrite
Chernikovite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Claringbullite (TL)
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinoclase
Cobaltomenite
Colusite
Comblainite (TL)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Cornetite (TL)
Cornubite
'Cousinite' (TL)
Covellite
Crocoite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprosklodowskite
Curienite
Curite (TL)
Cyanotrichite
Demesmaekerite (TL)
Derriksite (TL)
Descloizite
Devilline
Dewindtite (TL)
Digenite
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
Dumontite (TL)
Erythrite
Fletcherite
Florencite-(La) (TL)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fourmarierite (TL)
Francevillite
Françoisite-(Nd) (TL)
Galena
Gerhardtite
Gibbsite
Glaukosphaerite
Goethite
Gold
Guilleminite (TL)
'Gummite'
Gypsum
Gysinite-(Nd) (TL)
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Heterogenite (TL)
Ianthinite (TL)
Idaite
Ilmenite
Iriginite
Jarosite
Julienite (TL)
Kamotoite-(Y) (TL)
Kaolinite
Kasolite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
Klockmannite
Kolbeckite
Kolwezite (TL)
Kuramite
Kyanite
Lepersonnite-(Gd) (TL)
'Leucoxene'
Libethenite
Liebigite
Likasite (TL)
'Limonite'
Linnaeite
Lizardite
Ludjibaite (TL)
Magnesite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Marthozite (TL)
Masuyite (TL)
Melonite
Merenskyite
Metasaléeite (TL)
Metaschoepite (TL)
Metastudtite (TL)
Metatorbernite
Metatyuyamunite
Metavandendriesscheite (TL)
Microcline
Millerite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Morenosite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Népouite
Nickeline
Olivenite
Oosterboschite (TL)
Opal
Oursinite (TL)
'Palladinite'
Palladium
Palladseite
Paraschoepite (TL)
Parsonsite (TL)
Penroseite
Pentlandite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Piretite (TL)
Plancheite
Platinum
Polydymite
Protasite (TL)
Pseudojohannite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
var: Polianite

Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Smoky Quartz
Richetite (TL)
Riebeckite Group
var: Crocidolite

Rouaite
Roubaultite (TL)
Rutherfordine
Rutile
Saléeite
Sayrite (TL)
'Scapolite'
Schmitterite
Schoepite (TL)
Schuilingite-(Nd) (TL)
Sengierite (TL)
Shabaite-(Nd) (TL)
Sharpite (TL)
Shattuckite
'Shungite'
Siderite
Siegenite
Silver
Sklodowskite (TL)
Soddyite (TL)
Spangolite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spionkopite
Stilleite (TL)
Studtite (TL)
Sulvanite
Swamboite (TL)
Talc
Tenorite
Tin
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Trogtalite
Turquoise
Tyuyamunite
Umangite
Umohoite
Urancalcarite (TL)
Uraninite
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Vaesite (TL)
Vandenbrandeite
Vandendriesscheite (TL)
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Verbeekite (TL)
Vésigniéite
Volborthite
Vysotskite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Wölsendorfite
Wulfenite
Wyartite (TL)
Yarrowite
Zeunerite
Zippeite
Zircon


273 entries listed. 202 valid minerals. 58 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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References

- Kanzundu, M.; Loris, N.; Numbi, B. B.; Chabu, M.; Kasongo-Numbi, K. (1991): Distribution of uranium ore minerals in southern Shaba (Zaire). Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) 13, 401-405.
- Douglass, D.L. (1999): Cobaltoan Calcites and Dolomites from Katanga. Mineralogical Record 30 (4): 269-273
- Gauthier, G. & Deliens, M. (1999): Cobalt minerals of the Katanga Crescent, Congo. Mineralogical Record 30 (4): 255-273.
- Cox, D.P., Lindsey, D.A., Singer, D.A., Moring, B.C., and Diggles, M.F. (2003): Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. USGS Open-File Report 03-107.
- Weiss, S. (2006): Carrollit, Dolomit, Nickelin, Sphärocobaltit und Baryt aus der Provinz Shaba, Kongo. Lapis 31 (9), 44-46
- Kampunzu, A. B. et al. (2009): Sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
- 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. Ore Geology Reviews 36, 315-322.
- Yanling Yan, Xiangqian Li, Yuping Jiang, Yatao Zhou, and Xian Liu (2011): Geological characteristics and prospecting direction of the elluvium-deluvial cobalt deposits in the central African copperbelt. Geology and Exploration 47(3), 512-517 (in Chinese with English abstract).


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