Latitude: 8°52'30"S
Longitude: 28°12'30"E
Stratiform copper deposit, hosted in Sonta sandstone of the Ngule Subgroup (Kundelungu Group). Genetically similar to the sandstone-hosted, stratiform Lufukwe Cu-Ag deposit.
Located 8 km west of the Dikulushi Mine.
References
- El Desouky, H. A. et al. (2008): Econ. Geol. 103, 555-582.
- El Desouky, H.A., Muchez, P., and Tyler, R. (2008): The sandstone-hosted stratiform copper mineralization at Mwitapile and its relation to the mineralization at Lufukwe, Lufilian foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 561-579.
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