MalachiteMutoshi Mine, Mutoshi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photo: Greg Murray Latitude: 10°40'42"S
Longitude: 25°32'7"E
Reduced facies type copper deposit, consisting of two ore beds with a layer of siliceous dolomite between. The mine was started in 1903 and was initially worked for gold.
References
- Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992).
- 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.
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