 | Torrealday, H. I., Hitzman, M. W., Stein, H. J., Markley, R. J., Armstrong, R., Broughton, D. (2000) Re-Os AND U-Pb DATING OF THE VEIN-HOSTED MINERALIZATION AT THE KANSANSHI COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN ZAMBIA. Economic Geology, 95 (5) 1165-1170 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.5.1165 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | subparallel veins. The first two vein sets are chalcopyrite rich and contain minor molybdenite, and the...significant monazite and brannerite and minor chalcopyrite. Direct dating of molybdenite (with replicates)...molybdenite-monazite veins, which crosscut the two earlier chalcopyrite-rich vein sets, are distinctly younger (~10...rutile from syn- to posttectonic veins cutting the Musoshi copper deposit at the northern edge of 1165 1166...sediments 200 200 km km Democratic Republic of Congo N post-Katangan sediments Katangan Katangan sediments |  | Kamona, A. F., LĂ©vĂȘque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African...region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The 232Th/204Pb isotope ratios...from the carbonatehosted Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn massive sulphide deposit in the Congo also has homogeneous lead...mantle component, and the isotopic age of the Kipushi deposit (456 Ma) suggests that the emplacement...compared to those of the Kipushi Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo which occurs in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | contrasting ïŹuid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo Hamdy A. El Desouky a,â, Philippe...Groupe Forrest International, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Post-entrapment reequilibration a b s t r a c t The Katanga Copperbelt is the Congolese part of the well-known...samples from the Kamoto and Luiswishi mines in the Katanga Copperbelt recognized two generations of hypogene...least two main hypogene CuâCo sulïŹde phases in the Katanga Copperbelt. The ïŹrst is an early diagenetic typical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Development, Groupe G. Forrest International, Lubumbashi, Congo b Department of Geology, University of Botswana...African Copperbelt in both Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo hereafter) and Zambia, which represent the most...forms a northward convex structure, straddling the CongoâZambia border and called âLufilian Arcâ. It was...east-northeastwards through Kolwezi and Likasi (Congo), and southeastwards to Bwana Mkubwa (Zambia) and...Group is called the âMwashya Subgroupâ or âR 4â in Congo (formerly âSystĂšme Schisto-Dolomitiqueâ of Van den |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., PerellĂł, JosĂ©, Creaser, Robert A., Wilton, John, Wilson, Alan J., Dawborn, Toby (2017) Age of the Zambian Copperbelt. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1245-1268 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0726-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rainaud et al. 2005), in response to collision of the Congo and Kalahari cratons (Porada and Berhorst 2000)...Congolese Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC; Hitzman et al. 2012; Fig. 1). There, the Roan...typically from chalcocite through bornite and chalcopyrite (±carrollite) to distal pyrite (Brummer 1955;...Konkola Konkola West Nchanga Mwombezhi Dome a Musoshi Lumwana Sentinel 13° Hook batholith and related...of the Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and Congo (DRC), showing the main sediment-hosted stratiform |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 22$2.50 1 18 AGE OF ALTERATIONAND VEINING, MUSOSHI,ZAIRE 119 [râą;'âą 'i!/;'/ âąGURUME }?_:âąUSONOâą...KROGH,AND SPOONER SHABA,ZAIRE Series ZAMBIA(Musoshi) Group Group ArkosâącSst Dolomilic Upper Tillire...microcline-bearing "pegmatite" veins at the RoanAntelope and Musoshi deposits (Cahen et al., 1970a, with modificationsin...rutile U-Pb geochronologyof similar veins from Musoshi,presentedhere (see below). Cahen et al. (1970a)...of four analyses from RoanAntelope and one from Musoshi,do not define nificance. of mineralized Lower |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization. Early disseminated and prefolding chalcopyrite and bornite from a diagenetic evaporitic nodule...isotopic dating of disseminated ore sulfide at the Musoshi Ore Shale deposit (northwestern satellite of the...multiple deposits in DRC (DecrĂ©e et al. 2011). At Musoshi, this early Miner Deposita mineralization forms...1988b). This later sulfide assemblage consists of chalcopyrite with accessory molybdenite, bornite, uraninite...deposits (e.g., Nkana: Darnley et al. 1961), and at Musoshi, returned a late metamorphic age of 514 ± 2 Ma |  | Heijlen, W., Banks, D. A., Muchez, P., Stensgard, B. M., Yardley, B. W. D. (2008) The Nature of Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Repubic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion Analysis using Laser Ablation ICP-MS and Bulk Crush-Leach Methods. Economic Geology, 103 (7) 1459-1482 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1459 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Repubic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion...Zn-Cu deposit of Kipushi, central African copper belt, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been subjected...and the origin of the mineralizing fluids. The Kipushi deposit is hosted in carbonates and partly in siliciclastic...geothermometry framed the formation temperature of the Kipushi Cu-Zn deposit between ~290° to 380°C. Younger fluids...of barite and the occurrence of Ba silicates at Kipushi indicates that sulfide mineralization occurred |  | Haest, Maarten, Muchez, Philippe, Dewaele, Stijn, Boyce, Adrian J., von Quadt, Albrecht, Schneider, Jens (2009) Petrographic, fluid inclusion and isotopic study of the Dikulushi CuâAg deposit, Katanga (D.R.C.): implications for exploration. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (5) 505-522 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0230-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotopic study of the Dikulushi CuâAg deposit, Katanga (D.R.C.): implications for exploration Maarten...southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.). The Kundelungu Plateau is situated to...the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1a). Reserves of the Dikulushi mine prior...Fig. 1 a Geological map of the southern part of Katanga (modified after Lepersonne 1974). Stars indicate...of the deposits; b stratigraphic column of the Katanga Supergroup that is divided in the Roan, Nguba and |  | Turlin, François, Eglinger, AurĂ©lien, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, AndrĂ©-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Poujol, Marc, Mercadier, Julien, Bartlett, Ryan (2016) Synmetamorphic Cu remobilization during the Pan-African orogeny: Microstructural, petrological and geochronological data on the kyanite-micaschists hosting the Cu(âU) Lumwana deposit in the Western Zambian Copperbelt of the Lufilian belt. Ore Geology Reviews, 75. 52-75 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphism affecting both the pre-Katanga basement and the Katanga metasedimentary sequence. Cu(âU) occurrences...of the PâT path is evidenced by chalcopyriteâpyrrhotite and chalcopyriteâbornite delineating a steep-dipping...steep-dipping S2 schistosity and by chalcopyrite and bornite delineating a shallowdipping S3 schistosity associated...either from the basement of the Katanga sedimentary sequence or from the Katanga sequence itself marked by...straddling the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia, formed during the Pan-African |  | Batumike, M.J., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kampunzu, A.B. (2007) Lithostratigraphy, basin development, base metal deposits, and regional correlations of the Neoproterozoic Nguba and Kundelungu rock successions, central African Copperbelt. Gondwana Research, 11 (3) 432-447 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.04.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UniversitĂ© de Lubumbashi, B.P.1825, Lubumbashi, Congo Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ARC...Marinoan/Varanger glacial events. The Kaponda, Kakontwe, Kipushi and Lusele Formations are interpreted as cap-carbonates... Kamoto, Nchanga) and massive PbâZnâCu (e.g., Kipushi) ore deposits hosted within the Katangan sedimentary...belt is bordered to the northwest by the Archean Congo Craton and the Mesoproterozoic Kibaride belt, to...where they host PbâZnâCu deposits, such as at Kipushi, Kengere and Lombe (Fig. 1; e.g., Intiomale and |  | Capistrant, P. L., Hitzman, M. W., Wood, D., Kelly, N. M., Williams, G., Zimba, M., Kuiper, Y., Jack, D., Stein, H. (2015) Geology of the Enterprise Hydrothermal Nickel Deposit, North-Western Province, Zambia. Economic Geology, 110 (1) 9-38 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.1.9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Shinkolobwe uranium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), though the Enterprise deposit does not contain...100 kilometers D E M O C RAT I C REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tenke Fungurume Kolwezi Kamoa Kambove - 11°...Mwinilunga -12° Enterprise Kipushi Lubumbashi 12°- Kansanshi Lumwana Solwezi Musoshi Sentinel Konkola ...26° LEGEND post-Katangan granite (520 Ma) major mine or deposit post-Katangan cover city Nguba and...Shinkolobwe uranium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; Derriks and Vaes, 1956) though Enterprise |  | Muchez, Ph., Vanderhaeghen, P., El Desouky, H., Schneider, J., Boyce, A., Dewaele, S., Cailteux, J. (2008) Anhydrite pseudomorphs and the origin of stratiform CuâCo ores in the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 43 (5) 575-589 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0183-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) Ph. Muchez & P. Vanderhaeghen & H. El Desouky &...International, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo â10.3 and 3.1â° relative to the Vienna Canyon Diablo...Bacterial sulphate reduction . Democratic Republic of Congo Introduction The Central African Copperbelt hosts...part of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Supergroup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia (Fig....anhydrite by sulphides has been found, e.g. at Musoshi, Kamoto, Kambove and Luiswishi in the DRC (Cailteux |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kabompo Western Middle Lu filian 12°S Solwezi Musoshi Kasumbalesa Chililabombwe Mwombezhi Solwezi ...Political borders Nguba & Kundelungu Group Mafics in Katanga Supergroup Mwashya Group Basement Complex - granites...www.solid-earth.net/9/1011/2018/ Fm 15 N Kipushi 1013 Lubumbashi Kakontwe 14 Mwale Mwashya...and strain partitioning Bancroft 16 Solwezi Musoshi Kanwangungu Roan Upper Roan Middle Lufilian...50 km cal borders Conglomerate/arkose cs in Katanga Supergroup Nchanga red granite 1 2 28° 27°E |  | Haest, M., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Franey, N., Tyler, R. (2007) Structural Control on the Dikulushi Cu-Ag Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Economic Geology, 102 (7) 1321-1333 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1321 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Dikulushi Cu-Ag Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo MAARTEN HAEST,â PHILIPPE MUCHEZ...Quartier du Golfe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract The Dikulushi Cu-Ag deposit is located...region in the southeast Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kundelungu Plateau...comprise Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Katanga Supergroup that attain an overall thickness of...is exposed in the western part of the Dikulushi mine, marked by ductile deformed shale that was transported |  | Richards, J. P., Cumming, G. L., Krstic, D., Wagner, P. A., Spooner, E. T. C. (1988) Pb isotope constraints on the age of sulfide ore deposition and U-Pb age of late uraninite veining at the Musoshi stratiform copper deposit, Central Africa copper belt, Zaire. Economic Geology, 83 (4) 724-741 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.4.724 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1988), the age of a late hydrothermalevent at the Musoshi deposit,apparentlyunrelatedto andlater thancopper...Lower Roan The geologyand tectonicsettingof the Musoshi Group at the baseof the Katangansystem),nor the... 726 RICHARDSET AL. SIMPLIFIEDSTRATIGRAPHY, MUSOSHI,ZA'I'RE / / ////// ,, Do,am,t. y// !:.: .âąC;...'// '// //,/âą / / / / âą. âą Pyrlhcsandy / MUSOSHI fm. (âą00m) dolomite âą..... ,*âą ,,.,*/,,,,,. ...enbarren zone is separatedfrom the mineralizedrock MUSOSHI Cu DEPOSIT, ZAIRE: AGE CONSTRAINTS by a slightlydiscordantred |  | Haest, Maarten, Schneider, Jens, Cloquet, Christophe, Latruwe, Kris, Vanhaecke, Frank, Muchez, Philippe (2010) Pb isotopic constraints on the formation of the Dikulushi CuâPbâZnâAg mineralisation, Kundelungu Plateau (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mineralium Deposita, 45 (4) 393-410 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0279-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralisation, Kundelungu Plateau (Democratic Republic of Congo) Maarten Haest & Jens Schneider & Christophe Cloquet...the Kundelungu Plateau (Democratic Republic of Congo) developed during two episodes. Subeconomic CuâPbâZnâFe...Kundelungu Plateau in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, about 250 km to the north...mining company, down to 150 m below the surface. The mine was converted into an underground operation by the...that did not met the expectations for the Dikulushi mine (Sabine et al. 2008). Current measured and indicated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (locally semimassive) to locally discordant chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, violarite, and siegenite within...identified at Kalumbila in the 1930s by Rhodesia Congo Border Concessions and subjected to a series of...finely laminated (locally semimassive) pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and steel gray, metallic violarite...industry, the pending opening of the Kansanshi copper mine (Fig. 1) and the reassessment of the Lumwana copper...spacing of approximately 400 m. Basement Complex Katanga System Late - tectonic intrusion Post-tectonic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo, along with its broad time equivalents in Botswana...Copperbelt of Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in the Kalahari Copperbelt of Botswana...Accepted: July 28, 2010 1362 EXPRESS LETTER DR CONGO DRC CONGO CRATON Tenke-Fungurume 10Âș KOLWESI ZAMBIA...200 km Copper-mineralized Neoproterozoic rocks Mine Prospect 30Âș FIG. 1. Location map of the Central...northwestern Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, along with broad time equivalents in Botswana and |  | El Desouky, H. A., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Boutwood, A., Tyler, R. (2008) Postorogenic Origin of the Stratiform Cu Mineralization at Lufukwe, Lufilian Foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo. Economic Geology, 103 (3) 555-582 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.3.555 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lufukwe, Lufilian Foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo HAMDY A. EL DESOUKY,â PHILIPPE MUCHEZ, Geodynamics...MINING CONGO SARL, 8034 Avenue Nyota, Quartier Golf, Lumbumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract...border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of the largest sediment-hosted stratiform...Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks belonging to the Katanga Supergroup. The Kinkumbi prospect, a sediment-hosted...Lufilian folding and deposition of the entire Katanga Supergroup. The Monwezi Sandstone was subjected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulïŹde mineralogy includes pyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite, although in the Lower Orebody...tourmaline, and chlorite. Quartz veins from the mine sequence show halite-saturated ïŹuid inclusions,...during the collision of the AngolaâKalahari and CongoâTanzania Plates, with associated NE-directed thrusting...deposits of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Porada and Berhorst 2000). The stratigraphy of...suggest that ïŹnal continental collision between the Congo and Kalahari Cratons occurred at 530 Ma. Unrug (1988 |  | Liu, ChunâFa, Zhang, Jing, Tang, Li, Yang, Fan, Guo, JiangâTao, Zhou, Cong, Cai, ZhenâWang, Bian, XiaoâLong (2020) Detrital zircon UâPb geochronology and provenance of the Neoproterozoic Lower Roan Group, Chambishi Basin, Northâeastern Zambia: Implication for rift evolution of the Congo Craton. Geological Journal, 55 (2) 1245-1261 doi:10.1002/gj.3491 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northâeastern Zambia: Implication for rift evolution of the Congo Craton ChunâFa Liu1 Cong Zhou3 | | Jing Zhang1...stratiform Cu deposits. The Lower Roan Group of the Katanga Supergroup is the main ore host and mainly comprises...investigate the Neoproterozoic rift evolution of the Congo Craton. Our results reveal that the main zircon...granitoids of the Irumide Belt. The southâeastern Congo Craton likely underwent two Neoproterozoic rifting...the Mwashia, Nguba, and Kundelungu groups of the Katanga Supergroup were likely deposited during the second |  | Gigler, Gruffudd M., SoĆnicka, Marta, Erasmus, Rudolph, Schapira, Jessica, Kinnaird, Judith A. (2020) Microfossils or pseudofossils? Cu-Co sulphide microfeatures in the Neoproterozoic Katangan Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo. Precambrian Research, 336. 105481 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105481 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Neoproterozoic Katangan Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo Gruffudd M. Gigler, Marta SoĆnicka, Rudolph Erasmus...Neoproterozoic Katangan Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo, Precambrian Research (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10...Neoproterozoic Katangan Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo Gruffudd M. Giglera,*, Marta SoĆnickab, Rudolph...the Katangan Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at the Mashitu South Cu-Co deposit. The features...Microfossils, Micropalaeontology, Sulphides, Rutile, Katanga Copperbelt 1. Introduction This study investigates |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | ___________________________ Dr. Alexander P. Gysi Thesis Advisor Signed: ___________________________ Dr. Murray W. Hitzman..._______________________ Signed: ___________________________ Dr. Wendy Bohrson Department Head Department of Geology...Engineering ii ABSTRACT The Kansanshi Cu-(Au) mine exploits a structurally controlled deposit hosted...southern Africa. It is currently the largest active Cu mine in Africa, with a total endowment of nearly 12 Mt...of Au. Copper occurs predominately as coarse chalcopyrite in large quartz-carbonatepyrite vein swarms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Shaban and as it includes the Shinkolobwe mine (Derricks and Vaes, 1956; Derricks and Oosterbosch...Zambian Copperbelt Areas TâąFâą depositionof the Katanga system,mainly of marine origin, beganbetween840...the basementis not exposed, 56 U OCCURRENCE, KATANGA SYSTEM, NW ZAMBIA 57 FIG.1. Distribution of the...tinentalplatformin an oxidizingenvironmentwith or chalcopyrite-carrollite.The common uranium the formationof...OCCURRENCE, KATANGA SYSTEM, NW ZAMBIA 59 60 LUIGI MENEGHEL .. i' /.. .. 4- U OCCURRENCE, KATANGA SYSTEM |
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