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Bornite from
Kipapila Mine, Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kipapila Mine, Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717733
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717733:0
GUID (UUID V4):edda80a3-f662-461d-bbc3-afe133d49094
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
29.7km (18.4 miles) ā“˜Tshinsenda (Kinsenda), Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
34.0km (21.1 miles) ā“˜Musoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
41.1km (25.6 miles) ā“˜Konkola Mine, Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
59.2km (36.8 miles) ā“˜Ruashi Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
65.7km (40.8 miles) ā“˜Samba Mine, Kasompe, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
67.1km (41.7 miles) ā“˜Mufulira Mine, Mufulira, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
77.8km (48.3 miles) ā“˜Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
81.5km (50.7 miles) ā“˜Kinsevere mine, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
93.3km (58.0 miles) ā“˜Chibuluma West Mine, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
96.5km (60.0 miles) ā“˜Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Unrug, R. (1988) Mineralization controls and source of metals in the Lufilian fold belt, Shaba (Zaire), Zambia, and Angola. Economic Geology, 83 (6) 1247-1258 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.6.1247
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tl:+;;', ā€¢ ,' The coppersulfidesincludechalcocite,bornite, and chalcopyrite.In the middle tectonicunit of...Fault Sinlstral Transcurrent International KIPUSHI KIPAPILA Boundary Ɵ %.,., ā€¢,ā€¢alur Malundwe MUFULIRA...payablehorizonsis locallyvery large. In the Mufulira mine in Zambiamineralizationis presentin 21 distinctlithologicalunits...and truncation planes described from the Mufulira mine (Garlick and Fleischer, 1972) can also be explained...1962, Les minā€¢rais cupro-cobaltifSres de Kamoto (Katanga-Ouest), I. Pā€¢trographie:Kinshasa,Zaire, StudiaUniv
Richards, J. P., Krogh, T. E., Spooner, E. T. C. (1988) Fluid inclusion characteristics and U-Pb rutile age of late hydrothermal alteration and veining at the Musoshi stratiform copper deposit, Central African copper belt, Zaire. Economic Geology, 83 (1) 118-139 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.1.118
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
footwall arkosicsedimentsalong the full 5.25-km mine (475 m) and appearto correspondto the loci strikelengthof...Petrographicstudyof over onehundredthin and partsof the mine. As a wall-rock alteration mineral, the best formed...major footwallalterationzone. (b). Chaleopyrite-bornite-ealeite-quartz-(rutile) vein with marginalalte...andargillicwall-rockalteration (5) in differentpartsof the mine (seeAppendixfor descriptions). Sample5 isrepresentativeof...prep.). ied (nine stations,on three levels of the mine). At The origin of the fluidsinvolvedin the hydrohigher
Slack, John F., Kimball, Bryn E., Shedd, Kim B. (2017) Cobalt. Professional Paper Vol. 1802 (1802f) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1802f
Report (issue)
.pdf. Cover. Underground photo of the Skuterud Mine in Norway showing pink secondary erythrite (a hydrated.......................................F13 Typical Mine Life..........................................................................................F16 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................F18 Mine Closure.....................................................F2 F2. Bar chart showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption
(2017) Critical mineral resources of the United Statesā€”Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply. Professional Paper 1802. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1802
Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyā€™s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
 
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