 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LETTER Concordant ages for the giant Kipushi base metal deposit (DR Congo) from direct Rb–Sr and Re–Os dating...carbonate-hosted Kipushi base metal (+Ge) deposit in the Neoproterozoic Lufilian Arc, DR Congo. This is the...independent isotopic methods. The 451 Ma age for Kipushi suggests that the ore-forming solutions did not...that both Cu–Ge- and Zn-rich orebodies of the Kipushi deposit formed contemporaneously from the same...dating of sphalerite. Keywords Kipushi . Base metals . Copperbelt . Congo . Rb–Sr isotopes . Re–Os isotopes |  | 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) | | Université 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 Pb–Zn–Cu (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 Pb–Zn–Cu deposits, such as at Kipushi, Kengere and Lombe (Fig. 1; e.g., Intiomale and |  | Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, 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 |  | 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) | | contain minor molybdenite, and the third vein set contains relatively abundant molybdenite with significant...brannerite and minor chalcopyrite. Direct dating of molybdenite (with replicates) from each of the vein sets...vein mineralogies observed in the field. The molybdenite-monazite veins, which crosscut the two earlier...and duration of mineralization at Kansanshi, molybdenite from each of three crosscutting vein sets was...Coarse-grained monazite crystals intergrown with molybdenite from the youngest vein set also were dated using |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | \ Fault Sinlstral Transcurrent International KIPUSHI KIPAPILA Boundary ß %.,., •,•alur Malundwe MUFULIRA...payablehorizonsis locallyvery large. In the Mufulira mine in Zambiamineralizationis presentin 21 distinctlithologicalunits...sulfides,gold, silver, uraninite, brannerite, molybdenite, cobalt and nickel sulfides,and monazite.Chrysocollaand...detaileddataexistonlyfor the Kipushi,Kabwe,and Shinkolobwedeposits. In the Kipushi depositzinc is accompaniedby...deposits;the second, cobaltiferous chalcopyrite-molybdenite; and the third, argentiferousbornite (Intiomale |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ....................................J. Lhoest P.O. Box 141 B-4000 Liege, Belgium Kipushi is famous as a rich pipe-like deposit o f zinc...Crescent, it has yielded many valuable specimens. Kipushi is the type locality fo r renierite and kipushite...situated at a higher stratigraphic level in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes...Angola-Congo craton, examples being M ’Passa in the People’s R e public of the Congo and Kipushi in southeastern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | it has been shown that rhenium is carried by molybdenite isomorphously (Kagle, 1960; Faramazyan and Khurshudyan...form the inner parts of spherical particles of molybdenite and differs from the latter in its greater hardness...copper is not a major component. Mineral from Kipushi. Capitant et al. (1963) have studied the distribution...Leopold Mines, Kipushi, Katanga, Congo. The major minerals in the sample were molybdenite, tennantite,...blende. Distribution of rhenium through the molybdenite was found to be variable and the existence of |  | | 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...Domain is separated from the overlying Kansanshi Mine domain by the Evaporitic Sequence, a >300 m thick |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | seine verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- uncl Kipushi-Mine. NeuesJahrb. Mineral , Monotslt- 1958, No. 1l-1'2...ulrtgnbogsardt from the Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Belgian Congo, in a similar mineral assemblage The...en provenance de la pegmaLite de Kobokobo (Kivu-Congo Belge). Soc. bel'gegeotr,paleontol,,et hydrol.,...150', and 400'. Wyartite occurs at Sbinkolobw6, Katanga, as an alteration product of a red aiteration product...Orijarvi mine, S. W Finland, associated with native Bi, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, molybdenite, native |  | Selby, D., Kelley, K. D., Hitzman, M. W., Zieg, J. (2009) Re-Os SULFIDE (BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE) SYSTEMATICS OF THE CARBONATE-HOSTED COPPER DEPOSITS AT RUBY CREEK, SOUTHERN BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA. Economic Geology, 104 (3) 437-444 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.3.437 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfide deposits (cf. Red Dog Zn-PbAg, Alaska; Kipushi, DR Congo; Lince-Estefania, Chile) has demonstrated...et al., 2006; Schneider et al., 2007). For the Kipushi deposit a two-point Re-Os isochron is presented...the method used for determining model ages for molybdenite (Selby and Creaser, 2001). These analyses yield...comparison to sulfides (with the exception of molybdenite) from many ore systems (Freydier et al., 1997;...sulfides is controlled by microintergrowths of molybdenite (a mineral typically enriched in Re [ppm] 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) | | textured rocks, and a later millerite-bravoite-(molybdenite) assemblage in quartzkyanite veins and local...nickel sulfide zone. Re-Os geochronology on molybdenite yields a 540.6 ± 1.8 Ma age for mineralization...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°...mp bo me a K Do Mwinilunga -12° Enterprise Kipushi Lubumbashi 12°- Kansanshi Lumwana Solwezi Musoshi |  | | Catalog/List | | A1P0/.4FOH £6 Ba.Cu. SiO 808 ■a AMEGHINITE Tiokalayu Mine. Salllf del Hombre M~,Salta 1082 O EUDIALYTE St...Wctzlar, gcrmany 831 D!ll GREZNOCKITE Katharina Mine, Radvanice, C=cb Republic Golden-yellow miao crystals...~ -·- s,i, ~~ -G'R.U!ti!PLUCITJr- • ·1.cvigliani Mine. Scraveua, Lucca. Tuscmy ~ -R.elMcly rich brown...£8 2x2£15 lxt £4 1.a£8 Zo.SiO 156 CREJIDITE Hall Mine,Tonopah.Nyc County.Nevada, U.S.A 950 HVBEITE Emw...Russia 851 co ILSlIMANNlTE Cent.er Pit. Getchell Mine Nevada,, USA Pure grey-white cleavage nws. Blue |  | | Book (edition) | | Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas Oberthür Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536...Pressure twins are commonly found in graphite or molybdenite, where they are easily identified. Optical properties |  | | Report (issue) | | granitic rocks contain fluorite, tourmaline, molybdenite, and cassiterite. Sediments in adjacent streams...Cu deposits in Alaska consist of Kennecott- and Kipushi-subtypes (Cox and Singer, 1986, p. 130 and 227...typically contain some silver (Ag); in particular, the Kipushi-type deposits may contain three critical elements...an Alaskan example of Kipushi-type copper deposits in carbonate rocks. Kipushi-type deposits are massive...layering to highly discordant. Deposits classified as Kipushi-type (Cox and Singer, 1986) include Ge-bearing |  | Haest, Maarten, Muchez, Philippe, Dewaele, Stijn, Boyce, Adrian J., von Quadt, Albrecht, Schneider, Jens (2009) Petrographic, fluid inclusion and isotopic study of the Dikulushi Cu–Ag 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 Cu–Ag 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | contrasting fluid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo Hamdy A. El Desouky a,⁎, 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 Cu–Co sulfide phases in the Katanga Copperbelt. The first is an early diagenetic typical |  | | Report (volume) | | of Documents. ANCHORAGE, Alaska--4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--605 West 4th Ave., Rm...Virginia--National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125...Joseph A. Briskey 32c 224 Descriptive model of Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn, by Dennis P. Cox and Lawrence R. Bernstein...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shaft, vein, bench, open-pit, underground, and mine that might be considered as possible sampling units...as shale-hosted amagmatic (SHam), Kipushi deposits classed as Kipushi, some sedimentaryexhalative Zn–Pb...deposits Total number of deposits CAam CAig FeOxide Kipushi MLig MLme PorCu RedbedCu ReduCu RevettCu SedHstCu...62 14 31 25 32 22 272 421 175 CAam CAig CAme Kipushi MLig MLme SHam SHig SSPb VMSBi VMSFel VMSMaf 5...deposits Total number of deposits CAam CAig CAme Kipushi MLig MLme SHam SHig SSPb VMSBi VMSFel VMSMaf 5 |  | Huang, Yi, Sun, Xiaoming, Shi, Guiyong, Sa, Rina, Guan, Yao, Jiang, Xiaodong, Que, Honghua (2015) Re–Os dating of sulphides from the Yushui Cu-polymetallic deposit in eastern Guangdong Province, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 70. 281-289 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.04.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although no distinct folding is observed in the mine area, fault structures were well developed owing...porphyritic granite porphyry rarely outcrops in the mine district and underground workings. Phenocrysts are...pg for Os (Table 1). A standard sample (HLP molybdenite), a parallel sample, and blanks were used for...measured values of the standard sample (HLP molybdenite) were identical to the recommended values (Table...et al., 2005) and the Kipushi base-metal deposit (450.5 ± 3.4 Ma) in DR Congo (Schneider et al., 2007) | | Jones, James V., Karl, Susan M., Labay, Keith A., Shew, Nora B., Granitto, Matthew, Hayes, Timothy S., Mauk, Jeffrey L., Schmidt, Jeanine M., Todd, Erin, Wang, Bronwen, Werdon, Melanie B., Yager, Douglas B. (2015) GIS-Based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska. Open-File Report 2015-1021. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20151021 | Report (issue) | | Cu deposits in Alaska consist of Kennecott and Kipushi types, and they contain four critical elements:...example of the Kipushi type, which is named for the Kipushi deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These...breccia bodies, or both. All deposits classified as Kipushi type by Cox and Singer (1986) have Gebearing minerals...Creek deposit have not been published. Elsewhere, Kipushi-type ores contain approximately 1,000 parts per...but calculations from production figures from Kipushi, DRC, itself, suggest that recovery of Ge there |  | | Journal (issue) | | with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris;...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper...copper, cadmium, germanium and arsenic. The Kipushi deposit is a vein occurrence similar to the one at Tsumeb...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960 |  | | Catalog/List | | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 1) ALBITE and MICA. Consolheiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group of...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68. 4) AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to 10mm. The majority terminated. Old Dr F Krantz of Bonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington, Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65. 9) CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendecn, Cornwall. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95. 10) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group of eight intergrown | | | Catalog/List | | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 1) ALBITE and MICA. Consolheiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group ofoff-white...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68. 4) AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to I0mm. The majority terminated. Old Dr F Krantz ofBonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington, Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65. 9) CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendecn, Cornwc:11. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95. l 0) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group ofeight intergrown |  | Turlin, François, Eglinger, Aurélien, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier, André-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(–U) 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(–U) occurrences...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...et al., 2008, 2015) and Pb–Zn–Cu deposits (e.g. Kipushi, 53 Batumike et al., 2007; Kamona et al., 1999;...hosted within the lower part of the Neoproterozoic Katanga metasedimentary sequence, the Roan (Mines Subgroup |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kolwezi Cu-Co deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The deposit is located on the western edge...Pan-African Lufilian arc (ca. 590500 Ma), between the Congo and Kalahari cratons of southern Africa (Fig. 1)...540– 490 Ma) based on the results of 15 Re-Os molybdenite age determinations from Cu-Co deposits across...the opportunity. A special note of thanks goes to Dr. David Broughton for constant support and his detailed...invaluable for the understanding of microstructures. Dr. 20 Alexander Ziegler and Mr. Jacques Gerber are |
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