Mindola-Nkana N-S

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Contained Copper
8.0 Mt
Average Grade
3.06%
Deposit Type
Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper (SSC)
Discovery Year
—

Overview

Barren gaps: ore beds replaced by siliceous dolomite bioherms. Cut by veins of pitchblende, uraninite, brannerite, coffinite, molybdenite, vanadinite. Age 520 Ma

Geological Context

Host Rock: Argillite, dolomite, cherty argillite (U. Proterozoic)

Geological Province: 7291

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS