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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2012.45.6.709

Geology and Mineralization of Mwanza and Kongolo in DR Congo Tin belt  

Yang, Seok-Jun (Mineral Resources Research Department, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Park, Sung-Won (Mineral Resources Research Department, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Koh, Sang-Mo (Mineral Resources Research Department, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.45, no.6, 2012 , pp. 709-719 More about this Journal
Abstract
Prospection was performed on the tin mineralized belt in Mwanza and Kongolo areas of Katanga, DR Congo. Most of deposits in Katanga areas are related to the granites which are located in Kibaran belt in NE and SW trends of mid Proterozoic. Metasedimentary rocks in the Kibaran belt are intruded by granites, and tin, niobium and tantalum deposits are especially developed along with tin-granite. Cassiterite, coltan and gold are developed in the pegmatite, quartz vein and greisen in related to the tin-granite in Mwanza and Katanga areas, and they are exploited by artisan in the smale scale. And we conducted the works with the alluviums and stream sediments in the case of no outcrops. With the results of analysis of samples, we will choose a few potential mineralized zones and con-tinue to prosepect precisely.
Keywords
Tin; Nb; Ta; Coltan; Pegmatite; Greisen; DR Congo;
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