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Cassiterite from
Kalima, Maniema, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Varlamoffiteⓘ1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Varlamoffite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Topazⓘ1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Topaz at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kalima, Maniema, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:768956
Long-form Identifier:1:3:768956:7
GUID (UUID V4):517eb9ed-a24d-4c7a-9ae5-5a28c44a7571
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘMessaraba-Munkuku, Maniema, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal...the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal...du Sud Kivu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; robertwazi@yahoo.fr Ecole Doctorale de l’UniversitĂ©...Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden...host large amounts of mineral resources such as cassiterite, wolframite, gold, and columbite-group minerals
Report (issue)
Total 100.01 100.14 100.00 (1) Mt. Misobo mine, Congo; average of two analyses. (2) Bugarama mine, Rwanda;...(3) WAlO3 (OH)3 . Occurrence: In placers with cassiterite and wolframite and in quartz veins with ferberite... which appears to replace it (Mt. Misobo mine, Congo); in altered skarn (Kara mine, Tasmania). Association:...Association: Ferberite, scheelite (Mt. Misobo mine, Congo); mpororoite, scheelite (Kara mine, Tasmania); raspite...Misobo tungsten mine, Kalima-Maniema district, and the Mierge mine, Kivu Province, Congo (Zaire). In the Bugarama
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites with rare-metal minerals such as cassiterite, columbo-tantalite, petalite, microlite, beryl...zoning in 1939 in Maniema, Kivu and Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and after 1952, in...has been noted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as in pegmatite types of Rwanda, Burundi...colors, beryl, spodumene, amblygonite, apatite, cassiterite, coltlmbo-tantalite, wolframite and microlite...Fig. 2): Type 9: Quartz veins with cassiterite or xvith cassiterite and wolframite, or with wolframite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granites in the Maniema Province of the Kibara Belt (KIB), Democratic Republic of Congo Douxdoux Kumakele...Granites in the Maniema Province of the Kibara Belt (KIB), Democratic Republic of Congo. Minerals 2023...University, Kinshasa 012, Democratic Republic of the Congo Correspondence: seo28@snu.ac.kr; Tel.: +82-10-4457-4877...Kibara belt (KIB) in the Maniema province hosts orebodies bearing cassiterite-wolframite, which are associated...(SEM-CL) on cassiterite grains, reveal two types of cassiterite: yellow transparent cassiterite (lighter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mining in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Emmanuel K. Atibu 1 , Philippe Arpagaus 2 , Crispin...Gold Mining in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Minerals 2022, Department of Chemistry, Faculty...Kinshasa XI B.P. 190, Democratic Republic of the Congo Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic...River, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was evaluated by gamma-ray spectrometry and inductively...Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo or DRC) has a vast wealth of mineral resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
died in 1945, who had studied minerals of Belgian Congo. M.F. Richetite J . F. Yrns, op. cit. Small (0.1...containing cassiterite and wolframite at Mt. Misobo, Kalima mining district, Maniema, Belgian Congo, also...locality is not given, but presumably is Belgian Congo. Named for H. J. Schuiling,chief geologistof Union...344-350(1947). Epiianthinite Ar-rnnn ScnonpANDSA-Dr Srnenror, Am. Mineral., 92, 344-350(1947). Fairchildite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
letter from Monsieur N. Varlamoff in the Belgian Congo saying he had seen my reference to the 'yellowish...which he had recently discovered in the Belgian Congo and which had been named after him, his description... Through the interest of Professor K. C. Dunham, Dr. E. A. Vincent of Durham University most readily...course the only tin recovered was in the form of cassiterite. The Cligga mine varlamoffite is a rather soft...wolframite and is associated with stannite, cassiterite, arsenopyrite, greyish-green scorodite, and scales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arehaie-paleozoie mountain ring extending from the Lower Congo to the Central Highlands and to South West Africa...Rift Valley and the Karroo transgression of the Congo Basin. This "ribbon" is 2500 miles long, width varying...Ituri, Uele, Kivu, Tanganyika Uganda, Ruanda, Maniema, Katanga Katanga, Rhodesia 1. Introduction The...slave-traders knew about the existence of tin in Maniema, but the first placers were discovered around 1980:...Laurentian shield. Inserting the missing link, Kivu-Maniema results in an elongated mineralized belt, like
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this giant metal province comprises Kivu and Maniema, as well as major portions of the Eastern, Kasai...Region Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It also includes Burundi and Rwanda, and...cumulative production converge at 800 000 t cassiterite (SnO2), 30 000 t columbite (y50% Ta2O5), 30 000...attempts to fill this gap. Geological background The Congo Craton was assembled from Archaean nuclei by multiple...The Kibara belt forms the eastern margin of the Congo Craton but the actual contact is largely buried
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatitic bodies in Numbi, South Kivu Eastern D.R Congo I.A. Oyediran, C. Nzolang, M.P. Mupenge, S.O. Idakwo...pegmatitic bodies in Numbi, South Kivu Eastern D.R Congo, LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos...PEGMATITIC BODIES in NUMBI, SOUTH KIVU EASTERN D.R CONGO I. A. Oyediran1,2,* oyediranibrahim2012@g mail.co...Department of Geology, Official University of Bukavu, DR Congo 4 Department of Earth Sciences, Kogi State University...namely; Maniema, Katanga and North Kivu belong to the Kibara belt of Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Irurnlde belt, Since the discovery of the first cassiterite deposits after the First World War, the Kibaran...producer of any of these commodities. Cumulative cassiterite production in the northeastern province, for...In the west the Kibaran belt is limited by the Congo craton (although the border area is not well exposed...area but absent in the morphologically immature Congo-Nile waterdivine to the west. The syenites and carbonatites...without cassiterite grading with increasing depth to quartz veins with muscovite, cassiterite, and minor
Report (issue)
nore, Aims be ey en LESAN. orGi ero Stan bs OF 0 Gh DR EO ERE een eRIoas EE cy ne eee ere Ay Ate TUDO, doecc...institutions, I express my thanks. I am indebted to Dr. George F. Deasy and Mr. J. F. Gregory and Mr. D... J. T., Jr., 1929, The problem of supergene cassiterite in Bolivian tin veins: Econ. Geol., v. 24, p...p. 343-364 . —— 1930, Supergene cassiterite in Bolivian tin veins: Econ. Geol., v. 25, p. 211218 . Lindgren...pt. 3, p. 97-121 118 AFRICA BELGIAN Katanga CONGO (Copper, Cobalt) (Meosthermal) i Demay, A., 1930
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Twangiza–Namoya Gold Belt (Democratic Republic of Congo): Evidence from tourmaline and fluid compositions... Potsdam, Germany c Banro Corporation, Bukavu, Congo d Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg...the South Kivu and Maniema provinces of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; Fig. 1) shows...evolution of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not been investigated in detail and surface...the south. However, the authors exclude the Kivu-Maniema region, in which the TNGB is located, from their
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cathodoluminescence and growth of cassiterite in the composite lodes at South Crofty Mine, Cornwall,...2TF Abstract The cathodoluminescence (CL) of cassiterite (SnO2) from the paragenetic sequence in the lodes...the substitution of Ti, Fe and W for Sn in the cassiterite lattice. Ti and W behave as luminescence activators...between these effects. Successive generations of cassiterite formed during the separate stages of paragenetic...textures is used to support the hypothesis that cassiterite growth took place under two main regimes. These
Report (volume)
------------------ Democratic Republic of the Congo _____________________________ _ Republic of South...Estimated reserves of tin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1965_________________________________________________...present shorelines. Most tin is smelted from cassiterite ( Sn02) contained in placer concentrates, and...concentrates that contain a high proportion of tin in cassiterite, many other valu:tble metals are recovered during...generally associated with granitic rocks and contain cassiterite (Sn0 2 ) as well as other uncommon, valuable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
major depositsand especially Messrs.Bradford,A. Burne,Dr. de Neve, Major Farrington,Dr.Ing. Hermann, Messrs...The writer is indebted to Dr. Charles H. Behre,to Dr. RichardH. Jahnsand Dr. KennethBurke who kindly...schorlomite)was foundat severaloccurrences, as well as cassiterite,gold and tourmaline. The only depositsof pyrochlorein...Glenoverfarm, SouthAfrica, (personalcommunication, Dr. Haughton). James(18) hasprovedthat replacement...wasfoundin microcline-oligoclase granites in the Congo (6). At the beginningof the emplacementof the ring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks of the Nya-Ngezie and Bugarama groups (D.R. Congo): A key for the evolution of the Mesoproterozoic...Germany c UniversitĂ© oïŹƒcielle du Sud Kivu, Bukavu, Congo b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords:...and Bugarama groups. Both of them occur along the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi borders and have frequently...region of southeastern Congo to Uganda through the Kivu province of eastern Congo, Burundi and Rwanda (Fig...(Karagwe–Ankole Belt) and KIB (Kibaride Belt).: CC = Congo Craton, BB = Bangweulu Block, TzC = Tanzanian Craton
Journal (issue)
Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo................................................... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...COLLECTIONS OF Kurt Hefendehl Jack Halpern Dr. Gene Meieran Dr. Steve Smale Dr. Vasco Trancoso Bill and Anne Cook...Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Florias Mees Department of Geology Royal Museum...for localities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A close look at how some of these species were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the cassiterite vein type mineralization of the Kalima area (Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo)— S...the Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo)—Sophie DecrĂ©e, Olivier Pourret, and Jean-Marc Baele...Yongfeng Zhu, Juanjuan Tan, and Tian Qiu 299 Dating cassiterite using laser ablation ICP-MS—Cong-ying Li, Rong-qing...Manono-Kitotolo (Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo)—S. Dewaele, N. Hulsbosch, Y. Cryns, A. Boyce, R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pre-Mesoproterozoic domains: the Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic Congo Craton to the west and north, the Archaean Tanzania...belts are separated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the northwestern extension of the Palaeoproterozoic...complemented by own analyses). Location # Bukena 1 Kalima 10 Kirengo 3 Lutshuruk 1 Madiakala 2 Makamba...52 9 10 Coordinates: Bukena 7°400 S 27°190 E; Kalima 2°430 S 26°170 E; Kirengo 1°580 S 29°370 E; Lutshuruk... 1998 for a mineralogical overview), minor cassiterite and secondary lepidolite after orthoclase (VarlamoïŹ€
Book
1 9 4 3 , Wolfram In Nigeria; with notes on cassiterite, wolfram and columbite zones: Inst. Min. and...greisen and the fractures filled with quartz and cassiterite; the subordinate minerals in these veins and...course, been produced by the loosening of the cassiterite and columbite during the weathering of the gran­...minerals, gangue and metallic, associated with the cassiterite, are typical of high-intensity conditions, so...the deep leads under the Newer basalts contain cassiterite, plus minor columbite. On the surface of the
Corporate Document
AND NAMOYA CONCESSIONS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Prepared for: Banro Corporation Prepared by:...Figure 1.2: Location within Democratic Republic of Congo ..................................................concessions in the Kivu and Maniema provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 1995. Political...AND NAMOYA CONCESSIONS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Terms of Reference Steffen...Exploitation Permits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (UK) Ltd
Book
The contribution of essentially two chapters from Dr. C. Cuff has considerably enhanced the text as has...the remainder emanating from minor sources. Cassiterite is the only mineral of significant commercial...characteristics, i.e. tin bearing pegmatites, quartz cassiterite, quartz sulphide etc. This however proved unworkable...intermediate Subvolcanic group (cassiterite-silicate, cassiterite-sulphide formations tin bearing skarns)...F, Pb, Sb, Zn Hypabyssal group (cassiterite-silicate, cassiterite-quartz formations) Ag, As, Au, Bi
Book
minerals: muscovite, sometimes tourmaline or cassiterite, and better formed quartz and feldspar crystals...mineral: schorl, muscoÂŹ vite, beryl, topaz, cassiterite, albite, lepidolite and epidote. B* 20 THE...batholiths. Such is the case in the Kalima region, Maniema, Congo, where an important tin mineralization...exists around the Maniema granite massifs, in the eastÂŹ ern part of the former Belgian Congo (N. Varlamoff...pneumatolytic minerals, such as tourmaline, topaz, cassiterite, etc. It results from a metasomatism of granite
Book
minerals: muscovite, sometimes tourmaline or cassiterite, and better formed quartz and feldspar crystals...essential mineral: schorl, muscovite, beryl, topaz, cassiterite, albite, lepidolite and epidote. B‱ 20 THE...batholiths. Such is the case in the Kalima region, Maniema, Congo, where an important tin mineralization...exists around the Maniema granite massifs, in the eastern part of the former Belgian Congo (N. Varlamoff...pneumatolytic minerals, such as tourmaline, topaz, cassiterite, etc. It results from a metasomatism of granite
 
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