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On the Central-African metallogenetic province

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The copper, tin and gold deposits of Central Africa occupy the median part of an archaïc-paleozoic mountain ring extending from the Lower Congo to the Central Highlands and to South West Africa. Most of the metalliferous zone is sandwiched between the Western Rift Valley and the Karroo transgression of the Congo Basin. This “ribbon” is 2500 miles long, width varying from 100 to 400 miles. Deposits seem to follow ancient and often reccuring trends. At least three pre-cambrian mineralizing cycles should be distinguished:

$$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {epoc} \\ {1.Kabalian} \\ {2.Urundian} \\ {3.Katangian} \\ \end{array} } & {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {metal} \\ {Au} \\ {Sn,Nb,W,Au} \\ {Cu,Co,U,Zn} \\ \end{array} } & {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {region} \\ {Ituri,Uele,Kivu,Tanganyika} \\ {Uganda,Ruanda,Maniema,Katanga} \\ {Katanga,Rhodesia} \\ \end{array} } \\ \end{array}$$

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de Kun, N. On the Central-African metallogenetic province. Geol Rundsch 46, 494–505 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01803036

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