Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda /
Western /
Ntungamo /
World
/ Uganda
/ Western
/ Ntungamo
World / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Kivu / Nord-Kivu
copper mine, production
Lateritic niobium ore. Cancrinite syenite intruded by Nb-bearing calcite-carbonatite.
References
- Nasraoui, M. and Waerenborgh, J.C. (2001): Fe speciation in weathered pyrochlore-group minerals from the Lueshe and Araxá (Barreiro) carbonatites by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Canadian Mineralogist: 39: 1073-1080.
- Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 09-1139.
References
- Nasraoui, M. and Waerenborgh, J.C. (2001): Fe speciation in weathered pyrochlore-group minerals from the Lueshe and Araxá (Barreiro) carbonatites by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Canadian Mineralogist: 39: 1073-1080.
- Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 09-1139.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: -0°59'12"N 29°8'33"E
- Tenke Fungurume Copper-Cobalt Mine/Project 1113 km
- Mutanda Mine 1145 km
- Kamoa Permit 13026 1163 km
- Kamoa Resource Area 1165 km
- Kamoa Permit 13025 1186 km
- Nchanga Open Pit (NOP), Konkola Copper Mines Plc. 1288 km
- Trident Project 1301 km
- Mogalakwena Platinum Mine 2552 km
- Phalaborwa Copper Mine 2565 km
- Olympic Dam SML1 11649 km
- Muhongozi 23 km
- Rwindi 27 km
- Mungote 29 km
- Kahe-Camp 31 km
- Mpati 32 km
- Lac Kirwa 40 km
- Rutshuru 41 km
- Nyamuragira Volcano 48 km
- Volcanoes National Park 70 km
- Virunga National Park 82 km