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Shinkolobwe Signal, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congoi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Shinkolobwe Signal | Pit |
| Shinkolobwe | Village |
| Kambove Territory | Territory |
| Haut-Katanga | Province |
| DR Congo | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
11° 2' 44'' South , 26° 34' 23'' East
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Kasola Signal
The Royal Museum For Central Africa in Tervuren (Belgium) gives the following description of the deposit:
"Shinkolobwe is the name of a small river that has its source at the base of a high hill. The summit of the hill was chosen as a geodesic signal point during the triangulation of South Katanga by the "Comité Spécial du Katanga" (the C.S.K.), the state landlord of the Katanga Crescent. This hill was identified as Shinkolobwe-Signal for reference purposes. It was a protruding outcrop in the eroded area of a Cu-Co deposit, about 3 km east of the native village of Kasolo. In 1915, Major Sharp, one of the U.M.H.K. prospectors, noticed at Kasolo an almost vertical cliff several meters high. It was a steep outcropping of hard, cellular siliceous rock (the RSC Formation, well-known throughout the Katanga Crescent) which was considerably more resistant to erosion than the surrounding sedimentary beds".
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Agate Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
- Bangweulu BlockOrogenic Belt
Central AfricaRegion
DR Congo
- Haut-Katanga
- Katanga Copper CrescentMining Area
- ⭔KatangaProvince
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Shinkolobwe Signal, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo