Geology and structure of Mobale gold deposit at Kamituga: A contribution to the study of the Kivu Supergroup
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Ilombe, G.M.
Mukokya, Y.M.
Nzolang, C.
Kalikone, C.B.
Birhenjira, E.M.
Mugaruka, B.T.
Delvaux, D.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Geodynamics and mineral resources
Audience
Scientific
Date
2017Publisher
Africa Museum
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A geological investigation of the Kibaran series of Kamituga (Kivu Supergroup) was carried out in the Mobale gold deposit at Kamituga with a cartographic, petrographic and structural approach. The petrographic analyses showed the existence of mesozonal metasediments (quarzite and metapelite) affected by a bimodal magmatism, first of dioritic and later of a granitic nature. Two deformation phases affect the metasediments: (D1) a first E-W folding with subhorizontal axis and axial-plane cleavage (S1) of presumed Kibaran age, and (D2) a second N-S folding with an axis moderately inclined towards the South. The latter could represent a Pan-African influence outside the Itombwe Synclinorium and would therefore be the first evidence, for a Pan-African folding affecting the Kibaran series.
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Ilombe, G.M.; Mukokya, Y.M.; Nzolang, C.; Kalikone, C.B.; Birhenjira, E.M.; Mugaruka, B.T.; Delvaux, D. (2017). Geology and structure of Mobale gold deposit at Kamituga: A contribution to the study of the Kivu Supergroup. , Geo-Eco-Trop, Vol. 41/2; Geohazards in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa, 151-168, Africa Museum,Type
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fra