The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Tervuren, Belgium) has an acknowledged expertise on mineral deposits in Central Africa: Cu-Co and Mn in the Katanga, Sn-Ta-Nb in Eastern DRC, Rwanda and Burundi, Cu-Pb-Zn in the West-Congolian domain, among others. These deposits are studied in close partnership with colleagues in the local Geological Surveys (DRC, Burundi, Rwanda) and universities worldwide. More recently, the RMCA has paid special attention to Cenozoic weathering in Northern and Central Africa, and its impact on the formation/enrichment of supergene mineral deposits. Would anyone with a background in related research be interested to join an informal working group on Cenozoic supergene mineral deposits across Africa? Research focuses would be the formation processes, age, and metal enrichment(s) in the supergene deposits. Attention would also be paid to the enrichment in rare, strategic, metals (REE, Ge, Ga, In, etc.). The RMCA is willing to produce innovative research and state-of-the-art review papers on these issues, whose importance for the global economy is obvious. If there is an interest, a 1st meeting could be organized at the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC, Cape Town, RSA), where Damien Delvaux and myself will convene a special session entitled “An updated vision on geodynamics and mineral resources in the Central African Shield and Congo Basin” (Special session 35th IGC, Cape Town 27 August - 4 September 2016, Core Topic: Fundamental Science / Theme: Dynamic Earth); please visit: http://www.35igc.org/Themes/18/A-Dynamic-Earth
Dear collegue,
You probably know that Johan YANS and myself are working on manganese, iron and clay deposits in northern Africa (Tunisia and Morocco). It is then of great interest for us to join and participate in that informal work group.
Thank you for this great initiative on a very intersting field of the geology.
Best regards,
Augustin
Thanks Augustin, you're most welcome. I know Johan since about 2 decades and so I knew/know that you are potential candidates in such a project! I've also seen your recent papers on supergene manganese deposits in Morocco: keep going! All the best, Thierry
Dear collegue,
I am working on the metallogenic model of the Cu (Pb, Zn) mineralization along the Lufilian arc with Prof. Muchez and Prof. kipata. Several Cu occurrence have been found in the kundelungu and Nguba Group at Tenke Fungurume Mining district (DR of Congo) but their origin still unknown. karst within supergene ore are usually observed. This group will help me for understanding this topic.
I will be at KU Leuven in January for 3 month about the study of fluid inclusion. My conference paper are available on research gate and the full have been resubmitted to JAES. Thank you for great initiative.
Thanks for your reply, Pascal! Again, Lubumbashi and KULeuven are natural partners in this group. Yes, I've seen karstic cavities in Tenke as well and we could further discuss this together. You're most welcome to visit us at Tervuren when you'll join Leuven. See you soon, Thierry
Dear Thierry,
I admit that I do not know much about mineral deposits in Africa but I have created the dataset of the state-of-the-art of distribution of ALL moth (
Dear Thierry,
having worked on the geochronology of supergene manganese deposits in Southern Africa and their bearance on our understanding of landscape evolution I would be very happy to contribute to informal discussions.
Best wishes, Jens
Hello Jens, thanks for joining! Indeed, your knowledge and expertise of Southern Africa is most welcome. See you in few months, in Mons!
I would be happy to help with my metal carbonate and metal nitrate mineral isotope research. I am on sabbatical leave this year, and hope to publish some of that backlogged work about African deposits. It would also be a pleasure to work together as a co-author on other people's projects if they need my expertise.
Hello Erik, nice to hear from you again (we met in Antofagasta, some years ago). Thanks for your answer and welcome aboard! Which area in Africa, your backlogged work?
South Africa in the Archean Rocks. Stichtite mineralization in particular. I should have a paper out in a few months, with more to follow.
Also would like to follow up on the copper belt nitrates.
Best Regards,
--Erik
Dear Thierry,
That would be absolutely great as i am currently working on the Supergene Mn deposits in Southern Africa. A paper addressing formational processes including the genesis of the deposits will be out in few months from now. I recently read a lot of your publications on Katanga deposits, and what i can tell you is that i see much overlapping, hence i want to further employ radiometric dating (K-Ar) to determine exact ages of the ore. I also came across a lot of malachite facies while opening exploration pits and trenches.
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