Recording the largest gabbro-anorthositic complex worldwide: The Kunene Complex (KC), SW Angola

Magnetite geochemistry as a proxy for metallogenic processes: A study on sulfide-mineralized mafic–ultramafic intrusions peripheral to the Kunene Complex in Angola and Namibia

“…1), and dated at 1800-1500 Ma (Ernst et al 2013;McCourt et al 2013). The eastern margin of the KC in Angola is covered by Kalahari Group sediments, and recent gravimetric modelling attests to a possible AMCG extension of up to 42,500 km 2 (Rey- Moral et al 2022).…”

Morphological characterization of lode gold in the auriferous quartz veins at M’Popo mine, Angola, by computed tomography and optical microscopy

“…In general, Southwestern and Central African geology is characterized by Archean cratons composed of gneissic and anatectic complexes, partly preserved greenstone belts and associated magmatism, welded by Proterozoic fold belts (Hanson 2003; Milesi et al 2006). The dominant craton in Southwestern Africa is the Archean to Paleoproterozoic Congo Craton, buried by Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic cover, which comprises in its southwestern extremity, in Angola, the Kasai Craton and the Angolan Shield, with the large Kunene Anorthosite Complex (Figure 1(A); Da Silva 2005; Jelsma et al 2018; Rey-Moral et al 2022). Paleoproterozoic fold belts of Pan-African age occur along the margins of the shields (Pinheiro 2010) and are known from outcrops in the south-central part of Angola, whereas Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and magmatic rocks, equivalent to the Karoo Supergroup, are present in the northern central and north-western area in the Cassanje Graben (Schlüter 2006; Figure 1(B)).…”