Lufilian Arc

11°40′00″S 27°28′00″E / 11.666667°S 27.466667°E / -11.666667; 27.466667

Nchanga copper mine near Chingola, Zambia (2008)

The Lufilian Arc (or Lufilian Belt) is part of a system of orogenic belts in southern Africa formed during the Pan-African orogeny, a stage in the formation of the Gondwana supercontinent. It extends across eastern Angola, the Katanga Province of the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the northwest of Zambia.[1] The arc is about 800 kilometres (500 mi) long.[2] It has global economic importance owing to its rich deposits of copper and cobalt.[1]

  1. ^ a b Ray, Sen & Ghosh 2010, p. 452.
  2. ^ Laznicka 2010, p. 437.