Congo Craton

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf granite
gptkbp:age gptkb:Archean
gptkb:Paleoproterozoic
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Kalahari_Craton
gptkb:Tanzania_Craton
gptkb:West_African_Craton
gptkb:São_Francisco_Craton
Kasai Block
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Cuvette_Centrale
Precambrian rocks
copper deposits
iron ore deposits
diamond deposits
gold deposits
nickel deposits
tin deposits
uranium deposits
Proterozoic rocks
rare earth element deposits
lithium deposits
Archean basement rocks
manganese deposits
cobalt deposits
Cuvette Subprovince
Kasai Block
Kasai Subprovince
Lomami Block
Lomami Subprovince
Mesoarchean rocks
Neoarchean rocks
Paleoproterozoic basement rocks
Sankuru Block
Sankuru Subprovince
Tshikapa Block
Tshikapa Subprovince
coltan deposits
kimberlite pipes
gptkbp:covers gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Central_African_Republic
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Gabon
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Zambia
gptkbp:formed over 2.5 billion years ago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Congo Craton
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:African_Plate
gptkbp:relatedTo breakup of Rodinia
Pan-African orogeny
assembly of Gondwana
supercontinent cycles
gptkbp:significance one of the oldest geological formations in Africa
important for mineral resources
key to understanding African geology
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_Shield
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7