Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Mangyshlak Peninsula - Karaduan |
Political location(s): |
Kazakhstan; Subprovince or locality: Caspian Sea - west coast |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in intraformational conglomerate within sandstone |
Geologic province: |
Mangyshlak Zone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (red) sandstone (grey) conglomerate (polymictic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Karaduan Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in intraformational conglomerate within sandstone; scattered occurrences of copper mineralization; lenses of conglomerate range 0.5-3.0 m/poorly rounded pebbles max 4 cm |
References: |
Bogdanov, Y. V.; Bur'yanova, E. Z.; Kutyrev, E. I.; Feoktistov, V. P.; Trifonov, N. P., 1973 |
Stratifitsirovannye Mestorozhdeniya Medi SSSR (Strata-Bound Copper Deposits of the USSR) |
Nedra Publishing House, Leningrad, 311 p. |
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