CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1282 Sweden (Southwestern Sweden) 59.02.20 N -- 012.20 E Asnebo Cu; Ag; Co; Ga
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Asnebo
Political location(s): Sweden; Province or state: Southwestern Sweden; Subprovince or locality: west of Lake Vanern; Nearest community: Stora Strand (11.5 km W)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; chalcopyrite, bornite and pyrite occur disseminated in the upper part of quartzitic layer (a) and lower shale (b)
Geologic province: Southwest Scandinavian Domain
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Co; Ga
Geological ages: Mesoproterozoic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcopyrite, bornite and pyrite occur disseminated in the upper part of quartzitic layer (a) and lower shale (b); the lower quartzite (a) and lower shale (b) fms of Dal group are hosts to copper mineralization
References:
Alm, E.; Kumpulainen, R.; Sundblad, K., 1997
Mesoproterozoic Sediment-Hosted Strata-Bound Copper Deposits in the Dal Group, Sweden
in Gisements Stratiformes de Cuivre et Mineralisations Associees, Edited by Charlet, J. M., Colloque International Cornet, September 5-9, 1994, Mons, Belgique, p. 217 - 243


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