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): |
Canada De Alvarez |
Political location(s): |
Argentina |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; primary chalcocite in limestone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | limestone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) primary chalcocite in limestone; restricted marine environment with possible stromatolite participation; Cu in several levels (few m long) composed of concordant parallel beds |
References: |
Brodtkorb (De), M. K., 1984 |
Strata-Bound Deposits of Argentina |
in Syngenesis and Epigenesis in the Formation of Mineral Deposits, Edited by Wauschkuhn, A.; Kluth, C.; Zimmermann, R. A., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 653 p, p. 92 - 102 |
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