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): |
Vakhsh Range |
Political location(s): |
Tajikistan |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in sandstones containing carbonaceous particles |
Geologic province: |
South Tien-shan |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (violet) siltstone mudstone (gypsiferous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Yavan Formation |
(2) sedimentary; evaporiteIndividual lithologies: | gypsum |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstones containing carbonaceous particles; numerous occurrences follow north north-east trend of mountain range; Cu conc in transitional continental to marine lagoonal-deltaic rocks |
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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