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): |
Tawu Anticline |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories |
NTS map data: |
106G05 |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in very thin sandstone beds |
Geologic province: |
Cordilleran Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Tsezotene Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in very thin sandstone beds; minerals are malachite and azurite |
References: |
Aitken, J. D.; Cook, D. G.; Yorath, C. J., 1982 |
Upper Ramparts River (106G) and Sans Sault Rapids (106H) Map Areas, District of Mackenzie |
Memoir, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 388, 48 p. |
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