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): |
Sagasca |
Political location(s): |
Chile |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; colloform chrysocolla as cement in conglomerate |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Tertiary (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Altos de Pica Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) colloform chrysocolla as cement in conglomerate; the poorly sorted conglom deposited by floods in semi-arid environment; Cu derived from weathering oxidation & leaching of nearby porphyry Cu |
References: |
Munoz, J. O., 1975 |
On Stratiform Copper Deposits of Chile |
Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, Volume 98, p. 17 - 21 |
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