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): |
Doane Rambler |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Wyoming; Subprovince or locality: Encampment district; Nearest community: Rawlins (65 km S) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; cupriferous quartzite, stratiform |
Deposit status: |
past producer; Status comments: Encampment district produced about 20 million lbs of Cu, with minor Zn, Pb, Ag, and Au. |
Geologic province: |
Cordillera |
Commodities: |
Cu; Zn; Pb; Ag; Au |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
bedding fractures |
Regional tectonic structure: |
regional folding (in north-central miogeoclinal terrain north of a shear zone) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartziteHost rock stratigraphy: | Magnolia Formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(ore): pyrite, chalcopyrite |
References: |
Hausel, W. D., 1986 |
Mineral deposits of the Encampment District, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado |
Report of Investigations , Geological Survey of Wyoming, Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver, Colorado, Publication code 37, 31 p. |
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