CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
966 United States (Utah) 38.11.00 N -- 109.06 W Blackbird Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Blackbird
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Utah; Subprovince or locality: Lower Lisbon Valley
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; copper as vein fillings, sandstone pore fillings, and as replacements of coalified plant fossils
Geologic province: Lisbon Valley
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Cretaceous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Dakota Sandstone Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) copper as vein fillings, sandstone pore fillings, and as replacements of coalified plant fossils; copper occurrences along lisbon valley fault in coal-bearing units;
References:
Morrison, S. J.; Parry, W. T., 1986
Formation of Carbonate-Sulfate Veins Associated With Copper Ore Deposits From Saline Brines, Lisbon Valley, Utah: Fluid Inclusion and Isotopic Evidence
Economic Geology, Volume 81, p. 1853 - 1866


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