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): |
Dordabis |
Political location(s): |
Namibia; Nearest community: Windhoek (100 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in argillite and calcareous argillite |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | argillite argillite (calcareous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Klein Aub Formation, Sinclair Sequence Equivalent |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in argillite and calcareous argillite; reserve data combined with Witvlei deposit |
References: |
Maiden, K. J.; Innes, A. H.; King, M. J.; Master, S.; Pettitt, I., 1984 |
Regional Controls on the Localization of Stratabound Copper Deposits: Proterozoic Examples from Southern Africa and South Australia |
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 99 - 118 |
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