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): |
Middle Fork Taylor Creek |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Colorado |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; disseminated chalcopyrite and chalcocite and secondary malachite and azurite; disseminated uranium in plant remains |
Geologic province: |
Sandgre de Cristo Range |
Commodities: |
Cu; U; Ag; Mo; Pb; V; Zn |
Geological ages: |
Pennsylvanian - Early Permian (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated chalcopyrite & chalcocite, & 2dry malachite & azurite; disseminated uranium in plant remains; low grade redbed copper and uranium showings occur mainly in beds and lenses of grey siltstone beneath a major red-grey colour boundary |
References: |
Lindsey, D. A.; Clark, R. F., 1995 |
Copper and Uranium in Pennsylvanian and Permian Sedimentary Rocks, Northern Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado |
Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, Publication code 2116, 23 p. |
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