CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
570 Belgium 50.22 N -- 004.04 E Rouveroy 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): Rouveroy
Political location(s): Belgium
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; Cu oxides fill fissures and sedimentary partings
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Devonian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone (shaly)
conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Burnot Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) cu oxides fill fissures & sedimentary partings; host rocks predominantly red colours
References:
Dejonghe, L., 1986
Belgium
in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 99 - 112

Production data: Report period: until 1986; 5,000 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 5,000 metric ton
Reference: Dejonghe, L., 1986: Belgium; in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 99 - 112
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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