CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
142 Ireland 51.40 N -- 008.52 W Southwest Cork 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): Southwest Cork
Political location(s): Ireland
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in greenish grey/grey factions of ss sequence
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Devonian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (green grey)
Host rock stratigraphy:West Cork Sandstone Formation, Lower Coomhola Form
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in greenish grey/grey factions of ss sequence; dissem Cu throughout area conc in continental alluvial & deltaic seds; red-bed type Cu deposits-subeconomic grade less than 0.2% Cu
References:
Anonymous, 1971
Grassroots Reconnaissance
Unpublished Company Report

Snodin, S. R., 1971
The Nature and Origin of Copper Rich Sedimentary Rocks in South West Cork, Ireland
in The Genesis of Base Metal Deposits in Ireland: Abstracts of Papers presented at the IGS Symposium, Galway, 1971, Edited by Skevington, D., Abstracts, International Association of Geodesy, Irish Geological Association, American Geological Institute, 27 p, p. 9 - 12

Snodin, S. R., 1971
Copper Beds in Southern Ireland
Ph.D. Thesis, Leicester University


Generated 2015-01-27 17:16:39 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
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