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): |
Chienchupa |
Political location(s): |
China; Province or state: Sichuan |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; as nodules in sandy shale replacing charred wood |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (sandy - greyish-black) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as nodules in sandy shale replacing charred wood; copper ore found near Chienchupa about 10 km north of Yungching City; deposited in shallow water bordering oldland covered by permian basalt |
References: |
Chu, H. J., 1935 |
The Copper Deposits of China |
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 663 - 680 |
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