CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
13 United States (Michigan) 46.41 N -- 089.59 W Presque Isle; American Metals 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): Presque Isle; American Metals
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Michigan
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in grey siltstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Helikian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone
sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Nonesuch Shale
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in grey siltstone
References:
Bornhorst, T. J., 1992
Relationship Between Native Copper Deposits and Tectonic Development of the North American Midcontinent Rift System
in Basement Tectonics 10: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Duluth, Minnesota, USA, August, 1992, Edited by Ojakangas, R. W.; Dickas, A. B.; Green, J. C., Proceedings, Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 450 p, p. 19 - 24

Kinkle, A. R., 1962
Copper in the United States
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13

Lur'ye, A. M., 1986
Formation Conditions of Copper-Sandstone and Copper-Shale Deposits
in Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits, Edited by Friedrich, G. H.; Genkin, A. D.; Naldrett, A. J.; Ridge, J. D.; Sillitoe, R. H.; Vokes, F. M., Proceedings of 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow 1984, Springer-Verlag, 592 p, p. 477 - 491

Resource data:
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90,700,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.3 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Personal Communication
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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