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): |
Forkston |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Pennsylvania; Nearest community: Mehoopany (7 mi W) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; sulphides replace plant remains in sandstone/shale |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (grey) shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Catskill Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) sulphides replace plant remains in sandstone/shale; one occurrence-200 yards n of forkston/the 2nd-300 yards s of Forkston; the grey sandstone & shale are intercalated with red strata |
References: |
Butler, R. D., 1938 |
A Red Bed Type Copper Occurrence, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania |
Economic Geology, Volume 33, p. 625 - 634 |
Glaeser, J. D., 1974 |
Upper Devonian Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Environments in Northeastern Pennsylvania |
Fourth Series Harrisburg, General Geology Report, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Publication code 63, 64 p. |
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