CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
588 France (Haute-savoie) 46.12.30 N -- 006.31 E Jambaz 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): Jambaz
Political location(s): France; Province or state: Haute-savoie; Nearest community: Jambaz Pass (1 km S)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; cu sulphides form discontinuous trails in marl
Geologic province: Prealpes Chablais
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Paleocene (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone (carbonate-bearing)
Individual lithologies:marl (red)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) Cu sulphides form discontinuous trails in marl; mineralization observed mainly about 12m above base of marl bed; lightly overturned marl beds rest on grey calcareous marly sandstone
References:
Martini, J., 1971
Un Horizon a Mineralisations Cupriferes dans les Prealpes Medianes Romandes et Chablaisiennes (Alpes Occidentales)
Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Ge, Volume 6, p. 33 - 46


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