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): |
Marysvale |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador; Subprovince or locality: Avalon Peninsula; Nearest community: St. John's (35 km SW) |
NTS map data: |
001N11 (Harbour Grace) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated |
Deposit status: |
Status comments: grey-green redox-style mineralized zone occurs in pink to dark red, manganese-rich nodular algal limestone |
Geologic province: |
Appalachian |
Geologic district: |
Holyrood Horst |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Early Cambrian (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
bedding; Coincident feature name: Smith Point Formation |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Smith Point Formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): chalcocite |
References: |
O'Brien, S.J., 2002 |
A note on Neoproterozoic gold, Early Paleozoic copper and basement-cover relationships on the margins of the Hollyrood Horst, southeastern Newfoundland |
Current Research - Newfoundland, Volume 02-1, p. 219 - 227 |
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