CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
617 Mali 15.10 N -- 009.45 W Niami 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): Niami
Political location(s): Mali; Nearest community: Nioro
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Eocambrian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Kiffa Series
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; mineralized beds 0.3 to 8 m thick/ Cu content rarely exceeds 1%; mineralized beds are of limited extention
References:
United Nations, 1987
Mineral Resources of Mali
Project, United Nations, UNDP, DTCD MLI, Publication code 7, 64 p.


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