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): |
Tachdamt |
Political location(s): |
Morocco; Province or state: Bou Azzer-el Graara; Subprovince or locality: Tachdamt; Nearest community: Bleida (40 km W) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; discrete copper mineralization in both basic volcanic rocks and black sericitic phyllite |
Geologic province: |
Anti-Atlas |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Neoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) discrete Cu mineralztn in basic volcanics & black sericitic phyllite; Cu sulphides @ borders of spilitic lenses which have a jasper carapace or within horizon chloritic unit in upper part of phyllite; stratabound dep. w Piii fault control |
References: |
Leblanc, M.; Billaud, P., 1978 |
A Volcano-Sedimentary Copper Deposit on a Continental Margin of Upper Proterozoic Age: Bleida (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) |
Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 1101 - 1111 |
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