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): |
Ramah (Blow - Me - Down Mountain) |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador; Nearest community: Blow-Me-Down Mountain |
NTS map data: |
014L11 (Jens Haven Island) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; minor chalcopyrite in sedimentary pyritic unit |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Neohelikian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | slate quartzite arkose conglomerate dolomite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ramah Group |
(2) metamorphic; metasedimentary schistIndividual lithologies: | mica schist |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) minor chalcopyrite in sedimentary pyritic unit |
References: |
Kirkham, R. V., 1985 |
Personal Communication, Geological Survey of Canada |
Morgan, W. C., 1975 |
Geology of the Precambrian Ramah Group and Basement Rocks in the Nachvak Fiord-Saglek Fiord Area, North Labrador |
Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 74-54, 42 p., 1 maps. |
Generated 2015-01-27 17:14:36 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16) GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
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