CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
129 Sweden 58.23 N -- 014.30 E Vistingso; Visingso 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): Vistingso; Visingso
Political location(s): Sweden; Subprovince or locality: Lake Vattern; Nearest community: island
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; impregnation or replacement of cement in sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Eocambrian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (red yellow)
Host rock stratigraphy:Visingso Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) impregnation or replacement of cement in sandstone; deposit similar to redbed ores in western USA & other parts of world
References:
Frietsch, R., 1975
Brief Outline of the Metallic Mineral Resources of Sweden
C, Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning, Publication code 720, 64 p.

Frietsch, R., 1980
Metallogeny of the Copper Deposits of Sweden
in European Copper Deposits : Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Bor, Yugoslavia, September 18- 22, 1979, Edited by Jankovic, S.; Sillitoe, R. H., Special Publication, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 60, Department of Economic Geology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade University, 1, 300 p, p. 166 - 179


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