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): |
Ostergotland |
Political location(s): |
Sweden; Nearest community: Borensberg |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in alum shales |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co; U; Ni; Mo; V |
Geological ages: |
Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (alum) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Peltura Zone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in alum shales; several occurrences indicated by borings through the alum shale beds; shales have 1-5% of concretion-like hydrocarbons called kolm |
References: |
Anonymous, 1977 |
Plans for Swedish Alum Shale Mining |
Mining Magazine, December issue, p. 603 |
Bain, G. W., 1960 |
Patterns to Ores in Layered Rocks |
Economic Geology, Volume 55, p. 695 - 731 |
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