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): |
Dutchmans |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in lenticular arenaceous siltstones |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Adelaidean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone (arenaceous - grey beds) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in lenticular arenaceous siltstones; mineralization occurs in highly stromatolitic stratigraphic unit; dolomitic rocks with Cu are lithified organic-rich carbonate muds |
References: |
Rowlands, N. J., 1974 |
The Gitology of Some Adelaidean Stratiform Copper Occurrences |
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 419 - 427 |
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Associated group(s): |
Adelaidean District (2) |