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): |
Northern Kirgizia |
Political location(s): |
Kyrgyzstan; Subprovince or locality: Kirgiz Range |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in sandstone lying on gypsum-bearing rocks |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Carboniferous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | conglomerate (red) sandstone (red) siltstone (red) mudstone (red) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Atdzhay-Utortu Group, Malinov Suite |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone lying on gypsum-bearing rocks; 4 deposits: Atdzhayly, Dalen-Dzhilubulak-Skoye, Utor-Tuyuk, Kegetinskoye; number of ore-bearing horizons ranges from 3 to 6 over 10km distance |
References: |
Popov, V. M., 1962 |
Geologic Regularities in the Distribution of Cupriferous Sandstones in Central Kazakhstan |
International Geology Review, Volume 4, p. 393 - 411 |
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