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): |
Cliff Dweller |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Colorado |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; massive chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, bornite and secondary copper carbonates |
Geologic province: |
Paradox Basin |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Middle Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneHost rock stratigraphy: | Wingate Sandstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) massive chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, bornite and secondary copper carbonates |
References: |
Morrison, S. J.; Parry, W. T., 1986 |
Formation of Carbonate-Sulfate Veins Associated With Copper Ore Deposits From Saline Brines, Lisbon Valley, Utah: Fluid Inclusion and Isotopic Evidence |
Economic Geology, Volume 81, p. 1853 - 1866 |
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