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): |
Stony Island |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Alberta; Subprovince or locality: Slave River; Nearest community: Hay Camp (7 km N) |
NTS map data: |
074M11 (Hay Camp) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; vein and disseminated chalcopyrite and malachite, with subordinate amounts of azurite in basement rocks; disseminated chalcopyrite occurs in lower part of Fitzgerald fm |
Geologic province: |
Taltson Magmatic Zone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
vein(s); disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Proterozoic - Middle Devonian (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) vein and disseminated chalcopyrite and malachite, with subordinate amounts of azurite in basement rocks; disseminated chalcopyrite occurs in lower part of Fitzgerald fm; chalcopyrite most abundant in bedded limestone |
References: |
Mcdonough, M. R.; Abercrombie, H. J., 1995 |
Mineral Occurrences in Middle Devonian Carbonates, Salt River and Stony Islands (Slave River) Areas, Northeastern Alberta |
in Current Research, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 1995-B, 160 p, p. 125 - 130 |
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