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): |
La Riolle |
Political location(s): |
France; Province or state: Haute-savoie; Nearest community: Riolle Farms (400 m E) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; cu sulphides form discontinuous trails in marl |
Geologic province: |
Prealpes Chablais |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Paleocene (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonateIndividual lithologies: | marl (red) limestone (marly) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) Cu sulphides form discontinuous trails in marl; mineralization occurs near top of 40-50m of marl exposed in a revine; mineralization associated with plant remains |
References: |
Martini, J., 1971 |
Un Horizon a Mineralisations Cupriferes dans les Prealpes Medianes Romandes et Chablaisiennes (Alpes Occidentales) |
Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Ge, Volume 6, p. 33 - 46 |
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