CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
269 Italy 46.23 N -- 011.26 E South Tyrol (Groeden Sandstone) Cu; Pb; Zn; U
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): South Tyrol (Groeden Sandstone)
Political location(s): Italy; Nearest community: Bletterbach
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in channel sands of grey micaceous sandstone
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn; U
Geological ages: Middle Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (grey - fine)
sandstone (red)
Host rock stratigraphy:Groeden Sandstone
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in channel sands of grey micaceous sandstone; several occurrences in area/typical red bed-type mineral concentration; replaced plant debris/ mineral emplacement during early diagenesis
References:
Wopfner, H.; Griesecke, S.; Koch, J.; Fels, H., 1983
New Aspects On Metal Deposits of the Groeden Sandstone (South Tyrol, Italy)
in Mineral Deposits of the Alps and of the Alpine Epoch in Europe, Edited by Schneider, H. -J., Proceedings of 4th Ismida Oct 4-10/81, Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Springer-Verlag, 3, 402 p, p. 60 - 69


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