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): |
Duitschland; Nederland; Potgietersrus Area |
Political location(s): |
South Africa; Nearest community: Potgietersrus (20 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated in stromatolitic limestone bed |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Mo; Ag; Hg; Sn |
Geological ages: |
Early Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate-conglomerate-chertIndividual lithologies: | limestone chert (chert) conglomerate dolomite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Duitschland Formation, basal Pretoria Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in stromatolitic limestone bed; low grade Cu occurs over most of 100 km strike length of bed; Cu-bearing bed intercalated in upper part of Duitschland fm |
References: |
Martini, J. E., 1979 |
A Copper-Bearing Bed in the Pretoria Group in Northeastern Transvaal |
in Some Sedimentary Basins and Associated Ore Deposits of South Africa (Geokongres 77, Johannesburg), Edited by Anderson, A. M.; van Biljon, W. J., Special Publication, Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 6, 228 p, p. 65 - 72 |
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