CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
213 South Africa 24.20 S -- 029.00 E Duitschland; Nederland; Potgietersrus Area Cu; Pb; Mo; Ag; Hg; Sn
 
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): 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-chert
Individual lithologies:limestone
chert (chert)
conglomerate
dolomite
Host rock stratigraphy:Duitschland Formation, basal Pretoria Group
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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