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): |
Phu Wiang; Pratu Teema |
Political location(s): |
Thailand; Subprovince or locality: Khorat Plateau |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; dissem and as coatings in ss with organic remains |
Geologic province: |
Phu Wiang Basin |
Commodities: |
U; Cu; V; Mn; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Late Jurassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (arkosic) siltstone mudstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Sao Khua Formation, Khorat Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem & as coatings in ss with organic remains; deposit covers area of 2 square km near western edge of Khorat plateau; geology similar to Colorado plateau/ peneconcordant lenticular deposit |
References: |
Gocht, W., 1981 |
Type and Origin of Uranium Mineralizations in the Khorat Plateau, Thailand |
Economic Geology, Volume 76, p. 1232 - 1244 |
Tantisukrit, C., 1978 |
Review of the Metallic Mineral Deposits of Thailand |
in Third Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, November 14-18, 1978, Edited by Nutalaya, P., Proceedings, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 887 p, p. 783 - 793 |
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