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): |
Menorca Island |
Political location(s): |
Spain; Subprovince or locality: Mercadal - Mount Toro; Nearest community: Mercadal |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in mg-rich marls associated with plant remains |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | marl |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in mg-rich marls associated with plant remains; deposits occur over distance of 28 km in central part of island; various Cu orebodies occur within marl intercalated with sandy beds |
References: |
Anonymous, 1933 |
Los Yacimientos Y La Mineria Del Cobre En Espana |
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 621 - 634 |
Phillips, J. S., 1960 |
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States |
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p. |
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