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): |
Giordannet |
Political location(s): |
France; Nearest community: Guillaumes (6.2 km S) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; as zoned colloform structures within faults in ss |
Geologic province: |
Alpes Maritimes |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ge |
Geological ages: |
Permian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (pale grey) siltstone sandstone (red) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Leouve Formation, Roua and La Placette Members |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as zoned colloform structures within faults in ss; sulphides formed during diagenesis then remobilized into small faults; enclosing sandstone separated from sulphides by sparry dolomite layer |
References: |
Vinchon, C., 1984 |
Sedimentogenese et Metallogenese du Permien du Dome du Barrot (Alpes-Maritimes) |
Documents Du B.R.G.M., Ecole Nationale Superieure de Geologie de Nancy, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Publication code 70, 444 p. |
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