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): |
Urup Sandstone |
Political location(s): |
Russia |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; as cu halos on ore clasts and cu concretions in ss |
Geologic province: |
Northern Caucasus |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Jurassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone; Depositional setting: marineIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (quartz) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as Cu halos on ore clasts & Cu concretions in ss; source of redeposited Cu & ore clasts cores from underlying Urup Mine; Jurassic ss rests on Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary Urup Mine sequence |
References: |
Zhabin, A. G., 1973 |
Jurassic Redeposition Copper Halo of Paleozoic Chalcopyritic Ores |
International Geology Review, Volume 15, p. 437 - 444 |
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