CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
477 Brazil 17.14 S -- 046.52 W Paracatu Cu
 
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): Paracatu
Political location(s): Brazil; Nearest community: Paracuta
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; finely disseminated in green calcareous siltstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone (calcareous)
Host rock stratigraphy:Vazante Formation, Bambui Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) finely disseminated in green calcareous siltstone
References:
Almeida, F. F. M.; de Hasui, Y., 1984
O Pre-Cambriano Do Brasil
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