CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
89 United States (Utah) 37.38.25 N -- 110.02.55 W W N 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): W N
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Utah; Nearest community: Deer Flat
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in ss where it fills scours in underlying fm
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Triassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Shinarump Member, Chinle Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in ss where it fills scours in underlying fm; operated intermittently since 1953; lower part of Shinarunp rests with marked disconformity on Moenkopi fm
References:
Finnell, T. L., 1963
Geology Ore Deposits and Exploratory Drilling in the Deer Flat Area, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah
Bulletin, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 1132, 114 p.


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