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): |
Snowmass Creek |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Colorado; Nearest community: Aspen |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine |
Deposit status: |
Status comments: disseminated sulphides in quartz sandstone and as replacement of plant fragments in sandstone rich in plant debris |
Geologic province: |
Cordillera |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone (quartz)Host rock stratigraphy: | Dakota Sandstone |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, magnetite |
References: |
Bryant, B., 1979 |
Geology of the Aspen 15 Minute Quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. |
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1073 - 123 |
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