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): |
Mehirize |
Political location(s): |
Algeria; Province or state: West |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; associated with green argillites |
Geologic province: |
West Saharian Atlas |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | argillite (green) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Tiloula Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) associated with green argillites; mineralized lenses located on flanks of small anticlinal structures; deposit of considerable geographic extent with thickness up to 6 m |
References: |
Caia, J., 1976 |
Paleogeographical and Sedimentological Controls of Copper, Lead and Zinc Mineralizations in the Lower Cretaceous Sandstones of Africa |
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 409 - 422 |
Kolli, O., 1983 |
Copper Mineralization in Ain Sefra Area (West of Algeria) |
in Mineral Deposits of the Alps and of the Alpine Epoch in Europe, Edited by Schneider, H. -J., Proceedings of 4th Ismida Oct 4-10/81, Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Springer-Verlag, 3, 402 p, p. 291 - 297 |
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