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): |
Mount Coffin |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; disseminated secondary cu in weathered siltstone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Adelaidean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate-siltstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | siltstone breccia dolomite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Umberatana Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated secondary Cu in weathered siltstone |
References: |
Anonymous, 1970 |
Annual Report for the Year Ended 30th June 1969 |
GP, The Director of Mines and Government Geologist of South Australia, Publication code 36 |
Borch Von Der, C. C., 1980 |
Evolution of Late Proterozoic to Early Paleozoic Adelaide Foldbelt Australia: Comparisons with Post-Permian Rifts and Passive Margins |
Tectonophysics, Volume 70, p. 134 |
Drew, G. H., 1980 |
Copper in South Australia |
Report, Department of Mines and Energy South Australia, Publication code 80/29 |
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Associated group(s): |
Adelaidean District (2) |