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): |
Horni Vernerovice; Wernersdorf |
Political location(s): |
Czech Republic; Province or state: Bohemia; Nearest community: Trutnov (13 km E) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; disseminated and as concretions in greyish claystone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Autunian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | mudstone (claystone - grey-green) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated & as concretions in greyish claystone; mine opened in 1853 and produced copper sporatically until 1966 |
References: |
Cadkova, Z., 1971 |
Zonal Distribution of Copper, Lead and Zinc in Permian Sediments of the Intra-Sudetic Basin |
Organ Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Pro Mineralogii a Geologii Pri Scav, Volume 16, p. 1 - 7 |
Cadkova, Z., 1971 |
Genesis of the Permian Stratiform Cu-Deposit at Hobni Vernerovice |
Sbornik Geologickych Ved, Loziskova, Geologie (Czech Republic), Volume 14, p. 65 - 88 |
Slavik, F., 1933 |
Copper Resources of the World |
Report, International Geological Congress, Publication code 16-2 |
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