CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
497 Namibia 23.06 S -- 017.00 E Geelkop Dome 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): Geelkop Dome
Political location(s): Namibia; Nearest community: Rehoboth (25 km N)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in pelites of a meta-playa sequence
Geologic province: Damara Orogen
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstone
Internal host rock structures:cryptalgal laminations
Individual lithologies:pelite
Host rock stratigraphy:Duruchaus Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in pelites of a meta-playa sequence; numerous small deposits occur in area of Geelkop Dome
References:
Behr, H. J.; Ahrendt, H.; Martin, H.; Porada, H.; Rohrs, J.; Weber, K., 1983
Sedimentology and Mineralogy of Upper Proterozoic Playa-Lake Deposits in the Damara Orogen
in Intracontinental Fold Belts, Edited by Martin, H.; Eder, F. W., Case Studies in the Variscan Belt of Europe and the Damara Belt in Namibia, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 958 p, p. 577 - 610


Generated 2015-01-27 17:17:19 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
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