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): |
Tirzzit; Tirzitt |
Political location(s): |
Morocco; Nearest community: Tazoult |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in green sandstone and red and green mudstone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (red and green) mudstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Formation De Base |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in green sandstone and red and green mudstone |
References: |
Elsass, P., 1975 |
Gites Stratiformes de Cuivre de l'Anti-Atlas Morocain |
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Paris VI, 135 p. |
Routhier, P., 1983 |
Where Are the Metals for the Future? |
in The Metal Provinces-An Essay On Global Metallogeny, Edited by Routhier, P., Editions du BRGM, Bureau de Recherches Geologique et Minieres, France, Ch. 4.2, 400 p, p. 51 - 53 |
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