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): |
Sunlite and Moonlite |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Arizona; Nearest community: Owl Rock |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in conglomeratic sandstone |
Commodities: |
Cu; U |
Geological ages: |
Late Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (sandstone, chert, quartzite, limestone pebbles) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Shinarump Member, Chinle Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in conglomeratic sandstone; mines are in oljeto syncline; coalified woody material is abundant in the ore |
References: |
Phillips, J. S., 1960 |
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States |
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p. |
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