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): |
Wild Goat |
Political location(s): |
Ireland; Nearest community: Deriana Lough (0.75 mi E) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; dissem in grey arkosic med grained cross-bedded ss |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneInternal host rock structures: | crossbedding | Individual lithologies: | sandstone (arkosic grey) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem in grey arkosic med grained cross-bedded ss; sandstone approx 75 ft thick/ underlain & overlain by shaley mudstone; mineralization is malachite |
References: |
Anonymous, 1971 |
Grassroots Reconnaissance |
Unpublished Company Report |
Snodin, S. R., 1971 |
The Nature and Origin of Copper Rich Sedimentary Rocks in South West Cork, Ireland |
in The Genesis of Base Metal Deposits in Ireland: Abstracts of Papers presented at the IGS Symposium, Galway, 1971, Edited by Skevington, D., Abstracts, International Association of Geodesy, Irish Geological Association, American Geological Institute, 27 p, p. 9 - 12 |
Snodin, S. R., 1971 |
Copper Beds in Southern Ireland |
Ph.D. Thesis, Leicester University |
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