CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
555 Germany 51.13 N -- 008.47 E Korbach 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): Korbach
Political location(s): Germany
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; marl layers intercalated between limestones
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate (carbonate-bearing)
Individual lithologies:marl (clayey)
conglomerate
sandstone
siltstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Kupferschiefer Bed, Zechstein 1 Sequence
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) marl layers intercalated between limestones; mining declined in 19th century & was halted in 1867 with no revival; some 12-15 marl layers from 30-75 cm thick contain up to 4% Cu
References:
Walther, H. W., 1986
Federal Republic of Germany
in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 175 - 301


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