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): |
Yenisei Ridge |
Political location(s): |
Russia |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in sandstone and aleurolite |
Geologic province: |
Siberian Platform |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic - Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (grey - fine-grained) siltstone (aleurolite) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Chistyakov Formation, Taseevo Series |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone and aleurolite; Cu & Fe sulfides form irregular intergrowths in dolomite cement; gray beds are saturated with organic matter in form of very thin seams |
References: |
Zlobin, V. A., 1975 |
Copper, Gold and Radioactive Elements from the Taseevo Rock Series of the Yenisei Ridge |
Soviet Geology and Geophysics, Volume 16, p. 118 - 122 |
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