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): |
Ugly River - Pencar River |
Political location(s): |
Jamaica |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; finely disseminated low-grade cu occurs in grits |
Geologic province: |
Wagwater Belt |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Eocene (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | arkose (green - grey) grit (arkosic) siltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Wagwater Formation, Pencar River Member |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) finely disseminated low-grade Cu occurs in grits; mineralization frequently associated with organic debris; fossil plant remains occur in horizons within Pencar River member |
References: |
Fenton, A. D., 1979 |
Copper Prospects of Jamaica - A Geological Review |
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 9, 225 p. |
Hughes, J. G., 1973 |
The Mineral Resources of Jamaica |
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 8, 89 p. |
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