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): |
Sentinel (Lisbon Valley) |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Utah; Nearest community: Centennial Deposit |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; copper occurs as tabular body consisting of disseminated malachite and chalcocite in sandstone |
Geologic province: |
Lisbon Valley |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous - Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) copper occurs as tabular body consisting of disseminated malachite and chalcocite in sandstone; ore-bearing unit is the middle and upper parts of bed-15 averaging 12.5 m thick; several northwesterly trending faults cut the deposit |
References: |
Budinski, D. R., 1993 |
Summary Report on the Lisbon Valley Property, San Juan County, Utah |
Company Report, Summo Mineral Corporation, 37 p. |
Mardirosian, C. A., 1974 |
Mining Districts and Mineral Deposits of Utah (2nd Edition) (Exclusive of Oil, Gas and Water) |
Geological Consultant, Scale 1000000 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1969 until 1973; 100,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.45 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1994: Summo Copper; The Northern Miner, August 22 issue, p. 1 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |