CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
341 United Kingdom (England) 50.31.20 N -- 003.30 W Exmouth Cu; U
 
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): Exmouth
Political location(s): United Kingdom; Province or state: England
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; as concretions in sandstone
Commodities: Cu; U
Geological ages: Late Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Marls, New Red Sandstone Series
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as concretions in sandstone; very minor occurrences
References:
Allen, P. M., 1980
Copper Mineralisation in Great Britain
in European Copper Deposits : Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Bor, Yugoslavia, September 18- 22, 1979, Edited by Jankovic, S.; Sillitoe, R. H., Special Publication, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 60, Department of Economic Geology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade University, 1, 300 p, p. 266 - 276

Dewey, H., 1925
Copper Ores of Midlands Wales the Lake District and the Isle of Man
Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Government of Great Britain, Publication code Volume XXX


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