CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
382 Spain 41.35 N -- 000.55 W Zaragoza 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): Zaragoza
Political location(s): Spain
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Oligocene (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Sos Y Biel Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; 8 layers containing oxides & carbonates of Cu vary from 1.5-3.0m thick; mineralization traced along strike for 70m/avg grade hand sample 4% Cu
References:
Anonymous, 1933
Los Yacimientos Y La Mineria Del Cobre En Espana
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 621 - 634

Phillips, J. S., 1960
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p.


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