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): |
Hot Brook Canyon |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: South Dakota |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in black sapropelic shale layers |
Commodities: |
Cu; Mo; Zn |
Geological ages: |
Pennsylvanian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (saprolitic - black) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Minnelusa Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in black sapropelic shale layers; samples represent 0.5/ 0.6/ 1.25/ 3.3 ft thickness range 70-1500ppm Cu |
References: |
Davidson, D. F.; Lakin, H. W., 1961 |
Metal Content of Some Black Shales of the Western United States |
in Short Papers in the Geologic and Hydrologic Sciences, Articles 147-292, Edited by United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, 424-C, 398 p, p. C-329 - C-330 |
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