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): |
Pahaquarry; High Fall Formation |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: New Jersey |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated, and rarely as seams and knots in grey sandstone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Silurian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (grey) shale (red) | Host rock stratigraphy: | High Fall Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem & rarely as seams & knots in grey sandstone; mineralized part of section is sandstone sequence 42 feet thick |
References: |
Kinkle, A. R., 1962 |
Copper in the United States |
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13 |
Tan, L. P., 1967 |
Stratiform Copper Mineralization at Pahaquarry, New Jersey, USA |
Proceedings of The Geological Society of China, Volume 10, p. 145 - 150 |
Woodward, H. P., 1944 |
Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey |
Geologic Series - Bulletin, Department of Conservation and Development, State of New Jersey, Publication code 57 |
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