CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
910 Venezuela (Zulia State) 10.12.00 N -- 072.28 W Canada La Luna 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): Canada La Luna
Political location(s): Venezuela; Province or state: Zulia State; Nearest community: Maracaibo (90 km W)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; chalcocite, azurite and malachite and petroleum (asphalt) occur together in rocks
Geologic province: Sierra De Perija
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Jurassic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcocite, azurite and malachite and petroleum (asphalt) occur together in rocks; Cu-sulphides and petroleum in arkose and conglomerate; sedimentary rocks steeply dipping 60-90 degrees east with asphaltic material
References:
Maze, W. B., 1980
Geology and Copper Mineralization of the Jurassic La Quinta Formation in the Sierra de Perija, Northwestern Venezuela
in 9a Conferencia Geologica del Caribe; Memorias (9th Caribbean Geological Conference): Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Edited by Llinás, R. A.; Gil, G. N.; Seaward, M.; Tavares, I.; Snow, W., Transactions, Queens College Press. Flushing, NY, United States, V 1, 716 p, p. 283 - 294


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