CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
124 Saudi Arabia 24.05 N -- 045.15 E Al Quwayiyah 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): Al Quwayiyah
Political location(s): Saudi Arabia; Nearest community: Al Quayiyah
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in carbonate horizons at base of khuff formation
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Phanerozoic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in carbonate horizons at base of khuff formation; several copper showings in area
References:
Anonymous, 1982
Saudi Arabia Mineral Resources
Annual Report, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources, Publication code 1401-02(1), 64 p.


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