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): |
Wegener Halvo |
Political location(s): |
Kalaallit Nunaat; Province or state: East Greenland; Nearest community: Wegener Halvo |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine |
Geologic province: |
Jameson Land basin |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb; Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
stratabound |
Geological ages: |
Late Permian (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
bedding |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ravnefjeld Formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite |
References: |
Pedersen, M.; Nielsen, J.K.; Boyce, A.J.; Fallick, A.E., 2003 |
Timing and genesis of base-metal mineralization in black shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation, Wegener Halvo, East Greenland |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 108 - 123 |
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