CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1108 United States (Wyoming) 42.22.30 N -- 110.49 W Ferney Gulch Cu; Ag; Zn; As; Ba; Co; Mo; Pb
 
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): Ferney Gulch
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Wyoming; Subprovince or locality: Lake Alice District
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; disseminated sulphides and extensive malachite staining
Geologic province: Overthrust Belt of Western Wyoming
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Zn; As; Ba; Co; Mo; Pb
Geological ages: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated sulphides and extensive malachite staining; stratigraphic unit with mineralization is in the top 15 m of nugget sandstone
References:
Love, J. D.; Antweiler, J. C., 1973
Copper, Silver, and Zinc in the Nugget Sandstone, Western Wyoming
in The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Greater River Basin, Symposium and Core Seminar, Edited by Glaze, R. E., Twenty-Fifth Field Conference, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, Wyoming Geological Association. Casper, WY, 178 p, p. 139 - 147


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