CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
964 United States (Colorado) 38.18.00 N -- 108.53 W Cliff Dweller Cu; Ag
 
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): Cliff Dweller
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Colorado
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; massive chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, bornite and secondary copper carbonates
Geologic province: Paradox Basin
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Middle Cretaceous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Wingate Sandstone
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) massive chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, bornite and secondary copper carbonates
References:
Morrison, S. J.; Parry, W. T., 1986
Formation of Carbonate-Sulfate Veins Associated With Copper Ore Deposits From Saline Brines, Lisbon Valley, Utah: Fluid Inclusion and Isotopic Evidence
Economic Geology, Volume 81, p. 1853 - 1866


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