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): |
New Albany Area |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Pennsylvania |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; lens-shaped/tabular zones in greenish-grey ss beds |
Commodities: |
Cu; U; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Late Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (green grey) siltstone shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Catskill Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) lens-shaped/tabular zones in greenish-grey ss beds; two prospects within 1 km of new albany/ ss beds rich in plant remains; occur in lower part of Catskill fm of interlayered red and grey beds |
References: |
Glaeser, J. D., 1974 |
Upper Devonian Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Environments in Northeastern Pennsylvania |
Fourth Series Harrisburg, General Geology Report, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Publication code 63, 64 p. |
Lesure, F. G., 1977 |
Exploration Geochemical Studies of Some Sandstone Copper-Uranium Deposits, Bradford, Columbia and Lycoming Counties, Pennsylvania |
Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey, Volume 5, p. 609 - 621 |
Mccauley, J. F., 1961 |
Uranium in Pennsylvania |
Fourth Series Bulletin, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Publication code M43, 71 p. |
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