CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
612 France 44.02 N -- 006.52.30 E Giordannet Cu; Ge
 
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): Giordannet
Political location(s): France; Nearest community: Guillaumes (6.2 km S)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; as zoned colloform structures within faults in ss
Geologic province: Alpes Maritimes
Commodities: Cu; Ge
Geological ages: Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (pale grey)
siltstone
sandstone (red)
Host rock stratigraphy:Leouve Formation, Roua and La Placette Members
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as zoned colloform structures within faults in ss; sulphides formed during diagenesis then remobilized into small faults; enclosing sandstone separated from sulphides by sparry dolomite layer
References:
Vinchon, C., 1984
Sedimentogenese et Metallogenese du Permien du Dome du Barrot (Alpes-Maritimes)
Documents Du B.R.G.M., Ecole Nationale Superieure de Geologie de Nancy, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Publication code 70, 444 p.


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