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): |
Repparfjord |
Political location(s): |
Norway; Nearest community: Hammerfest (50 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; diffuse lenticular bodies in fining-upward cycles |
Geologic province: |
Caledonides |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Early Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental basin-half-graben; transpressive (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bed; Depositional setting: lacustrine; Metamorphic grade: greenschistIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (lithic - white - grey) conglomerate (polymictic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ulverygg Formation, Saltvatn Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) diffuse lenticular bodies in fining-upward cycles; deposit mined from 4 open pits/ with 1.8 km strike length & 50m width; genesis uncertain/ possible red bed type of ore deposition |
References: |
Bjorlykke, A.; Olerud, S.; Sandstad, J. S., 1985 |
Metallogeny of Finnmark, North Norway |
Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Bulletin, Volume 403, p. 183 - 196 |
Bugge, T. A., 1978 |
Norway |
in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Volume 1: Northwest Europe, Edited by Bowie, S.; Kvalheims, A.; Haslam, H., Northwest Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 1, 362 p, p. 199 - 249 |
Pharaoh, T. C., 1983 |
Stratigraphy and Structure of the Northern Part of the Repparfjord-Komagfjord Window Finnmark-Northern Norway |
Bulletin, Norges Geologiske Undersokelse, Publication code 377, 45 p. |
Wyllie, R. J., 1973 |
Repparfjord: How to Open Pit Copper Ore at 70 Degrees North Latitude |
World Mining, September 7 issue |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1972 until 1979; 50,903 metric ton concentrate; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 35.5 percent | Reference: Stribrny, B., 1985: The Conglomerate-Hosted Repparfjord Copper Ore Deposit, Finnmark, Norway; Monograph Series on Mineral Deposits, Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart, Publication code 24, 75 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: from 1972 until 1979; 51,000 metric ton concentrate; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 35.5 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Seventh Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium held in Luleå, Sweden, August 18- 22, 1986; Excursion Guide , International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Publication code 6 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: from 1972 until 1979; 3,100,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.66 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1986: Seventh Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium held in Luleå, Sweden, August 18- 22, 1986; Excursion Guide , International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Publication code 6 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: from 1972 until 1979; 3,061,238 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.663 percent | Reference: Stribrny, B., 1985: The Conglomerate-Hosted Repparfjord Copper Ore Deposit, Finnmark, Norway; Monograph Series on Mineral Deposits, Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart, Publication code 24, 75 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Report period: from 1972 until 1978; 3,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.65 percent Ag: 1 grams/metric ton | Reference: Bjorlykke, A.; Olerud, S.; Sandstad, J. S., 1985: Metallogeny of Finnmark, North Norway; Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Bulletin, Volume 403, p. 183 - 196 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |
Resource data: |
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10,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: original reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.65 percent | Reference: Bjorlykke, A.; Olerud, S.; Sandstad, J. S., 1985: Metallogeny of Finnmark, North Norway; Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Bulletin, Volume 403, p. 183 - 196 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |