CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
383 Spain 39.59 N -- 004.05 E Menorca Island Cu
 
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): Menorca Island
Political location(s): Spain; Subprovince or locality: Mercadal - Mount Toro; Nearest community: Mercadal
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in mg-rich marls associated with plant remains
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Triassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone
Individual lithologies:marl
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in mg-rich marls associated with plant remains; deposits occur over distance of 28 km in central part of island; various Cu orebodies occur within marl intercalated with sandy beds
References:
Anonymous, 1933
Los Yacimientos Y La Mineria Del Cobre En Espana
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 621 - 634

Phillips, J. S., 1960
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p.


Generated 2015-01-27 17:17:51 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada