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): |
Firth of Forth |
Political location(s): |
United Kingdom; Province or state: Scotland; Nearest community: Burnt Island |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in non-marine algal (stromatolitic) limestone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Mississippian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Oil Shale Group, Burdiehouse Limestone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in non-marine algal (stromatolitic) limestone; two coastal exposures of low-grade sulphides of limited extent; oil shale gp rocks interpreted as fluviodeltaic deposits |
References: |
Parnell, J., 1983 |
Stromatolite-Hosted Mineralization in the Oil Shale Group, Scotland |
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, Section B: Applied E.S., Volume 92, p. B98 - B99 |
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