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): |
Geelkop Dome |
Political location(s): |
Namibia; Nearest community: Rehoboth (25 km N) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in pelites of a meta-playa sequence |
Geologic province: |
Damara Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneInternal host rock structures: | cryptalgal laminations | Individual lithologies: | pelite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Duruchaus Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in pelites of a meta-playa sequence; numerous small deposits occur in area of Geelkop Dome |
References: |
Behr, H. J.; Ahrendt, H.; Martin, H.; Porada, H.; Rohrs, J.; Weber, K., 1983 |
Sedimentology and Mineralogy of Upper Proterozoic Playa-Lake Deposits in the Damara Orogen |
in Intracontinental Fold Belts, Edited by Martin, H.; Eder, F. W., Case Studies in the Variscan Belt of Europe and the Damara Belt in Namibia, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 958 p, p. 577 - 610 |
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