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): |
Eardiston |
Political location(s): |
United Kingdom; Province or state: England; Nearest community: Oswestry (5.5 mi SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; malachite in basal beds of keuper fm |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (white) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Helsby Sandstone Formation (Keuper Formation) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) malachite in basal beds of keuper fm; mineralized beds strike 012-018 degrees/ dips 30-40 degrees west |
References: |
Bateson, J. H., 1982 |
Geochemical Reconnaissance in the Cheshire Basin |
in Miscellaneous Investigations on Mineralisation in Sedimentary Rocks, Edited by Anonymous, Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Report, Institute of Geological Sciences, British Geological Survey, 52, 26 p, p. 1 - 13 |
Dewey, H., 1925 |
Copper Ores of Midlands Wales the Lake District and the Isle of Man |
Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Government of Great Britain, Publication code Volume XXX |
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