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): |
Daisy Creek |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Montana; Nearest community: Thompson Falls (25 km N) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; within channel-facies orthoquartzite |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Helikian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartziteIndividual lithologies: | quartzite (feldspathic - grey to white) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Bonner Formation, Belt Supergroup |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) within channel-facies orthoquartzite; mineralization occurs adjacent to overbank-facies siltite beds |
References: |
Stanley, C. R., 1987 |
Hinsdalite and Other Products of Oxidation at the Daisy Creek Stratabound Copper-Silver Prospect, Northwestern Montana |
Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 25, p. 213 - 220 |
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