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): |
Mission Mountains |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Montana |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; as heavy min grains with stromatolites in qtzite |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Helikian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltite quartzite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Shepard Formation, Belt Supergroup |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as heavy min grains with stromatolites in qtzite; widespread irregular distribution of minor amounts of Cu/non-economic; original Cu minerals occur as heavy mineral grains/interstitial flakes |
References: |
Harrison, J. E., 1969 |
Mineral Resources of the Mission Mountains Primitive Area, Missoula and Lake Counties, Montana |
Bulletin, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 1261-D, 47 p. |
Harrison, J. E., 1970 |
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Some Belt Rocks, Montana and Idaho |
Bulletin, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 1312-O, 49 p. |
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