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): |
Larkfield (Gourock) |
Political location(s): |
United Kingdom; Province or state: Scotland; Nearest community: Drumshantie (1 km ESE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in grey sandstone with pebbly bands and plant debris |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Early Carboniferous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (grey calcareous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Clyde Sandstone Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in grey sandstone with pebbly bands & plant debris; small opencast workings long-abandoned by 1873; Cu occurs as segregations & thin veins of malachite & grey oxide of cu |
References: |
Stephenson, D., 1983 |
Baryte and Copper Mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, Central Scotland |
in Mineral Reconnaissance Programme, Edited by Stephenson, D.; Coats, J. S., Report, Institute of Geological Sciences, Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain), 67, 31 p, p. 15 |
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