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): |
Pentecost Sandstone |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Western |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in carbonate-redbed facies |
Geologic province: |
Kimberley Basin |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Adelaidean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (quartz and feldspathic) siltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Mendena Formation, Pentecost Sandstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in carbonate-redbed facies |
References: |
Plumb, K. A.; Derrick, G. M., 1975 |
Proterozoic of Kimberley (W.A.) to Mount Isa (Qld.) Region-Regional Geology |
in Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea Part 1: Metals, Edited by Knight, C. L., Monograph, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 5, 1126 p, p. 217 - 252 |
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