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): |
Orkney - Burray Island |
Political location(s): |
United Kingdom; Province or state: Scotland; Nearest community: Burray Island |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in bituminous and dolomitic siltstone and shale |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneInternal host rock structures: | stromatolites | Individual lithologies: | siltstone (dolomitic) shale (dolomitic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Middle Old Red Sandstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in bituminous & dolomitic siltstone & shale |
References: |
Muir, R. O., 1975 |
Sulphide Mineralization of the Continental Devonian Sediments of Orkney (Scotland) |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 10, p. 205 - 215 |
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