Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
|
|
Deposit name(s): |
Datongchang; Da Tongchang |
Political location(s): |
China; Province or state: Sichuan |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in mottled fm between coal and saline formations |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag; Se; Pb; Zn; Mo; U |
Geological ages: |
Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | mudstone siltstone sandstone conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Xiaota Formation |
|
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in mottled fm between coal & saline formations; high copper content in fragments of Cu-bearing arenaceous conglomerate; age of stratigraphic position changes from old to new-west to east |
References: |
Chen, W., 1977 |
The Geological Characteristics Minerogenetic Effects and Ore-Finding Indices of the Terrestrial Sandstone Copper Ore of the Mesozoic Era in Southern Regions of China |
Acta Geologica Sinica, Volume 3 |
Chen, W., 1988 |
Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sandstone-Hosted Copper Deposits in South China |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 23, p. 262 - 267 |
Chu, H. J., 1935 |
The Copper Deposits of China |
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 663 - 680 |
|