CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
442 Kazakhstan 45.00 N -- 070.00 E Chu River Cu
 
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): Chu River
Political location(s): Kazakhstan
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone
Geologic province: Dzhezk-sary Su Basin
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Carboniferous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; group of 3 deposits located just north of Chu River at approx location
References:
Popov, V. M., 1962
Geologic Regularities in the Distribution of Cupriferous Sandstones in Central Kazakhstan
International Geology Review, Volume 4, p. 393 - 411


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