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): |
Ferney Gulch |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Wyoming; Subprovince or locality: Lake Alice District |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; disseminated sulphides and extensive malachite staining |
Geologic province: |
Overthrust Belt of Western Wyoming |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag; Zn; As; Ba; Co; Mo; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Late Triassic - Early Jurassic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated sulphides and extensive malachite staining; stratigraphic unit with mineralization is in the top 15 m of nugget sandstone |
References: |
Love, J. D.; Antweiler, J. C., 1973 |
Copper, Silver, and Zinc in the Nugget Sandstone, Western Wyoming |
in The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Greater River Basin, Symposium and Core Seminar, Edited by Glaze, R. E., Twenty-Fifth Field Conference, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, Wyoming Geological Association. Casper, WY, 178 p, p. 139 - 147 |
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