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): |
Watercress Canyon |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Wyoming; Nearest community: Watercress Canyon |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in quartzite |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Pennsylvanian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartziteIndividual lithologies: | quartzite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Weber (Wells) Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in quartzite; several occurrences |
References: |
Hausel, W. D., 1981 |
Economic Mineral Deposits of Wyoming: A Review |
Section Economic Minerals, in 32nd Annual Field Conference, Jackson Hole, 1981 (Energy Resources of Wyoming), Edited by Reid, S. G.; Miller, D. D., Guidebook, Wyoming Geological Association, 262 p, p. 131 - 159 |
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