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): |
Merija |
Political location(s): |
Morocco; Province or state: East; Nearest community: Meridja |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; in terrigenous detrital sed rxs in paleochannels |
Geologic province: |
Marginal Fold Region |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
epicontinental basin; stable (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | conglomerate sandstone (white) siltstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in terrigenous detrital sed rxs in paleochannels; mineralization associated w carbonate cement/surrounds detrital grains; host deposited in laguno-deltaic conditions-continent & basin boundary |
References: |
Caia, J., 1976 |
Paleogeographical and Sedimentological Controls of Copper, Lead and Zinc Mineralizations in the Lower Cretaceous Sandstones of Africa |
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 409 - 422 |
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Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
30,000 metric ton metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?Grade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.5 percent | weight-commodity information: | Cu: 30,000 metric ton | Reference: Wolf, K. H., 1981: Handbook of Stratabound and Stratiform Ore Deposits; Elsevier Scientifir Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 576 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |