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Descriptive and Grade-Tonnage Models and Database for Iron Oxide Cu-Au Deposits

May 18, 2007

Iron oxide Cu-Au deposits are veins and breccia-hosted bodies of hematite and/or magnetite with disseminated Cu + Au ? Ag ? Pd ? Pt ? Ni ? U ? LREE minerals formed in sedimentary or volcano-sedimentary basins intruded by igneous rocks. Deposits are associated with broad redox boundaries and feature sodic alteration of source rocks and potassic alteration of host rocks.

Citation Information

Publication Year 2007
Title Descriptive and Grade-Tonnage Models and Database for Iron Oxide Cu-Au Deposits
DOI 10.3133/ofr20071155
Authors Dennis P. Cox, Donald A. Singer
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2007-1155
Index ID ofr20071155
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Western Mineral Resources