Bodennec

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Contained Copper
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Average Grade
0.58%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1965

Overview

Massive, several horizons in 31 m of rhyolite tuff, shale, and spilite. Lescuyer and others (1998) believes this deposit is a stratabound sulfide impregnation formed during the Late Devonian (early Visean).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1980

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS