Gjersvik

NorwayUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
1.35%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1909

Overview

Massive, stockwork, 1-5 m thickness, steeply dipping SW. Spoon-shaped plate. Contains 31% S. Stratigraphy is inverted. Pyrite veinlets feeder zone in rhyodacite. Rifted island arc (arc tholeiitic and MORB affinity).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS | coordinate: Mindat