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Sediment-hosted Copper—Lead—Zinc deposits

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Ore Deposit Geology and its Influence on Mineral Exploration

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The recognition of sedimentary processes in the genesis of base-metal deposits can be traced back to Werner’s observations on the German Kupferschiefer in the late eighteenth century. Werner’s belief that all rocks and ores were of sedimentary origin led eventually to the discrediting of his views on ore genesis. In the mid- nineteenth century, Hunt (1873) expressed a more balanced and sophisticated sedimentological explanation for the genesis of some base-metal sulphides, and foreshadowed much contemporary thinking on the subject. However, during the first fifty years of this century concepts of ore genesis were strongly influenced by American geologists, who observed the proximity of many ore deposits in the USA to igneous intrusions, and considered that igneous hydrothermal solutions were of dominant importance in ore formation. Lindgren and Bateman were amongst the leading advocates of the ‘hydrothermal’ school, and in their opinion ore deposits associated with sediments were largely the products of replacement by solutions emanating from a cooling magma.

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Edwards, R., Atkinson, K. (1986). Sediment-hosted Copper—Lead—Zinc deposits. In: Ore Deposit Geology and its Influence on Mineral Exploration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8056-6_6

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