Sulfide-mineral zoning in the basal nonesuch shale, Northern Michigan
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Abstract
A zone, 1 to 50 feet thick, at the base of the Nonesuch Shale, is relatively rich in copper, chiefly as chalcocite. Pyrite is the characteristic sulfide mineral of the overlying 400 to 600 feet of the formation. The boundary of the cupriferous zone with the pyrite zone regionally transgresses both stratigraphic layering and fades gradations indicative of ancient environmental boundaries. The top of the cupriferous zone is marked by the upward sequence, chalcocite-bornite-chalcopyrite-pyrite, and by the cadmium sulfide, greenockite. The sulfide zoning does not appear to be syngenetic. The regional configuration of the cupriferous zone suggests, instead, that the copper was introduced after deposition of the entire 50-foot sequence of strata. The area in which the top of the cupriferous zone is stratigraphically highest is related spatially, and probably genetically, to a zone of wedging in the underlying Copper Harbor Conglomerate.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sulfide-mineral zoning in the basal nonesuch shale, Northern Michigan |
| Series title | Economic Geology |
| DOI | 10.2113/gsecongeo.61.7.1171 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Year Published | 1966 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Economic Geologists |
| Description | 20 p. |
| First page | 171 |
| Last page | 1190 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Other Geospatial | Northern Michigan |
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