| A01 |
Peat |
- - |
- - |
| A02 |
Lignite |
Brown coal |
- - |
| A03 |
Sub-bituminous coal |
Thermal coal, Black lignite |
- - |
| A04 |
Bituminous coal |
Coking coal, Thermal coal |
- - |
| A05 |
Anthracite |
Stone coal |
- - |
| B01* |
Laterite Fe |
Gossan Fe |
- - |
| B02* |
Laterite Ni |
- - |
38a |
| B03* |
Laterite-Saprolite Au |
Eluvial placers |
38g |
| B04* |
Bauxite Al |
Lateritic bauxite |
38b |
| B05 |
Residual kaolin |
Primary kaolin |
38h* |
| B07* |
Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au |
- - |
- - |
| B08 |
Surficial U |
Calcrete U |
- - |
| B09* |
Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn |
- - |
- - |
| B10 |
Gossan Au-Ag |
Residual Au; Precious metal gossans |
- - |
| B11* |
Marl |
- - |
- - |
| B12* |
Sand and Gravel |
- - |
- - |
| C01 |
Surficial placers |
Placer Au-PGE-Sn-diamond-mag-gar-gems |
39a to e |
| C02 |
Buried-channel placers |
Paleochannel placers |
39a to e |
| C03 |
Marine placers |
Off-shore heavy mineral sediments |
39f*? |
| C04* |
Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir |
Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U |
29a |
| D01 |
Open-system zeolites |
- - |
25oa |
| D02 |
Closed-basin zeolites |
- - |
25ob |
| D03 |
Volcanic redbed Cu |
Basaltic Cu |
23 |
| D04 |
Basal U |
- - |
- - |
| D05* |
Sandstone U |
Roll front U, Tabular U |
30c |
| D06 |
Volcanic-hosted U |
Epithermal U, Volcanogenic U |
25f |
| D07 |
Iron oxide breccias & veins ±P±Cu±Au±Ag±U |
Olympic Dam type, Kiruna type |
29b,25i |
| E01* |
Almaden Hg |
Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag |
27b |
| E02 |
Carbonate-hosted Cu-Pb-Zn |
Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn |
32c |
| E03 |
Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag |
Carlin-type Au, Sediment-hosted micron Au |
26a,19c |
| E04 |
Sediment-hosted Cu |
Sediment-hosted stratiform Cu |
30b |
| E05 |
Sandstone Pb |
- - |
30a |
| E06 |
Bentonite |
Volcanic clay, Soap clay |
28e?* |
| E07* |
Sedimentary kaolin |
Secondary kaolin |
31k* |
| E08 |
Carbonate-hosted talc |
Dolomite-hosted talc |
18?i* |
| E09 |
Sparry magnesite |
Veitsch-type, carbonate-hosted magnesite |
18i* |
| E10 |
Carbonate-hosted barite |
Mississippi Valley-type barite |
- - |
| E11 |
Carbonate-hosted fluorspar |
Mississippi Valley-type fluorite |
32d* |
| E12 |
Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn |
Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn, Appalachian Zn |
32a/32b |
| E13 |
Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb |
Kootenay Arc-type Zn-Pb, Remac-type |
- - |
| E14 |
Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag |
Sedex, Sediment-hosted massive sulphide |
31a |
| E15 |
Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co |
Sediment-hosted Cu-Co massive sulphide |
24d |
| E16 |
Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE |
Sediment-hosted Ni |
- - |
| E17 |
Sediment-hosted barite |
Bedded barite |
31b |
| F01 |
Sedimentary Mn |
- - |
34b |
| F02 |
Bedded gypsum |
Marine evaporite gypsum |
35ae |
| F03 |
Gypsum-hosted sulphur |
Frasch sulphur |
- - |
| F04* |
Bedded celestite |
- - |
35aa* |
| F05* |
Palygorskite |
Attapulgite |
34e* |
| F06 |
Lacustrine diatomite |
Diatomaceous earth, Kieselguhr |
31s |
| F07 |
Upwelling-type phosphate |
- - |
34c |
| F08 |
Warm current-type phosphate |
- - |
34d |
| F09* |
Playa and Alkaline Lake Evaporites |
Hydromagnesite, Na carbonate lake brines |
35ba,bm(T) |
| F10* |
Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation |
- - |
34a |
| F11* |
Ironstone |
Minette ores |
34f |
| G01 |
Algoma-type iron-formation |
- - |
28b |
| G02 |
Volcanogenic Mn |
- - |
24c |
| G03* |
Volcanogenic anhydrite / gypsum |
- - |
- - |
| G04 |
Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn |
Kieslager |
24b |
| G05 |
Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn) |
- - |
24a |
| G06 |
Noranda / Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn |
- - |
28a |
| G07 |
Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au |
- - |
- - |
| H01 |
Travertine |
Tufa |
35d* |
| H02 |
Hot spring Hg |
- - |
27a |
| H03 |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
- - |
25a |
| H04 |
Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high sulphidation |
Acid-sulphate, qtz-alunite Au, Nansatsu-type |
25d |
| H05 |
Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation |
Adularia-sericite epithermal |
25c |
| H06* |
Epithermal Mn |
- - |
25g |
| H07 |
Sn-Ag veins |
Polymetallic Sn veins |
25h, 20b |
| H08 |
Alkalic intrusion-associated Au |
Alkalic intrusion-related Au, Au-Ag-Te veins |
22b |
| H09* |
Hydrothermal alteration clays-Al-Si |
Kaolin, Alunite, Siliceous cap, Pyrophyllite |
25lb* |
| I01 |
Au-quartz veins |
Mesothermal, Motherlode, saddle reefs |
36a |
| I02 |
Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins |
Subvolcanic shear-hosted gold |
- - |
| I03 |
Turbidite-hosted Au veins |
Meguma type |
36a |
| I04 |
Iron formation-hosted Au |
Iron formation-hosted gold |
36b |
| I05 |
Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn±Au |
Felsic intrusionassociated Ag-Pb-Zb veins |
22c, 25b |
| I06 |
Cu±Ag quartz veins |
Churchill-type vein Cu |
? |
| I07* |
Silica veins |
- - |
- - |
| I08 |
Silica-Hg carbonate |
- - |
27c |
| I09 |
Stibnite veins and disseminations |
Simple and disseminated Sb deposits |
27d,27e |
| I10 |
Vein barite |
- - |
IM27e |
| I11 |
Barite-fluorite veins |
- - |
26c* |
| I12* |
W veins |
Quartz-wolframite veins |
15a |
| I13* |
Sn veins and greisens |
- - |
15b, 15c |
| I14 |
Five-element veins Ni-Co-As-Ag±(Bi, U) |
Ni-Co-native Ag veins, cobalt-type veins |
- - |
| I15 |
Classical U veins |
Pitchblende veins, vein uranium |
- - |
| I16 |
Unconformity-associated U |
Unconformity-veins, Unconformity U |
37a |
| I17 |
Cryptocrystalline magnesite veins |
Bone magnesite, Kraubath-type magnesite |
- - |
| J01 |
Polymetallic manto Ag-Pb-Zn |
Polymetallic replacement deposits |
19a |
| J02 |
Manto and stockwork Sn |
Replacement Sn, Renison-type |
14c |
| J03* |
Mn veins and replacements |
covered by I05 and J01 |
19b |
| J04 |
Sulphide manto Au |
Au-Ag sulphide mantos |
- - |
| K01 |
Cu skarns |
- - |
18a,b |
| K02 |
Pb-Zn skarns |
- - |
18c |
| K03 |
Fe skarns |
- - |
18d |
| K04 |
Au skarns |
- - |
18f* |
| K05 |
W skarns |
- - |
14a |
| K06 |
Sn skarns |
- - |
14b |
| K07 |
Mo skarns |
- - |
- - |
| K08 |
Garnet skarns |
- - |
- - |
| K09 |
Wollastonite skarns |
- - |
18g |
| L01 |
Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb) |
Enargite Au, Transitional Au-Ag |
22a/25e |
| L02* |
Porphyry-related Au |
Granitoid Au, Porphyry Au |
20d |
| L03 |
Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au |
Diorite porphyry copper |
- - |
| L04 |
Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au |
Calcalkaline porphyry |
17,20,21a1 |
| L05 |
Porphyry Mo (Low F- type) |
Calcalkaline Mo stockwork |
21b |
| L06 |
Porphyry Sn |
Subvolcanic tin |
20a |
| L07 |
Porphyry W |
Stockwork W-Mo |
21c* |
| L08 |
Porphyry Mo (Climax-type) |
Granite molybdenite |
16 |
| M01* |
Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu |
Basaltic subvolcanic Cu-Ni-PGE |
5a/5b |
| M02 |
Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu |
Gabbroid-associated Ni-Cu |
7a |
| M03 |
Podiform chromite |
- - |
8a/8b |
| M04 |
Magmatic Fe-Ti±V oxide deposits |
Mafic intrusion-hosted Ti-Fe deposits |
7b |
| M05 |
Alaskan-type Pt±Os±Rh±Ir |
Zoned ultramafic, Uralian-type |
9 |
| M06 |
Ultramafic-hosted asbestos |
Serpentinite-hosted asbestos |
8d |
| M07 |
Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite |
- - |
8f* |
| M08 |
Vermiculite deposits |
- - |
- - |
| N01 |
Carbonatite-hosted deposits |
- - |
10 |
| N02* |
Kimberlite-hosted diamonds |
Diamond pipes |
12 |
| N03* |
Lamproite-hosted diamonds |
- - |
12 |
| O01 |
Rare element pegmatite - LCT family |
Zoned pegmatite (Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum) |
13a*,b* |
| O02 |
Rare element pegmatite - NYF family |
Niobium-Yttrium-Fluorine pegmatite |
- - |
| O03 |
Muscovite pegmatite |
Mica-bearing pegmatite |
13f* |
| O04* |
Feldspar-quartz pegmatite |
Barren pegmatite |
IM13g*,e* |
| P01 |
Andalusite hornfels |
- - |
- - |
| P02 |
Kyanite-sillimanite schists |
- - |
- - |
| P03 |
Microcrystalline graphite |
Amorphous graphite |
18k |
| P04 |
Crystalline flake graphite |
- - |
37f |
| P05 |
Vein graphite |
Lump and chip graphite |
37g |
| P06 |
Corundum in aluminous metasediments |
- - |
- - |
| Q01 |
Jade |
- - |
- - |
| Q02 |
Rhodonite |
- - |
- - |
| Q03* |
Agate |
- - |
- - |
| Q04* |
Amethyst |
- - |
- - |
| Q05* |
Jasper |
- - |
- - |
| Q06 |
Columbia-type emerald |
- - |
31c |
| Q07 |
Schist-hosted emerald |
Exometamorphic emerald deposit |
- - |
| Q08 |
Sediment-hosted opal |
Australian-type opal |
- - |
| Q09 |
Gem corundum in contact zones |
- - |
- - |
| Q10 |
Gem corundum hosted by alkalic rocks |
- - |
- - |
| Q11 |
Volcanic-hosted opal |
- - |
- - |
| R01 |
Cement shale |
- - |
- - |
| R02 |
Expanding shale |
- - |
- - |
| R03 |
Dimension stone - granite |
- - |
- - |
| R04 |
Dimension stone - marble |
- - |
- - |
| R05 |
Dimension stone - andesite |
- - |
- - |
| R06* |
Dimension stone - sandstone |
- - |
30d* |
| R07 |
Silica sandstone |
High-silica quartzite |
30e* |
| R08* |
Flagstone |
- - |
- - |
| R09 |
Limestone |
- - |
- - |
| R10* |
Dolomite |
- - |
- - |
| R11* |
Volcanic ash - pumice |
- - |
- - |
| R12* |
Volcanic glass - perlite |
- - |
IM25ka* |
| R13* |
Nepheline syenite |
- - |
- - |
| R14* |
Alaskite |
- - |
- - |
| R15* |
Crushed rock |
Road metal, Riprap, Railroad ballast |
- - |
| S01 |
Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag±Cu |
Shuswap-type, Ammeburg-type Pb-Zn |
- - |
