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Geological environments and metal endowments found in Oceanic arc basement domains

Geological environment: Magmatic arc
Primary metal endowments: Porphyry Cu-Au
References
Berger, B.R., Ayuso, R.A., Wynn, J.C., and Seal, R.R., 2008, Preliminary model of porphyry copper deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1321, 55 p.
doi: 10.3133/ofr20081321
John, D.A., Ayuso, R.A., Barton, M.D., Blakely, R.J., Bodnar, R.J., Dilles, J.H., Gray, Floyd, Graybeal, F.T., Mars, J.C., McPhee, D.K., Seal, R.R., Taylor, R.D., and Vikre, P.G., 2010, Porphyry copper deposit model, chap. B of Mineral deposit models for resource assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5070–B, 169 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5070/b/.
Geological environment: Magmatic arc
Primary metal endowments: Au-Cu epithermal
References
Groves, D.I., Goldfarb, R.J., Gebre-Mariam, M., Hagemann, S.G., and Robert, F., 1998, Orogenic gold deposits—A proposed classification in the context of their crustal distribution and relationship to other gold deposit types: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 13, p. 7–27.
doi: 10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00012-7
Simmons, S.F., White, N.C., and John, D.A., 2005, Geological characteristics of epithermal precious and base-metal deposits: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 485–522.
Geological environment: Magmatic arc
Primary metal endowments: Cu-Zn-Pb ± Au-Ag VMS
References
Hannington, M.D., de Ronde, C.E.J., and Petersen, S., 2005, Sea-floor tectonics and submarine hydrothermal systems, in Hedenquist, J.W., Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and Richards, J.P., eds., Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 111–141.
Mosier, D.L., Berger, V.I., and Singer, D.A., 2009, Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1034, 46 p.; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1034/.
Shanks, W.C. Pat, III, and Thurston, Roland, eds., 2012, Volcanogenic massive sulfide occurrence model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5070–C, 345 p.
doi: 10.3133/sir20105070C