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East Tasmanide - Island-arc sub-tract

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Continental magmatic arcs of Silurian to Early Cretaceous age, mostly in the New England Orogen and North Queensland Orogen
Tract ID 009pCu8004a
Country Australia
Commodity Cu
Study area name Australia
Tectonic setting island arc
Deposit type porphyry copper
Grade-tonnage model Not assessed
Geologic age
Geologic feature age Late Silurian through Permian
Generalized age Paleozoic
Oldest rocks age 444Ma
Youngest rocks age 251Ma
Age range 193Ma
Map scales used 1M

(A quantitative assessment of this tract was not carried out.)

Bibliographic references

General Bookstrom and others (2014)
Bookstrom, A.A., Glen, R.A., Hammarstrom, J.M., Robinson, G.R., Jr., Zientek, M.L., Drenth, B.J., Jaireth, Subhash, Cossette, P.M., and Wallis, J.C., 2013, Porphyry copper assessment of eastern Australia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5090–L, 160 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/l/.