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- Global assessment of undiscovred copper resources
East Tasmanide - South sub-tract
Continental magmatic arcs of Silurian to Early Cretaceous age, mostly in the New England Orogen and North Queensland Orogen
| Tract ID |
009pCu8004c |
| Country |
Australia |
| Commodity |
Cu |
| Study area name |
Australia |
| Tectonic setting |
continental margin |
| Deposit type |
porphyry copper |
| Grade-tonnage model |
Not assessed |
| Geologic age |
| Geologic feature age |
Carboniferous through Permian |
| Generalized age |
Paleozoic |
| Oldest rocks age |
359Ma
|
| Youngest rocks age |
251Ma
|
| Age range |
108Ma
|
|
| 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 20105090L, 160 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/l/.
