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Subaerial Neogene Arcs of Western Japan

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Subaerial parts of the Miocene and younger Kurile, Northeast Japan, Izu, Southwest Japan, and Ryukyu volcanic arcs
Tract ID 142pCu7315
Country Japan
Commodity Cu
Study area name East and Southeast Asia
Tectonic setting island arc
Deposit type porphyry copper
Grade-tonnage model Not assessed
Geologic age
Geologic feature age Miocene and younger
Generalized age Neogene
Oldest rocks age 359.2Ma
Youngest rocks age 199.6Ma
Age range 159.6Ma
Map scales used 1M

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

Bibliographic references

General Hammarstrom and others (2014)
Hammarstrom, J.M., Bookstrom, A.A., DeMarr, M.W., Dicken, C.L., Ludington, Steve, Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Zientek, M.L., with contributions from Cox, D.P., Manipon, C.J.C., Rollan, L.A., Sakimoto, Takehiro, Takagi, Tetsuichi, and Watanabe, Yasushi, 2013,Porphyry copper assessment of East and Southeast Asia—Philippines, Taiwan (Republic of China), Republic of Korea (South Korea), and Japan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5090–P, 241 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/p/.