Buckingham-Copper Basin, Porphyry copper deposit

Buckingham-Copper Basin

Porphyry copper (Cu-Mo) deposit in Nevada, United States

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	3318
Tract name	Sierran Arc (003pCu9007)
Site status	deposit

Geographic location

Country	United States
State or province	Nevada
Geographic location	-117.05173177, 40.611758318 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-117.05173177, 40.611758318
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Deposit subtype	Cu-Mo
Age (Ma)	88Ma
Age determination method	K-Ar
Age range	88 Ma
Age reference	Keeler (2010)
Tectonic setting	mixed
Stratigraphic age	Late Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Tonnage (Mt)	962Mt
Cu grade (%)	0.05%
Mo grade (%)	0.06%
Contained copper	500,000t
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Study area name	United States
References	Theodore and others (1992); Keeler (2010)
Site reference	U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002)

Keeler, D.A., 2010, Structural reconstruction of the Copper Basin area, Battle Mountain district, Nevada: Tucson, University of Arizona Master's thesis, 92 p. (Also available at http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/Theses/Keeler_Thesis_100514.pdf.)

Theodore, T.G., Blake, D.W., and Kretschmer, E.L., 1982, Geology and mineralization of the Copper Canyon deposits, Lander County, Nevada, in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 543550.