Polar, Porphyry copper(?) prospect

Polar

Porphyry copper(?) prospect in Benguet, Philippines

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	7079
Tract name	Luzon Arc (Central Cordillera segment) (142pCu7301b)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Philippines
State or province	Benguet
Geographic location	120.772093981, 16.810280322 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	120.772093981, 16.810280322
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper(?)
Tectonic setting	island arc

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu, Au
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Copper-gold prospect.
Study area name	East and Southeast Asia
References	Carranza and Hale (2002); U.S. Geological Survey (2012)
Site reference	Hammarstrom and others (2014)

Carranza, E.J.M., and Hale, Martin, 2002, Where are porphyry copper deposits spatially localized? A case study in Benguet Province, Philippines: Natural Resources Research, v. 11, no. 1, p. 4559. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1014287720379.)U.S. Geological Survey, 2012, Mineral resource data system (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey database, accessed October 19, 2012, at http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/.