Babs

Porphyry copper prospect in British Columbia, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9623
Tract name Cordilleran Continental Arc (003pCu2004x)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Canada
State or province British Columbia
Geographic location -126.002217761, 54.853605421
Geologic map unit -126.002217761, 54.853605421
Nearby data

Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 52Ma
Age determination method Inferred from Ar-Ar age for Bell Copper
Age range 52 Ma
Age reference unknown
Minerals chalcopyrite, pyrite
Associated rocks biotite-feldspar porphyry
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Eocene

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Grades: 0.19 percent Cu.
Study area name British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References MINFILE BC (2009)
Site reference Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)