Giant

Porphyry copper prospect in Yukon Territory, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9728
Tract name Cordilleran Continental Arc (003pCu2004x)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Canada
State or province Yukon Territory
Geographic location -137.30392362, 62.643903647
Geologic map unit -137.30392362, 62.643903647
Nearby data

Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 76Ma
Age determination method Inferred from U-Pb age for Cash
Age range 76 Ma
Age reference unknown
Minerals chalcopyrite, copper oxides, magnetite
Associated rocks foliated granodiorite
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Late Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Grades: 0.1 percent Cu, 0.69 g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag.
Study area name British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References MINFILE YT (2009)
Site reference Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)
MINFILE YT, 2009, MINFILE Mineral inventory—Yukon Province: Yukon Geological Survey, MINFILE database, accessed December 2009, at http://servlet.gov.yk.ca/ygsmin/index.do. [Web page no longer available. See http://www.geology.gov.yk.ca/databases_gis.html to download minfile.zip at link for ""Mineral Occurrences in the Yukon"".]