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Porphyry copper prospect in Utah, United States

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 33
Tract name Great Basin Tertiary (003pCu9013)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country United States
State or province Utah
Geographic location -111.379722222, 40.625
Geologic map unit -111.379722222, 40.625
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 33Ma
Age determination method unknown
Age range 35–31 Ma
Age reference Singer and others (2008)
Minerals actinolite, albite, alunite, augite, biotite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, epidote, kaolinite/illite/dickite, limonite, magnetite, molybdenite, montmorillonite, pyrite, pyrophyllite, sericite
Associated rocks breccia, andesite porphyry, dacite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry, hornfels, skarn, andesite, calcareous siltstone, limestone, sandstone, rhyodacite, shale, volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks
Tectonic setting postconvergence
Stratigraphic age Eocene–Oligocene

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments 0.2% Cu, 0.01% Mo, 0.1 to 0.6 g/t Au.
Study area name United States
References Ballantyne and others (1996); Bromfield and others (1977); John (1989a); John (1989b); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002)
Ballantyne, G.C., Maughan, J., and Smith, T., 1996, The Bingham copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, Utah—Why Bingham is a “super-giant”, in Clark, A.H., ed., Giant ore deposits II [Proceedings]: Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Department of Geological Sciences, p. 335–349.
Bromfield, C.S., Erickson, A.J., Jr., Haddadin, M.A., and Mehnert, H.H., 1977, Potassium-argon ages of intrusion, extrusion, and associated ore deposits, Park City mining district, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 837–848. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.72.5.837.)John, D.A., 1989a, Geologic setting, depths of emplacement, and regional distribution of fluid inclusions in intrusions of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 386–409. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.84.2.386.)John, D.A., 1989b, Evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the Park Premier stock, central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 879–902. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.84.4.879.)Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.