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Porphyry copper prospect in Queensland, Australia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 4018
Tract name East Tasmanide - Central sub-tract (009pCu8004b)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Australia
State or province Queensland
Geographic location 152.404299, -26.140431
Geologic map unit 152.404299, -26.140431
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 235Ma
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range 235 Ma, 250 Ma
Age reference Horton (1978)
Minerals chalcopyrite, galena, gold, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite
Associated rocks argillitic metasedimentary rocks, andesitic volcanic and intrusive rocks, quartz diorite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Early Triassic–Middle Triassic

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Porphyry-style chalcopyrite, pyrite; minor molybdenite. Fracturing weak to moderate, locally strong. Middle to upper part exposed. Secondary enrichment weak to moderate, locally strong.
Study area name Australia
References Horton (1978)
Site reference Bookstrom and others (2014)
Horton, D.J., 1978, Porphyry-type copper-molybdenum mineralization belts in eastern Queensland, Australia: Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 904–921. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.73.5.904.)