GMRAP ID | 4074 |
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Alternate names | Temora Project |
Tract name | Macquarie (009pCu8002) |
Site status | deposit |
Country | Australia |
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State or province | New South Wales |
Geographic location | 147.3344, -34.0465 |
Geologic map unit | 147.3344, -34.0465 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Deposit subtype | Cu-Au |
Age (Ma) | 436.4Ma |
Age determination method | Inferred from U-Pb zircon age of intrusion at Gidginbung |
Age range | 436.4 ±3.1 Ma |
Age reference | Lawrie and others (2007) |
Minerals | albite, actinolite, biotite, carbonate, chalcopyrite, chlorite, epidote, hematite, K-feldspar, magnetite, pyrite, sericite |
Associated rocks | mafic to intermediate volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Ordovician Narragudgil, Gidginbung, and Temora Volcanics, diorite to monzodiorite stocks, plugs, and dikes |
Tectonic setting | island arc |
Stratigraphic age | Early Silurian |
Development status | Prospect |
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Major commodities | Cu |
Minor commodities | Au |
Trace commodities | Mo |
Tonnage (Mt) | 61Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.35% |
Mo grade (%) | 0.0038% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.13g/t |
Contained copper | 210,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | 34 |
Comments | Location, tonnage and grade of inferred resources from Geoscience Australia (2010). Porphyry Cu-Au mineralization related to porphyritic monzodioritic stocks, plugs and dikes. Locally overprinted by albite-sericite-pyrite assemblage associated with Devonian orogenic gold veins. |
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Study area name | Australia |
References | Lawrie and others (2007); Mowat (2007); Goldminco Corp. (2008); Geoscience Australia (2010); Munro (2010); Perkins and others (1995) |
Site reference | Bookstrom and others (2014) |