GMRAP ID | 467 |
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Tract name | Coastal Pacific (142pCu8704) |
Site status | deposit |
Country | China |
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State or province | Jiangxi |
Geographic location | 115.805000305, 29.68129921 |
Geologic map unit | 115.805000305, 29.68129921 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Age (Ma) | 142.3Ma |
Age determination method | Re-Os |
Age range | 142.3 ±2.3 Ma |
Age reference | Mao and others (2006) |
Minerals | bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, galena, gold, marcasite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite |
Associated rocks | andesite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry, monzogranite porphyry, quartz monzonite porphyry, quartz porphyry, tonalite porphyry |
Tectonic setting | postconvergence |
Stratigraphic age | Early Cretaceous |
Development status | Producer |
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Major commodities | Cu, Mo, Au |
Tonnage (Mt) | 409Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.75% |
Mo grade (%) | 0.047% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.24g/t |
Ag grade (g/t) | 9.9g/t |
Contained copper | 3,070,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | 5.1 |
Comments | Mined since 2002 by open pit; new estimate of 5 Mt of Cu resource and 200 kt Mo resource (Wu and others, 2009). Contains karst and massive sulfide ores in addition to porphyry. Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt. Mining. |
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Study area name | East Asia Mesozoic |
References | Ge and others (1990); Huang and others (1990); Mao and others (2006); Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1998); Pan and Dong (1999); Qui and others (1989); Zhang and Rui (1992); Luo and Yang (2007); Singer and others (2008) |
Site reference | Ludington, Mihalasky, and others (2012) |