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Porphyry copper deposit in Queensland, Australia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 642
Tract name East Tasmanide - Central sub-tract (009pCu8004b)
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country Australia
State or province Queensland
Geographic location 150.461515, -23.605451
Geologic map unit 150.461515, -23.605451
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range Early Triassic–Middle Triassic
Age reference Ewers and others (2002)
Minerals biotite, chalcopyrite, epidote, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, sphalerite
Associated rocks argillitic metasedimentary rocks, andesitic volcanic and intrusive rocks, granodiorite porphyry
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Early Triassic–Middle Triassic

Commodity and development information

Development status Prospect
Major commodities Cu
Minor commodities Mo
Tonnage (Mt) 100Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.2%
Contained copper 200,000t
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Location from Geoscience Australia (2010); estimated tonnage and grade from Ewers and others (2002). 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); Lacy (1980); Murray (1986); Singer and others (2008); Ewers and others (2002); Geoscience Australia (2010)
Site reference Bookstrom and others (2014)
Ewers, G.R., Evans, N., and Hazell, M., (Kilgour, B., comp.), 2002, OZMIN Mineral deposits database [Digital Datasets]: Canberra, Geoscience Australia, metadata accessed September 3, 2013, at http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703003393.html.Geoscience Australia, 2010, Australian mines atlas: Geoscience Australia Web page accessed October 20–December 27, 2010, at http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/.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.)
Lacy, W.C., 1980, Mineralization along the extension of the New England and Lachlan-Thompson fold belts in North Queensland, in Henderson, R.A., and Stephenson, P.J., eds., The Geology and Geophysics of Northeastern Australia: Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane, p. 269–277.
Murray, C.G., 1986, Metallogeny and tectonic development of the Tasman fold belt system in Queensland: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 1, p. 315–400. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-1368(86)90012-0.)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/.