GMRAP ID | 706 |
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Tract name | Western Sierra Madre Occidental and Laramide Central (003pCu3007x) |
Site status | prospect |
Country | United States |
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State or province | Arizona |
Geographic location | -111.051738235, 33.292903237 |
Geologic map unit | -111.051738235, 33.292903237 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Age (Ma) | 64Ma |
Age determination method | unknown |
Age range | 64–63 Ma |
Age reference | Singer and others (2008) |
Minerals | bornite, chalcocite/digenite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, epidote, fluorite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite, topaz |
Associated rocks | breccia, felsic porphyry, skarn, carbonate rocks, schist, volcanics |
Tectonic setting | continental margin |
Stratigraphic age | Paleocene |
Development status | Prospect |
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Major commodities | Cu |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | Preliminary reported ~1,500 Mt at 1.5% Cu underlying the Magma vein-type Cu deposit at depth of 1500 to 2000 m below surface. |
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Study area name | United States |
References | Niemuth (2005); Schwarz (2007); Seedorff and others (2005); Singer and others (2008) |
Site reference | U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002) |