Upper Masara, Porphyry copper prospect

Upper Masara

Porphyry copper prospect in Compostela Valley, Philippines

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	7100
Tract name	Philippine Arc (142pCu7309)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Philippines
State or province	Compostela Valley
Geographic location	126.033265259, 7.374964188 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	126.033265259, 7.374964188
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Neogene
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	bornite, chapcopyrite
Associated rocks	andesite
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Neogene

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Copper prospect associated with andesite.
Study area name	East and Southeast Asia
References	Philippines Mines and Geosciences Bureau (1986); Mitchell and Leach (1991)
Site reference	Hammarstrom and others (2014)

Mitchell, A.H.G, and Leach, T.M., 1991, Epithermal gold in the PhilippinesIsland arc metallogenesis, geothermal systems and geology: London, Academic Press, 457 p.

[Philippines] Mines and Geosciences Bureau, 1986, Geology and mineral resources of the Philippines, v. 2Mineral resources: Manila, [Philippines] Mines and Geosciences Bureau, 446 p.