Fraser

Porphyry copper prospect in British Columbia, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9705
Alternate names Fraser Fraction
Tract name Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au (003pCu2002x)
Group name Copper Mountain Group
Included sites Group includes Alabama and Copper Mountain deposits and Deep Gulch, Duke of York, Fraser, Friday Creek, ILK, Jennie Silkman, June Bug, Marquis of Lorne, Oriole, Oronoco, Ray, Reco, Virginia, and Voigt prospects.
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Canada
State or province British Columbia
Geographic location -120.548915033, 49.331705907
Geologic map unit -120.548915033, 49.331705907
Nearby data

Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 204Ma
Age determination method Inferred from U-Pb zircon age for Copper Mountain
Age range 204 Ma
Age reference unknown
Minerals bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite
Associated rocks diorite breccia, pyroxene diorite, monzodiorite, monzonite, syenite
Tectonic setting island arc
Stratigraphic age Late Triassic

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Grades: 2.8 percent Cu, 0.69 g/t Au, 34 g/t Ag.
Study area name British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References MINFILE BC (2009)
Site reference Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)