GMRAP ID | 9769 |
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Alternate names | Erin Fr. |
Tract name | Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au (003pCu2002x) |
Group name | Afton-Ajax Group |
Included sites | Group includes Afton, Ajax JV, Big Onion, DM-Audra-Crescent, Galaxy, Iron Mask, and Rainbow deposits and Ace, Admiral Dewy, Crescent, Fargo, Kimberly, and Python prospects. |
Site status | deposit |
Country | Canada |
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State or province | British Columbia |
Geographic location | -120.437515383, 50.654705987 |
Geologic map unit | -120.437515383, 50.654705987 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Deposit subtype | Cu-Au |
Age (Ma) | 205Ma |
Age determination method | Inferred from U-Pb zircon age for Afton |
Age range | 205 Ma |
Age reference | unknown |
Minerals | azurite, bornite, chalcopyrite, cuprite, malachite, pyrite |
Associated rocks | diorite, monzonite, picrite, breccia |
Tectonic setting | island arc |
Stratigraphic age | Late Triassic |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Major commodities | Cu, Au, Ag |
Tonnage (Mt) | 2Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.84% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.4g/t |
Contained copper | 20,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | 19041928, production. |
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Study area name | British Columbia and Yukon Territory |
References | MINFILE BC (2009) |
Site reference | Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013) |