Katie, Porphyry copper prospect

Katie

Porphyry copper prospect in British Columbia, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9783
Alternate names	Jim
Tract name	Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au (003pCu2002x)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Canada
State or province	British Columbia
Geographic location	-117.3369144, 49.148106257 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-117.3369144, 49.148106257
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Jurassic
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite
Associated rocks	monzodiorite, monzonite, monzonitic gabbro
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Jurassic

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Igneous rocks alkaline, but polymetallic, like calc-alkaline-related Cu±Mo±Au. Grades: 0.24 percent Cu, 0.2 g/t Au.
Study area name	British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References	MINFILE BC (2009); Schroeter (1995)
Site reference	Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)

MINFILE BC, 2009, MINFILE Mineral inventory: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, MINFILE database, total records 12,523, accessed December 2009, at http://minfile.gov.bc.ca/.

Schroeter, T.G., ed., 1995, Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Special Volume 46, 888 p.