Mount Washington Copper, Porphyry copper prospect

Mount Washington Copper

Porphyry copper prospect in British Columbia, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9839
Alternate names	NWC 232
Tract name	Cordilleran Continental Arc (003pCu2004x)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Canada
State or province	British Columbia
Geographic location	-125.302215914, 49.763305372 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-125.302215914, 49.763305372
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	35Ma
Age determination method	K-Ar biotite
Age range	35 ±6 Ma
Age reference	unknown
Minerals	arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, cuprite, djurleite, galena, molybdenite, native copper, orpiment, pyrite, pyrrhotite, realgar, sphalerite, tenorite
Associated rocks	diorite, quartz diorite, dacite porphyry
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Eocene–Oligocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu, Au, Ag
Minor commodities	As, Mo, Zn
Trace commodities	Pb
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Resource (not thoroughly characterized): 0.306 Mt at 1.07% Cu.
Study area name	British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References	MINFILE BC (2009); Pilcher and McDougall (1976)
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/.

Pilcher, S.H., and McDougal, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects: in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, the Charles S. Ney Volume, p. 7982.