| GMRAP ID | 9881 |
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| Alternate names | Copper Head |
| Tract name | Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au (003pCu2002x) |
| Group name | Afton-Ajax Group |
| Included sites | Copper Head, Noonday, Python; 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 | prospect |
| Country | Canada |
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| State or province | British Columbia |
| Geographic location | -120.397815373, 50.643605991 |
| Geologic map unit | -120.397815373, 50.643605991 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age (Ma) | 205Ma |
| Age determination method | Inferred from U-Pb zircon age for Afton |
| Age range | 205 Ma |
| Age reference | unknown |
| Minerals | azurite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, malachite, pyrite |
| Associated rocks | diorite, picrite, norite, norite breccia pipe |
| Tectonic setting | island arc |
| Stratigraphic age | Late Triassic |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Major commodities | Cu, Au, Pd |
| Minor commodities | Ag |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Resource (not thoroughly characterized): 0.848 Mt at 0.875% Cu. |
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| Study area name | British Columbia and Yukon Territory |
| References | MINFILE BC (2009) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013) |