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Porphyry copper prospect in
British Columbia, Canada
Names and other identifiers
Geographic location
| Country |
Canada |
| State or province |
British Columbia |
| Geographic location |
-126.312240041, 55.412227388
|
| Geologic map unit |
-126.312240041, 55.412227388 |
| Nearby data |
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Geologic information
| Deposit type |
Porphyry copper |
| Age (Ma) |
49Ma
|
| Age determination method |
K-Ar biotite |
| Age range |
49 Ma |
| Age reference |
unknown |
| Minerals |
chalcopyrite, galena, malachite, pyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite
|
| Associated rocks |
granodiorite, quartz diorite, biotite-feldspar porphyry, hornblende-feldspar porphyry |
| Tectonic setting |
continental margin |
| Stratigraphic age |
Eocene |
Commodity and development information
| Development status |
Prospect |
| Major commodities |
Cu, Au, Ag |
| Minor commodities |
Pb, Zn |
| Gold-Moly ratio |
-9999 |
Reference information
| Comments |
Four inclined holes with Cu and Au; potassic alteration without phyllic indicates bottom of ore shell, or leakage from a much deeper ore zone. Grades: 0.36 percent Cu, 0.18 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.
