GMRAP ID | 9959 |
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Alternate names | Boy, Carmacks |
Tract name | Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au (003pCu2002x) |
Included sites | zone 1, zone 4, zone 12, zone 13 |
Site status | deposit |
Country | Canada |
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State or province | Yukon Territory |
Geographic location | -136.693623336, 62.348903757 |
Geologic map unit | -136.693623336, 62.348903757 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Deposit subtype | Cu-Au |
Age determination method | Geologic inference |
Age range | Late Triassic–Early Jurassic |
Age reference | geologic inference |
Minerals | azurite, bornite, chalcopyrite, covellite, cuprite, digenite, djurlite, malachite, molybdenite, tenorite |
Associated rocks | silica undersaturated mafic metavolcanic gneiss pendants or ""rafts"" in granodiorite batholith |
Tectonic setting | island arc |
Stratigraphic age | Late Triassic–Early Jurassic |
Development status | Prospect |
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Major commodities | Cu, Au, Ag |
Minor commodities | Mo |
Tonnage (Mt) | 19Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.95% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.376g/t |
Ag grade (g/t) | 3.592g/t |
Contained copper | 183,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | Alkaline porphyry Cu-Au in and around mafic metavolcanic pendants in foliated batholith. |
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Study area name | British Columbia and Yukon Territory |
References | MINFILE YT (2009); Singer and others (2008); Western Copper Corp. (2009) |
Site reference | Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013) |