The Upper Cretaceous Guaynopa IOCG and Guaynopita porphyry copper deposits, Chihuahua, Mexico

IOCG Deposits: A Cordilleran Perspective

During the latter part of the Phanerozoic, numerous iron oxide(-Cu-Au) (IOCG) systems formed in parts of the Cordillera of North and South America. They occur in diverse tectonic and magmatic settings with considerable variety in deposit associations and characteristics. Although there are general patterns, there is no simple, all-encompassing descriptive model; a comparison with the diversity ...

Late Cretaceous Volcanoplutonic Arcs in Northwestern British Columbia: Implications for Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits

Porphyry Cu and epithermal deposits are spatially and temporally related to specific volcanic and plutonic rocks emplaced during the formation of long-lived magmatic arcs formed along convergent plate boundaries (e.g., Sillitoe, 1972; Sutherland Brown, 1976; Titley, 1982; Sawkins, 1990; Bissig et al., 2003). Recognizing the presence, types of deposits, and age of the mineralized volcanoplutonic...

Tempo of magma degassing and the genesis of porphyry copper deposits

Porphyry deposits are copper-rich orebodies formed by precipitation of metal sulphides from hydrothermal fluids released from magmatic intrusions that cooled at depth within the Earth's crust. Finding new porphyry deposits is essential because they are our largest source of copper and they also contain other strategic metals including gold and molybdenum. However, the discovery of giant porphyr...

Advances in Geological Models and Exploration Methods for Copper ± Gold Porphyry Deposits

This paper focuses on the relationships between the geological model and exploration techniques for porphyry Cu ± Au deposits, with reference to the discovery record and exploration practices over the past fifteen years. The porphyry model is built on a long record of study dating back to the 1960s which has been gradually refined to encompass differences and complexities in mineralization and ...

Gold Distribution in Porphyry Copper Deposits of Kerman Region, Southeastern Iran