Porphyry Cu-Au Deposits of the Iron Mask Batholith, Southeastern British Columbia
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The Iron Mask batholith is lo cated 10 km south west of Kamloops (Fig. 1). It is the source of Cu-Au-Ag pro duced from por phyry de pos its such as Afton, Cres cent, Pothook, Ajax West and Ajax East, as well as struc tur ally con trolled Cu-mag ne tite veins (Iron Mask, Makaoo, Grey Mask). Cur rently, it is the tar get of ex plo ra tion for Cu-Au-Ag-Pd min er al iza tion by DRC Re sources at the Afton mine prop erty and by Aba cus Min ing and Ex plo ra tion Corp. at the Rain bow-Coquihalla East and DM-Audra oc cur rences.
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