Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective

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Reference:   Porter, T.M. (ed.), 1998 - Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective;   PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 230p.   ISBN 978-0-908039-71-5.

This is the Proceedings Volume to a conference of the same name, convened by the Australian Minerals Foundation in Perth Western Australia, from the 30 November to 1 December 1998.

The theme was the recent significant new discoveries of porphyry copper-gold and hydrothermal gold, and the deposits & regions for which previously restricted information was recently released, particularly the Former Soviet Union.

T M (Mike) Porter of Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd was engaged to plan the technical program of the conference, and invite and edit contributions.   PGC Publishing was assigned the copyright in 2002.

© copyright to this volume and all of its contents is the property of Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Limited (PGC), trading as PGC Publishing. While it may be used for research purposes, no part of this publication may be otherwise reproduced, stored in a publicly accessable retrieval system, transmitted, or onsold in any form without permission in writing from PGC.

The individual papers that constitute this volume are listed below.

Open access to full text of individual papers from the Abstract pages below.

Contents
Preface Paper
  • An Overview of the World's Porphyry and Other Hydrothermal Copper & Gold Deposits and their Distribution. (As understood in 1998)
    T M (Mike) Porter, Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd., Adelaide, Australia
General Papers
  • Major regional factors favouring large size, high hypogene grade, elevated gold content and supergene oxidation and enrichment of porphyry copper Deposits.
    Richard H Sillitoe, Consultant Geologist., 27 West Hill Park, Highgate Village, London, N6 6ND, UK
  • Factors influencing the viability of large gold or porphyry copper projects.
    John Rickus, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Technical Services, Melbourne, Australia
Asia Pacific
  • Geology of the Kucing Liar Ore Body, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
    Sugeng Widodo, Noris Belluz, Nur Wiwoho, Bowo Kusnanto, Peter Manning, George Macdonald, Al Edwards, PT Freeport Indonesia
  • Exploration, Geology and Mineralisation of the Monywa Copper District, Central Myanmar.
    Kyaw Win & Douglas J Kirwin, Indochina Goldfields Ltd., Myanma & Thailand
  • The Mankayan Mineral District, Luzon, Philippines.
    Art Disini, Bruce Robertson & Rene Juna R. Claveria, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, Manila, Philippines
The Americas
  • The Fort Knox porphyry gold deposit, Eastern-Central Alaska: An overview and update.
    A A Bakke, R Morrell, J Odden, Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
  • The Collahuasi Copper Mine, Northern Chile.
    Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Duran, Aquiles Gonzales A., Compania Minera Dona Inés de Collahuasi SCM., Inquique, Chile, Aquiles Gonzáles A, Compania Minera Los Pelambres, Santiago, Chile
  • The Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper System, Northern Chile.
    Patricio Cuadra, Francisco Camus, Codelco-Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • Discovery of the Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina.
    Part I: Exploration & Discovery,
    N Rojas, J Perello, P Harman, J Cabello, C Devaux, L Fava and E Etchart,
    Part II: Geology,
    J Perello, N Rojas, C Devaux, L Fava, E Etchart, P Harman, BHP World Minerals, Chile, USA & Australia.
Tethyan Belt
  • Distribution, setting and metallogenesis of copper deposits in Iran.
    Bahram Samani, Exploration Division AEOI, Tehran, Iran
  • Skouries porphyry copper/gold deposit, Chalkidiki, Greece - Setting, mineralisation and resources.
    Eugene Tobey, Albrecht Schneider, Aquiles Alegria, Luis Olcay, George Perantonis, Jorge Quiroga, TVX Gold Inc., Chile, Greece & Canada.
  • The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia Yugoslavia).
    Richard Herrington, Natural History Museum, London, UK, Slobodan Jankovic, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dejan Kozelj, Copper Institute, Bor, Yugoslavia
Central Asia
  • The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
    Alexei Sokolov, Sokolov Enterprises, Melbourne, Australia
  • The Jerooy Gold Deposit, Kyrgyz Republic.
    Bruce D Kay, Normandy Mining, Adelaide, Australia, Barrie Oakes & Vladimir Arifiev, Oxus Resources Corporation, London, UK
  • The Muruntau gold deposit, Tamdy Mountains, Uzbekistan.
    Byron Berger, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA

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