Porphyry copper deposits are copper ore bodies that are formed from hydrothermal fluids that originate from a voluminous magma chamber several kilometers...
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Bingham Canyon Mine (redirect from Kennecott Copper Mine)
commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City...
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near Superior, Arizona, U.S. The project targets a deep-seated porphyry copper deposit located under the now inactive Magma Mine. Rio Tinto has reported...
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(phenocryst) sizes Porphyry copper deposit, a primary (low grade) ore deposit of copper, consisting of porphyry rocks Mons Porphyrites, the only porphyry quarry worked...
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Ore (redirect from Mineral Deposit)
stannite and scheelite. These are the leading source of copper ore. Porphyry copper deposits form along convergent boundaries and are thought to originate...
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C.H. (1999): Factors controlling copper solubility and chalcopyrite deposition in the Sungun porphyry copper deposit, Iran. Mineralium Deposita 34, 770–783...
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to other large intrusive related copper deposits such as porphyry copper deposits and other porphyry metal deposits primarily by their substantial accumulations...
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stratiform wall-rock replacement orebodies distal to porphyry copper deposits, or porphyry molybdenum deposits. The term manto is derived from the Spanish word...
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Fault (geology) (section Faults and ore deposits)
significant ore deposits. An example of a fault hosting valuable porphyry copper deposits is northern Chile's Domeyko Fault with deposits at Chuquicamata...
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ore deposit. Porphyry deposits account for most of the copper and molybdenum world production, 60 and 95 percent of its supply respectively. Porphyry-type...
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800 m) long, trending east-north-east. The mineralization is a porphyry copper deposit, with the ore body being tabular and 300 metres (980 ft) thick...
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milling ore. The open-pit mining of porphyry copper deposits was adopted worldwide. In the 1910s and 1920s, copper mills adopted the froth flotation method...
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The following lists of copper mines in the United States: Leading copper-producing mines in the U.S., 2018–2021, in order of output: The mines on this...
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production of copper from the porphyry copper deposit located southeast of the city of Arequipa. In addition, the company holds a copper sale agreement...
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Batu Hijau mine (category Copper mines in Indonesia)
exploration and construction program based on a 1999 discovery of the porphyry copper deposit. Production began in 2000. The mine utilizes a "truck and shovel"...
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low-grade copper deposit from a large open pit, the same technique was applied to Arizona's porphyry copper deposits. Arizona's first open pit copper mine...
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Sierrita mine (category Copper mines in Arizona)
been in operation since 1959 and is a copper and molybdenum mining complex, operating on a porphyry copper deposit with oxide, secondary sulfide, and primary...
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Chalcopyrite (redirect from Copper pyrites)
dioritic intrusives as in the porphyry copper deposits of Broken Hill, the American cordillera and the Andes. The largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite...
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million tons of 0.6 per cent Cu between 1952 and 1978, from a porphyry copper deposit associated with the Middle Jurassic Yerington batholith. The 168-169...
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and Jgheabului Hills) and with sedimentary Cretaceous rocks. The porphyry copper deposit is made up mainly of fine disseminations, nests and veinlets (0...
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Robinson Mine (category Copper mines in the United States)
The Robinson Mine is a porphyry copper deposit located at Ruth, White Pine County, Nevada, in the Egan Range, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Ely. The mine comprises...
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is mined or extracted as copper sulfides from large open pit mines in porphyry copper deposits that contain 0.4 to 1.0% copper. Sites include Chuquicamata...
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mined for gold, silver, lead, and most famously for copper, as home of the porphyry copper deposit at Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the world's largest open...
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more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah...
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Toquepala mine (category Copper mines in Peru)
Toquepala mine is a large porphyry copper mine in the Tacna Province, Tacna Department, Peru. The mine is an open-pit mine producing copper, molybdenum, rhenium...
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geochemical characteristics of ore-bearing granodiorite porphyry in the Duobuza porphyry copper deposit, Tibet. Journal of the Geological Society of India...
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congeners of the Group 11 element copper are silver and gold, sometimes found together in the same ores (porphyry copper deposit) due to their chemical similarity...
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Los Pelambres mine (category Copper mines in Chile)
Los Pelambres copper mi..." BNamericas.com. 20 August 2020. Sillitoe, Richard (1973). "Geology of the Los Pelambres Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile". Economic...
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Bornite (redirect from Purple copper ore)
the nickname peacock copper or peacock ore. Bornite is an important copper ore mineral and occurs widely in porphyry copper deposits along with the more...
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The Skouries mine is a high-grade gold-copper porphyry deposit located in the Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. It is currently under development...
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