Porphyry copper

deposit
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What is a Porphyry copper
deposit?
Porphyry copper deposits are copper
ore bodies that are formed from
hydrothermal fluids that originate
from a voluminous magma chamber
several kilometers below the deposit
itself.
• It produce many tons with low
grade.
• Other definition is that they are
huge sulfur anomalies.
Origin
01 • It has hidrotermal génesis.

02 • It occurs mainly in magmatic arcs related

to subduction.

• Typically a porphyry of granitic to

03 dioritic composition, that has been

fractured on a fine scale and through
which chalcopyrite and other copper
minerals are disseminated.
04 The ideal primary healthcare
model and basis
 Retrograde Boiling

01 02 03
First Boil: Second Boil: Brecciation
The intrusive rock Hydrofracturing is It consists when the
crystallizes so water will generated, where the water is heated, which
come out. veinlets of pyrite, generates a pressure
chalcopyrite, among environment causing the
others, are embedded. rock to explode, thus
forming the gaps.
Lowell and Guilbert
Model
• Represents porphyry copper
deposits as inverted raindrops that
intrude into surrounding rock.
• Shows the types of different
hydrothermal alterations of the
host rock and the symmetries in
the altered sector.
• When the porphyry core is very
hot there is not much
mineralization.
 How to determine the value of a
copper deposit?
As mentioned, there are many factors to
look at when determining the value of a
copper deposit.
Among other elements, companies must
consider grade, refining costs, the estimated
copper resource and the ease at which the
copper can be mined. Here’s a brief
overview of five things that are important
to think about when finding the value of a
copper deposit.
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