Giant copper: a new copper-gold exploration target for copper and gold in the Canadian Cordillera

不列颠哥伦比亚省占加拿大铜产量的一半，其中大部分铜来自 斑岩铜矿这些矿床通常含有相当数量的其他金属，如金， 银和钼。它们发生在世界各地的山区，最常见于较年轻的 如南北美洲的科迪勒拉山脉。这些沉积物通常被认为是 更大的矿化系统，通常直接位于其上的低温热液存款。通常低温热液存款 已被剥蚀，直接暴露出地表的斑岩铜矿存款。在某些情况下，另一种类型的 铜存款，一个旅游角砾岩存款，坐在上面的斑岩。白云岩角砾岩型铜矿 智利的LosBronces-里奥布兰科体系是这些斑岩矿床的典型经济类型 铜矿化发生在系统的更深处。由于火山角砾岩沉积物位于铜矿之上， 斑岩矿床，通常在地表，它们可以提供有用的和更明显的勘探目标， 因为它们不仅有一个，而且有两个潜在的铜矿。南方的巨型铜矿 BC具有旅游角砾岩存款的所有特征，具有良好的暴露和访问。迄今 在北方科迪勒拉山脉没有发现经济的含铜电气石矿床。的目的 建议是支持一个博士生，W。菲舍尔，进行详细的矿物学比较， 化学，构造和一般地质的巨型铜矿财产与智利系统，以评估 在BC中相对丰富的电气石角砾岩脉具有成为BC新的勘探目标的潜力 以及它们作为深部斑岩铜矿找矿载体的价值。该项目的主要成果 是为了更好地了解巨铜矿床中铜和金的富集性质 勘探财产，从而为帝国金属公司目前持有的更好的勘探模型 特性.这也将使他们处于一个很好的位置，以获得新的财产和扩大其控股。 结果最终将通过W.费舍尔的论文和任何相关出版物。

British Columbia accounts for half of Canada's copper production and the bulk of that copper derives from porphyry copper deposits. These deposits generally contain appreciable amounts of other metals such as gold, silver, and molybdenum. They occur in mountain belts around the world and are most common in younger belts such as the cordilleras of North and South America. These deposits are generally thought to be part of a larger mineralizing system often with an epithermal deposit sitting directly above. Often the epithermal deposit has been eroded away, directly exposing the porphyry copper deposit at surface. In some cases, another type of copper deposit, a tourmaline breccia deposit, sits above the porphyry. Tourmaline breccia copper deposits in the Los Bronces - Rio Blanco systems in Chile are typical economic versions of these deposits with porphyry copper mineralization occurring deeper in the system. As the tourmaline breccia deposits sit above the copper porphyry deposits, often at surface, they may provide a useful and more-distinct exploration target and are desirable as they contain not just one, but two potential copper mines. The Giant Copper property in Southern BC exhibits all the characteristics of a tourmaline breccia deposit, has excellent exposure, and acccess. To date no economic copper-bearing tourmaline deposits have been found in the northern Cordillera. The aim of this proposal is to support a PhD student, W. Fischer, to undertake a detailed comparison of the mineralogy, chemistry, tectonics, and general geology of the Giant Copper property with the Chilean system to assess the potential of tourmaline breccia veins, which are relatively abundant in BC, as a new exploration target for BC and their value as an exploration vector to deeper porphyry copper deposits. The major outcomes of this project are to develop a better understanding of the nature of copper and gold enrichment in the Giant Copper exploration property, resulting in better exploration models for Imperial Metals Corporation's currently held properties. It will also place them in an excellent position to acquire new properties and extend their holdings. Results will ultimately be publicly available via W. Fischer's thesis and any resulting publications.