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 斑岩铜矿床。这些矿藏通常含有可观数量的其他金属，如黄金， 银和钼。它们出现在世界各地的山区，在年轻人中最为常见。 北美洲和南美洲的伞形花带。这些矿藏通常被认为是 更大的成矿系统，通常在其正上方有一个浅成热液矿床。通常是浅成热液矿床 已被侵蚀，直接暴露在地表斑岩铜矿床上。在某些情况下，另一种类型的 铜矿床位于斑岩之上，为电气石角砾岩矿床。中国电气石角砾岩型铜矿床 智利的Los Bronces-Rio Blanco系统是这些斑岩矿床的典型经济版本 铜矿化发生在系统更深的地方。因为电气石角砾岩矿床位于铜矿之上 斑岩矿床，通常在地表，它们可能提供一个有用的和更明确的勘探目标，并 这是可取的，因为它们不仅包含一个，而是两个潜在的铜矿。南方的巨型铜矿 BC具有电气石角砾岩矿床的所有特征，具有良好的曝光性和接近性。到目前为止 在科迪勒拉北部没有发现经济的含铜电气石矿床。这样做的目的是 建议支持博士生W.Fischer对矿物学进行详细的比较， 与智利系统对巨型铜矿的化学、构造和一般地质进行评估 不列颠哥伦比亚省相对丰富的电气石角砾岩脉是不列颠哥伦比亚省新的勘探目标 以及它们作为深部斑岩铜矿勘查载体的价值。本项目的主要成果 是为了更好地了解巨型铜矿中铜和金的富集性 勘探财产，为帝国金属公司目前持有的更好的勘探模式 属性。它还将使它们处于一个绝佳的地位，可以获得新的物业并扩大其持有量。 结果最终将通过W.Fischer的论文和任何由此产生的出版物公开。

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.