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Jeffrey W. Hedenquist
Ottawa, Canada
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La India
Mulatos
Orisyvo
Sauzal
Lithocap-hosted
high-sulfidation
deposit
Longo, 2012, a+er Silberman et at.,
1988, Barton et al., 1995, Albinson et
al. 2001, Camprubi et al., 2003,
Valencia-Moreno et al., 2007
Eocene-Olig.
epithermal
Au-Ag belt
Laramide porphyry
belt: Cret.-Eocene
Mulatos
Orisyvo
Sauzal
Lithocap-hosted
high-sulfidation
deposit
Longo, 2012, a+er Silberman et at.,
1988, Barton et al., 1995, Albinson et
al. 2001, Camprubi et al., 2003,
Valencia-Moreno et al., 2007
Eocene-Olig.
epithermal
Au-Ag belt
Porphyry systems
High-sulfidation Au-Cu
Epithermal
veins Au-Ag
(Pb-Zn)
Base of lithocap
(advanced argillic
alteration)
Sillitoe, 2010
Economic Geology
Porphyry
Cu-Au
Epithermal
or
and
?
porphyry
Vapor condensates,
pH <1
Residual
(vuggy)
quartz
pH 0.2
acidic stream,
pH ~0.6
Porphyry systems
pH 1-2,
H2SO4
HCl
Base of lithocap
Sillitoe, 2010
Quartz-alunite,
barren
Porphyry systems
enargite, Au (HS)
Quartz-alunite
IS veins
Base of lithocap
Sillitoe, 2010
Porphyry
Cu (Au)
0.2% Cu
Elev m
1400
0.5%
1000
600
200
cp-bn
D veins
1 km
0.2% Cu
0.5% Cu
Early halo
D
vol. % veins
EH veins at surface (>5 vol%)
above 0.5 wt% Cu grade
0-1
shell at ~500+ m depth
5-10
15+
dacite pyroclastics
volcaniclastic
basement
Mohong Hill
quartz-alunite
lithocap
Most ore
(~70%) in
lithocap feeder
Lepanto
fault
Dickite
kaolinite
Quartzalunite
Dickite
kaolinite
1 km
NW end of lithocap:
qtz-alunite cliffs at
unconformity, with
kaolinite halo
Chang et al., 2011
Small
workings,
1-4 g/t Au
Breccias
< 50 ppb Au
1 km
Chang et al., 2011
Alteration and
Mineralization
Buaki
porphyry
Victoria veins, 11
Mt @ 7.3 g/t Au
+ Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn
FSE porphyry:
892Mt @ 0.5% Cu
& 0.7 g/t Au
Guinaoang
porphyry, 500
Mt @ 0.4% Cu
& 0.4 g/t Au
1 km
Palidan porphyry
Chang et al., 2011
1.8-2.2 Ma
2 cm
1.45 Ma
1 g/t Au
0.7% Cu
Mo
X-section
Victoria veins
Victoria IS
Lepanto HS
Vuggy qtz, en
+ Au ore
Qtz-alun (py),
dick-kaol
500 m
Far Southeast
porphyry Cu
High Na/(Na+K)
alunite forms at
higher temperature,
closer
to intrusion
Terraspec,
PIMA
Yanacocha, Peru
Cerro Yanacocha; 25
Norte, Oeste, Sur, Encajon
(Verde - sulfide)
Maqui Maqui; 3
Moz Au
TapadoCorimayo; 4
La Quinua; 9
oblique aerial to NE
Kupfertal
porphyry
10.7 Ma
San Jose HS
Au mine
10-10.5 Ma
~4 km
CarachugoChaquicocha;
6
Chaquicocha; 8+
San Jose; 4
Patchy
pyrophyllite
replacement,
transition
down to
phyllic, mica
Petelovo
Milagros
200 m
0.5
g Au
quartzalunite
0.5 % Cu
phyllic,
mica
potassic
Garay et al., 2012; Rio Alto
, barren
http://pilotgold.com/
Miocene volcanic
arc, Peru:
1996 (1998)
ARUNTANI
2008: CHUCAPACA
Lago
Titicaca
Chucapaca
Aruntani
Canahuire (pseudo)gossan
diatreme host (intermediate sulfdn)
Discovery
1.3 km
lisation
350
Mineram
100E
300W
Open
g/t Au
700W
Looking North
Intermediate
Think
Porphyry
Skarn
Epithermal
IOCG
Eocene
Camprub, 2009
Porphyry
Skarn
Epithermal
IOCG
Oligocene
Camprub, 2009
Porphyry
Skarn
Epithermal
HS
IOCG
Miocene to Pliocene
Camprub, 2009
Porphyry
Skarn
Epithermal
IOCG
Mulatos, Sonora
Sauzal, Chihuahua
Camprub, 2013
Epithermal
Porphyry
Skarn
IOCG
Porphyry
Cu-Au?
Sillitoe, 2010
Patchy (dickite)
- pyrophyllite in
valleys; white
mica transition;
stockwork veins
Lithocap stage
300 m
High
sulfidation
Intermediate
sulfidation
sm
wm
Cu, Au
Phyllic overprint
300 m
Pyrophyllite
Smectite clays (sm)
Enargite Cu-Au-Ag
Veins Au-Ag-(Pb-ZnCu)
Porphyry stockwork
Porphyry Cu-Au
Sulfidation states
Hm
Cp
Mt
Einaudi, Hedenquist
and Inan, 2003
Lithocap
Einaudi, Hedenquist
and Inan, 2003
(ppm)
pH
Cl
SO4
Al
Fe
Hot
springs
1.1
1.7
2960
-735
3100
18970
233
1630 75
Ca
48
Na
765
pH 1.1
Satsuma Iwojima,
south Kyushu
pH 1.7
Mineral (g)
Concentration (mg/kg)
ToC
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