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CHARACTERISTICS OF MIOCENE PORPHYRY SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN PERU
Miocene magmatism in northern Peru, caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, was essential for forming major copper and gold deposits. Calc-alkaline intrusions and volcanic activity created large hydrothermal systems that transported and concentrated metals, leading to the formation of important porphyry copper-gold and high-sulfidation epithermal deposits such as Yanacocha, Cerro Corona Mine, and La Granja.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MIOCENE PORPHYRY SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN PERU
Miocene magmatism in northern Peru, caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, was essential for forming major copper and gold deposits. Calc-alkaline intrusions and volcanic activity created large hydrothermal systems that transported and concentrated metals, leading to the formation of important porphyry copper-gold and high-sulfidation epithermal deposits such as Yanacocha, Cerro Corona Mine, and La Granja.
Porphyry Copper Deposits: Geological and Geochemical Footprints to locate ore zones
Online workshop
Geological and Geochemical Tools to Detect Copper and Gold Mineralization in Magmatic Hydrothermal Systems
Face to Face, Lima, Peru This workshop aims to provide practical tools for effective copper exploration, by mastering the fundamentals characteristics of the deposits formed in these systems and learning emerging tools to explore for giant deposits. It uses examples from some of the main world’s Cu and Au mineral systems, including porphyry, IOCG, high-sulfidation and low-sulfidation epithermal, and intrusion related systems.