What is it about?
The Chuquicamata giant porphyry copper molybdenum district in Chile is of Eocene-Oligocene age. Eocene rocks associated with the mineralization are identical than Triassic rocks in the same space.
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Why is it important?
If giant porphyry copper molybdenum deposits are associated with a particular kind of magmatic rock, it is possible that the Triassic rocks in the region could have generated important yet undiscovered copper-molybdenum deposits.
Perspectives
It is important to know what geological conditions create copper-molybdenum deposits, since these metals will be in great demand in the years to come.
Dr. Marcos Zentilli
Dalhousie University
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This page is a summary of: Spatial coincidence and similar geochemistry of Late Triassic and Eocene–Oligocene magmatism in the Andes of northern Chile: evidence from the MMH porphyry type Cu–Mo deposit, Chuquicamata District, International Journal of Earth Sciences, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-018-1595-9.
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