Arizona Geological Society Digest 20
Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera
Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera
edited by Frances Wahl Pierce & John G. Bolm
656 p., 43 papers, hardbound, 1995, $ 75.00
| Chapter | Author(s) | Page(s) |
| Overview of Topics in Porphyry Copper Geology | ||
| The Richard and Courtright era and why some exploration programs are successful | J. David Lowell | 3-5 |
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Geological summary and perspective of porphyry copper deposits in southwestern North America | Spencer R. Titley | 6-20 |
| Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits | Sidney A. Williams & John D. Forrester | 21-34 |
| Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits | Keith R. Long | 35-68 |
| Genesis of porphyry copper deposits; the behavior of water, chloride, and copper in crystallizing melts | Jean S. Cline | 69-82 |
| Hydrothermal fluids and hydrothermal alteration in porphyry copper deposits | Richard E. Beane & Robert J. Bodnar | 83-93 |
| Remote sensing characteristics of porphyry copper systems, western American Cordillera | Dvid M. Spatz & Robert T. Wilson | 94-108 |
| Post-Laramide extension and rotation of porphyry copper deposits, Southwestern United States | Joe Wilkins, Jr. & Tom L. Heidrick | 109-127 |
| Porphyry copper deposits; history, recent developments, exploration, economics | Paul Gilmour, Ross L. Andrew, Merwin Bernstein, Ian Maxwell, & C.J. Morrissey | 128-155 |
| Processes and products of supergene copper enrichment | Spencer R. Titley & Dianne C. Marozas | 156-168 |
| A field guide to leached capping interpretation | Paul Gilmour | 169-179 |
| Correspondence of alkalinity and ferric/ferrous ratios of igneous rocks associated with various types of porphyry copper deposits | Jan C. Wilt | 180-200 |
| Deposits of Northwestern North America-British Columbia and Washington | ||
| Porphyry copper deposits of the Canadian Cordillera | William J. McMillan & Andrejs Panteleyev | 203-218 |
| Porphyry copper-gold deposits related to alkalic igneous rocks in the Triassic-Jurassic arc terranes of British Columbia | James R. Lang, Clifford R. Stanley, & John F.H. Thompson | 219-236 |
| Geology and geochemical zoning of the Mazama porphyry copper system, Okanogan County, Washington | Brian K. Jones & K. Brock Riedell | 237-242 |
| Geology of the North Fork Snoqualmie porphyry copper deposit, King County, Washington | Melvin A. Herdrick, Grant R. Newport, & Gary R. Heinemeyer | 243-250 |
| Geology of the Mount Tolman porphyry deposit, Sanpoil District, Ferry County, Washington | Dean Pilkington | 251-264 |
| Deposits of Central North America-California, Nevada, and Utah | ||
| Porphyry copper deposits of the Great Basin; Nevada, Utah, and adjacent California | George V. Albino | 267-296 |
| Silver-gold and polymetallic quartz veins in the Bodie mining district, east-central California; are they related to a porphyry Cu-Mo system at depth? | V.F. Hollister & M.L. Silberman | 297-305 |
| Metallogenesis of the Yerington Batholith, Nevada | John H. Dilles & John M. Proffett | 306-315 |
| Summary of the geology of the Bingham District, Utah | Russell C. Babcock, Jr., Geoffrey H. Ballantyne, & Charles H. Phillips | 316-335 |
| Deposits of Southwestern North America-Arizona and New Mexico | ||
| Tectonic setting, petrology, and genesis of the Laramide porphyry copper cluster of Arizona, Sonora, and New Mexico | Stanley B. Keith & Monte M. Swan | 339-346 |
| Geology and zoning relationships at the Pine Flat porphyry copper deposit, Yavapai County, Arizona | David M. Spatz | 347-363 |
| Geology of the Santa Cruz porphyry copper deposit | Henry G. Kreis | 364-365 |
| Replacement ores in the Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona | Alexander H. Paul & Matthew J. Knight | 366-372 |
| Discovery of a deep (3500 feet) unexposed porphyry copper deposit at Superior East, Pinal County, Arizona | James D. Sell | 373-395 |
| Geology and rock mechanics of the Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel, Arizona | Louis A. Sandbak & Garry H. Alexander | 396-423 |
| Outcrop and capping characteristics of the supergene sulfide enrichment at North Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona | J.A. Lopez & Spencer R. Titley | 424-435 |
| The Helvetia area porphyry systems, Pima County, Arizona | S.A. Anzalone | 436-441 |
| The geology of the Mineral Hill area, Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona | Robert L. Williamson, Jr. & Mary M. Poulton | 442-454 |
| Geologic studies of the Mogollon mining district, New Mexico; does a porphyry system lie below? | Robert J. Kamilli & James C. Ratte | 455-463 |
| Geology of the Tyrone porphyry copper deposit, New Mexico | Jonathan E. DuHamel, Sterling S. Cook, & Joseph Kolessar | 464-472 |
| The geology and mineralization of the Continental Mine area, Grant County, New Mexico | Larryy L. Hillesland, Robert B. Hawkins, & William T. Worthington | 473-483 |
| Deposits of Southwestern North America-Mexico | ||
| Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico | Mark D. Barton, John-Mark G. Staude, Lukas Zurcher, & Peter K.M. Megaw | 487-524 |
| El Arco porphyry copper deposit, Baja California, Mexico | D.F. Coolbaugh, Amador Osoria Henandez, Ariel Echavarri Perez, Remigio Martinez Muller | 525-534 |
| Piedras Verdes, Sonora, Mexico; a structurally controlled porphyry copper deposit | John E. Dreier & Eric R. Braun | 535-543 |
| Porphyry deposits along the Batopilas Lineament, Chihuahua, Mexico | Philip C. Goodell | 544 |
| Some geologic and exploration characteristics of porphyry copper deposits in the Sierra Madre del Sur Province, southwestern Mexico | Baltazar Solano-Rico | 545-550 |
| Deposits of Central and South America | ||
| Porphyry copper deposits of southern Central America | Carl E. Nelson | 553-565 |
| Hypogene evolution off the Toquepala porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Moquegua, southeastern Peru | Paul L. Zweng & Alan H. Clark | 566-612 |
| Discovery of the Escondida porphyry copper deposit in the Antofagasta region, northern Chile, March 1981 | Francisco J. Ortiz | 613-624 |
| The Candelaria copper-gold deposit, Chile | Patrick J. Ryan, Anthony L. Lawrence, Robert A. Jenkins, John P. Matthews, Juan Carlos Zamora, Enrique Marino W., Igor Urqueta Diaz | 625-645 |
| Geology, alteration, mineralization, and genesis of the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina | John M. Guilbert | 646-656 |