The schaft creek porphyry cu-mo-(au) deposit, northwestern british columbia

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 163-196

  Scott, J E ^a   Richards, J P ^a   Heaman, L M ^a   Creaser, R A ^a   Salazar, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CopperFox Metals Inc ^*

Author keywords

British Columbias; Late Triassic; Porphyry Cu Mo (Au); Stildne Terrane

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; COPPER; GOLD MINE; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; PORPHYRY; TERRANE; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67449149936     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsemg.17.3-4.163     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Anderson, R.G., 1989, A stratigraphic, plutonic, and structural framework for the Iskut River map area, northwestern British Columbia: Current Research, Part E, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-1E, p. 145-154.
2. Anderson, R.G., 1993, A Mesozoic stratigraphic and plutonic framework for northwestern Stikinia (Iskut River area), northwestern British Columbia, Canada, in Dunn, G., and McDougall, K., eds., Mesozoic Paleogeography of the Western United States-II: Pacific Section: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Book 71, p. 477-494.
3. Anderson, R.G., and Bevier, M.L., 1992, New Late Tnassic and Early Jurassic U-Pb zircon ages from the Hotailuh Batholith, Cry Lake map area, north-central British Columbia: Radiogeinc Age and Isotopic Studies: Geological Survey of Canada, Report 6, Paper 92-2, p. 145-152.
4. Baker, T., Ash, C.H., and Thompson, J.F.H., 1997, Geological setting and characteristics of the Red Chris porphyry copper-gold deposit, northwestern British Columbia: Exploration Mining Geology, v. 6, p. 297-316.
5. Brenan, J.M., Shaw, H.F., Phinney, D.L., and Ryerson, F.J., 1994, Rutile-Aqueous fluid partitioning of Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr, U and Th: Implications for high field strength element depletions in island arc basalts: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 128, p. 327-339.
6. Brown, D.A., Gunning, M.H., and Greig, C.J., 1996, The Stikine project: Geology of Western Telegraph Creek map area, northwestern British Columbia (NTS 1040/5, 6, 11W, 12 and 13): British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment-Energy and Minerals Division, Bulletin 95, 175 p.
7. Chine, J.S., and Bodnar, R.J., 1991, Can economic porphyry copper mineralization be generated by a typical calc-alkaline melt?: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96,p. 8113-8126.
8. Collins, J., Colquhoun, W., Giroux, G.H., Nilsson, J.W., and Tenney, D., 2004, Technical report on the Red Chris copper-gold project, Liard Mining Division: Red Chris Development Company Ltd. and bcMetals Corporation, December 16, 229 p.
9. Ditson, G.M., Wells, R.C., and Bridge, D.J., 1995, Kerr: The geology and evolution of a deformed porphyry copper-gold deposit, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 509-523.
10. Duuning, P., Rowins, S.M., McKinley, B., and Orr, A.J., 2006, Porphyry cousins? Geological comparison of the Kemess South and Kemess North porphyry Au-Cu (Mo) deposits, Toodoggone district, British Columbia [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 5, p. 70.
11. Enns, S.G., Thompson, J.F.H., Stanley, C.R., and Yarrow, E.W., 1995, The Galore Creek porphyry copper-gold deposits, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 630-644.
12. Ewanchuk, S., Fischer, P., and Hanych, W., 2007, 2006 Diamond drill report, Schaft Creek property, northwestern British Columbia: CopperFox Metals Inc. report, p. 60.
13. Foley, S.F., Barth, M.G., and Jenner, G.A., 2000, Rutile/melt partition coefficients for trace elements and an assessment of the influence of rutile on the trace element characteristics of subduction zone magmas: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, p. 933-938.
14. Fowler, B.P., and Wells, R.C., 1995, The Suiphurets gold zone, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 484-498.
15. Fox, P.E., Grove, E.W., Seraphim, R.H., and Sutherland Brown, A., 1976, Schaft Creek, in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: CIM, Special Volume 15, p. 2 19-226.
16. Frey, F.A., Chappell, B.W., and Roy, S.D., 1978, Fractionation of rare earth elements in the Tuolunine intrusive series, Sierra Nevada batholith, California: Geology, v. 6, p. 239-242.
17. Gabrielse, H., and Yorath, C.J., 1991, Tectonic Synthesis, Chapter 18, in Gabrielse, H., Yorath, C.J., eds., Geology of the Cordilleran Orogeny in Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 4, p. 677-705.
18. Guilbert, J.M., and Lowell, J.D., 1974, Variations in zoning patterns in porphyry ore deposits: CIM Bulletin, February 1974, p. 99-109.
19. 39Ar geochronology: Methods and applications, in Heaman, L.M., and Ludden, J.N., eds., Applications of radiogenic isotope systems to problems in geology: Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course Handbook, v. 19, p. 27-57.
20. Hanson, G.N., 1980, Rare earth elements in petrogenetic studies of igneous systems: Annual Reviews of Earth Planetary Science, v. 8, p. 371-406.
21. Heaman, L.M., Erdmer, P., and Owen, J.V., 2002, U-Pb geochronological constraints on the crustal evolution of the Long Range Inlier, Newfoundland: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 39, p. 845-865.
22. Holbek, P.M., 1988, Geology and mineralization of the Stikine assemblage, Mess Creek area, northwestern British Columbia: Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, Vancouver, University of British Columbia, 184 p.
23. Hollister, V.F., 1975, An appraisal of the nature and source of porphyry copper deposits: Minerals Science Engineering, v. 7, p. 225-233.
24. Irvine, T.N., and Baragar, W.R.A., 1971, A guide to the chemical classification of the commonplace volcanic rocks: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 8, p. 523-548.
25. Kirkham, R.V., and Margolis, J., 1995, Overview of the Sulphurets area, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 473-483.
26. Lang, J.R., Stanley, C.R., and Thompson, J.F.H., 1995a, Porphyry copper-gold deposits related to alkalic igneous rocks in the Triassic-Jurassic arc terranes of British Columbia, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 2 19-236.
27. Lang, J.R., Stanley, C.R., Thompson, J.F.H., and Dunne, K.P.E., I 995b, Na-K-Ca magmatic hydrothermal alteration in alkalic porphyry Cu-Au deposits, British Columbia, in Thompson, J.F.H., ed., Magmas, fluids, and ore deposits: Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course, v. 23, p. 339-366.
28. Lechner, M.J., 2006, Updated Galore Creek mineral re sources, northwestern British Columbia: NovaGold Resources Inc., 403 p.
29. Le Maitre, R.W., ed., 1989, A classification of igneous rocks and glossary of terms: Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 193 p.
30. Linder, H., 1975, Geology of the Schaft Creek porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, northwestern British Columbia: CIM Bulletin, v. 68, p. 49-63.
31. Liu, W, and McPhail, D.C., 2005, Thermodynamic properties of copper chloride complexes and copper transport in magmatic-hydrothermal solutions: Chemical Geology, v. 221, p. 21-39.
32. Logan, J.M., and Koyanagi, V.M., 1994, Geology and mineral deposits of the Galore Creek area (104G/3, 4): British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 92, 102 p.
33. Logan, J.M., Drobe, J.R., and McClelland, W.C., 2000, Geology of the Forrest Kerr-Mess Creek area, northwestern British Columbia (NTS l04B/lO, 15 &lO4G/2 and 7W): British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Bulletin 104, 164 p.
34. Lowell, J.D., and Guilbert, J.M., 1970, Lateral and vertical alteration-mineralization zoning in porphyry ore deposits: Economic Geology, v. 65, p. 373-408.
35. Ludwig, K.R., 2003, Isoplot/Ex, a geochronological toolkit for Microsoft Excel, Version 3.00: Berkeley Geochronology Center, Special Publication No. 4, p. 1-43.
36. Margolis, J., and Britten, R.M., 1995, Porphyry-style and epithermal copper-molybdenum-gold-silver mineralization in the northern and southeastern Sulphurets district, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 473-483.
37. Markey, R., Stein, H.J., Hannah, J.L., Selby, D., and Creaser, R.A., 2007, Standardizing Re-Os geochronology: A new molybdenite reference material (Henderson, USA) and the stoichiometry of Os salts: Chemical Geology, v. 244, p. 74-87.
38. McCandlish, K., 2007, Updated resource estimate for the Schaft Creek deposit, northwest British Columbia, Canada: Associated Geosciences Ltd., unpublished report prepared for Copper Fox Metals Inc., 196 p.
39. McMillan, W.J., 1992a, Overview of the tectonic evolution and setting of mineral deposits in the Canadian Cordillera: Ore deposits, tectonics and metallogeny in the Canadian Cordillera: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991:4, p. 5-24.
40. McMillan, W.J., l992b, Porphyry deposits in the Canadian Cordillera: Ore deposits, tectonics and metallogeny in the Canadian Cordillera: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991:4, p. 253-276.
41. McMillan, W.J., Thompson, J.F.H., Hart, C.J.R., and Johnston, S.T., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in British Columbia and Yukon Territory, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera of North America: CIM, Special Volume 46, p. 40-57.
42. Mihalynuk, M.G., Nelson, J., and Diakow, L.J., 1994, Cache Creek terrane entrapment: Oroclinal paradox within the Canadian Cordillera: Tectonics, v. 13, p. 575-595.
43. Monger, J.W.H., 1977, Upper Paleozoic rocks of the western Canadian Cordillera and their bearing on cordilleran evolution: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 14, p. 1832-1859.
44. Monger, J.W.H., and Price, R., 2002, The Canadian Cordillera; geology and tectonic evolution: Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Recorder, v. 27, February 2002, p. 17-36.
45. Monger J.W.H., Souther J.G., and Gabrielse, H., 1972, Evolution of the Canadian Cordillera: A plate-tectonic model: American Journal of Science, v. 272, p. 577-602.
46. Monger, J.W.H., Richards, T.A., and Paterson, I.A., 1978, The hinterland belt of the Canadian Cordillera: New data from northern and central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 15, p. 823-830.
47. Monger, J.W.H., Price, R.A., and Tempelman-Kluit, D.J., 1982, Tectonic accretion and the origin of the two major metamorphic and plutonic welts in the Canadian Cordillera: Geology, v. 10, p. 70-75.
48. Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K., and Fern, F., 1995, U-Pb geochronology of intrusive rocks associated with copper-gold porphyry deposits in the Canadian Cordillera, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
49. 2O during crystallization of primitive arc magmas under uppermost mantle conditions and genesis of igneous pyroxenites: An experimental study: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 141, p. 643-658.
50. Nelson, J.L., and Colpron, M., 2007, Tectonics and metallogeny of the British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaskan Cordillera, 1.8 Ga to present, in Goodfellow, W., ed., Mineral Deposits of Canada: A synthesis of major deposit types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication, p. 755-792.
51. Newell, J.M., and Peaffield, G.R., 1995, The Red-Chris porphyry copper-gold deposit, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 674-688.
52. Panteleyev, A., and Dudas, B.M., 1973, SNO, BIRD (Liard Copper); NABS (Paramount): Geology, exploration and mining in British Columbia, 1972, p. 527-528.
53. Rebagliati, C.M., Bowen, B.K., Copeland, D.J., and Niosi, D.W.A., 1995, Kemess South and Kemess North porphyry gold-copper deposits, northern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46, p. 377-396.
54. Richards, J.P., 2005, Cumulative factors in the generation of giant caic-alkaline porphyry Cu deposits, in Porter, P.M., ed., Super porphyry copper and gold deposits: A global perspective: Adelaide, South Australia, PGC Publishing, v. I, p. 7-25.
55. Scott, 2007, The Schaft Creek porphyry Cu-Au-Mo-Ag deposit, northwestern British Columbia: Unpublished MSc thesis, Edmonton, University of Alberta, 93 p.
56. Seabridge Gold Inc., 2007, Kerr-Sulphurets Project, British Columbia: Corporate report, www.seabridgegold. netlPKerrSulSum, accessed 15/09/2007.
57. Selby, D., and Creaser, R.A., 2004, Macroscale NTIMS and microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re- Os age determinations, and implications for the decoupling of Re and Os within molybdenite: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68, P. 3 897-3908.
58. Seraphim, R.H., Sutherland Brown, A., Grove, E.W, and Linder, H.W, 1976, Geology of the Schaft Creek porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, northwestern British Columbia-Discussion and reply: CIM Bulletin, v. 69, p. 96-102.
59. Sillitoe, R.H., 1973, The tops and bottoms of porphyry copper deposits: Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 799-815.
60. Smoliar, M.I., Walker, R.J., and Morgan, J.W., 1996, Re-Os ages of Group IIA, IIIA, IVA, and IVB iron meteorites: Science, v. 271, p. 1099-1102.
61. Souther, J.G., 1971, Geology and mineral deposits of the Tulsequah map-area, British Columbia: Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 362, 84 p.
62. Souther, J.G., 1972, Telegraph Creek map-area, British Columbia: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 71-44, 38p.
63. Souther, J.G., and Symons, D.T.A., 1974, Stratigraphy and paleomagmatism of Mount Edziza volcanic complex, northwestern British Columbia: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-32, 48 p.
64. Spilsbury, T.W., 1995, The Schaft Creek copper-molybdenum-gold-silver porphyry deposit, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, CIM, Special Volume 46, p. 239-246.
65. Streckeisen, A.L., 1974, Classification nomenclature of plutonic rocks: Geologische Rundschau, v. 63, p. 773-786.
66. Streckeisen, A.L., 1976, To each plutonic rock its proper name: Earth Science Reviews, v. 12, p. 1-33.
67. Sun, S.-s, and MeDonough, W.F., 1989, Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: Implications for mantle composition and processes, in Saunders, A.D., and Nony, M.J., eds., Magmatism in the ocean basins: Geological Society of London, Special Publication 42, p. 313-345.
68. Ulrich, T., Günter, D., and Heinrich, C.A., 1999, Gold concentrations of magmatic brines and the metal budget of porphyry copper deposits: Nature, v. 399, p. 676-679.
69. Woodsworth, G.J., Anderson, R.G., and Armstrong, R.L., 1991, Plutonic regimes, Chapter 15, in Gabrielse, H., and Yorath, C.J., eds., Geology of the cordilleran orogen in Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 4, p. 491-531.