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Porphyry Deposits
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Country	Province/	Deposit Name	Deposit Classification		Latitude	Longitude	Tectonic Setting	Related Igneous Rocks			Related Igneous Rocks Ages/Dates						Mineralization/Alteration Ages/Dates						Geological Resource1										Full References
	Territory		Class	Subtype	DecDeg	DecDeg		Suite	Unit	Lithology	Era/Period	Epoch	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Method	Reference	Era/Period	Epoch	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Method	Reference	Cu (%)	Mo (%)	W (%)	Sn (%)	Zn (%)	Ag (g/t)	Au (g/t)	Other	Tonnes	Reference	(click into cell to see all)
Argentina	Catamarca	Agua Rica	Porphyry	Cu	-27.37000	-66.29028	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Farallon Negro volcanic complex		Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	6.14	6.06	Ar-Ar	Sasso and Clark (1998)	0.62	0.037					0.23		750,000,000	Rojas et al. (1998)	Rojas, N., Perello, J., Harman, P., Cabello, J., Devaux, C., Fava, L. andEtchart, E., 1998, Discovery of the Agua Rica porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Catamarca Province, northwestern Argentina: Part I and Part II; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 111-132.Sasso, A.M. and Clark, A.H., 1998, The Farallon Negro Group, northwest Argentina: magmatic, hydrothermal and tectonic evolution andiImplications for Cu-Au metallogeny in the Andean back-arc; SEG Newsletter, July 1998, p. 1.
Argentina	Catamarca	Bajo de la Alumbrera	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-27.33333	-66.58334	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	6.84	6.66	Ar-Ar	Sasso and Clark (1998)	0.51						0.62		644,000,000	Sanders (1999)	Sanders, G., 1999, Argentina; Mining Journal; Supplement, September 3 issue, p. 115.Sasso, A.M. and Clark, A.H., 1998, The Farallon Negro Group, northwest Argentina: magmatic, hydrothermal and tectonic evolution and implications for Cu-Au metallogeny in the Andean back-arc; SEG Newsletter, July 1998, p. 1.Guilbert, J.M., 1995, Geology, alteration, mineralization, and genesis of the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 646-656.
Argentina	Catamarca	Bajo el Durazno	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-27.30000	-66.56667	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	8.0	8.2	K-Ar	Caelles et al. (1971)	0.5						1.5		150,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Caelles, J.C., Clark, A.H., Farrar, E., McBride, S.L. and Quirt, S., 1971; Potassium-argon ages of porphyry copper deposits and associated rocks in the Farallon Negro-Capillitas District, Catamarca, Argentina; Economic Geology, v. 61, p. 961-964.
Argentina	Neuquen	Campana Mahuida	Porphyry	Cu	-38.11666	-70.11667	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	77.40	74.6	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1977)	0.319						0.131		31,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Northern Orion sizes up copper-gold deposit in western Argentina; The Northern Miner, March 3 issue, p. 11.Sillitoe, R. H., 1977, Permo-Carboniferous, Upper Cretaceous, and Miocene porphyry copper-type mineralization in the Argentinian Andes; Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 99-109.
Argentina	San Juan	El Pachon	Porphyry	Cu	-31.58333	-70.43333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	8.9	8.9	K-Ar	Skewes and Stern (1996)	0.62	0.015				2.41	0.02		880,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Andean Accord Spurs Cambior; Mining Journal, October 3 issue, p. 273.Skewes, M.A. and Stern, C.R., 1996, Late Miocene mineralized breccias in the Andes of central Chile: Sr- and Nd-istotopic evidence for multiple magmatic sources; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Special Publication Series, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 5, p. 34-41.
Argentina	La Roija	Famatina	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	-28.66667	-67.65000	continental arc				Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene				Losada-Calderon and Mcphail (1996)	0.37	0.06				0.6	0.3		300,000,000	Losada-Calderon and Mcphail (1996)	Losada-Calderon, A. J. and Mcphail, D. C., 1996, Porphyry and high-sulfidation epithermal mineralization in the Nevados del Famatina Mining District, Argentina; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 5, 198 p.
Argentina	Mendoza	Paramillos	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-32.50000	-69.08334	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	16.7	16.1	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1977)	0.58	0.03					0.15		169,000,000	Anonymous (1987)	Anonymous, 1987, Mineral Industry of Argentina; In Minerals Yearbook 1987, United States Department of the Interior, p. 12.Sillitoe, R. H., 1977, Surface expressions of porphyry copper deposits in rrid environments; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 86, p. B168-B169.
Argentina	Mendoza	San Jorge	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-31.25000	-69.33334	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite		porphyry	Permian	Middle					Permian	Late	269	252	K-Ar	Williams et al. (1999)	0.37								424,000,000	Anonymous (1980)	Anonymous, 1980, Argentina; In Minerals Yearbook 1980, Volume III: Area Reports: International, United States Department of the Interior.Williams, W.C., Meissl, E., Madrid, J. and de Machuca, B.C., 1999, The San Jorge porphyry copper deposit, Mendoza, Argentina: a combination of orthomagmatic and hydrothermal mineralization; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 14, p. 185-201.
Argentina	Salta	Taca-Taca	Porphyry	Cu	-24.58333	-67.73333	continental arc	granite suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Oligocene	33.6	28.7	K-Ar	Rojas et al. (1999)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.58	0.02					0.2		440,000,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, More juniors, seniors flock to Argentina; The Northern Miner, April 26 issue, p. B15.Rojas, N., Drobe, J., Lane, R. and Bonafede, D., 1999, Descubrimiento y geologia del porfido cuprifero Taca Taca de Abajo, Provincia de Salta, Argentina; in XIV Congreso Geologico Argentino, Congreso Geologico Argentina, Actas I, Salta 1999, Asociacion Geologica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, p. 117.
Armenia		Agarak	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	38.93333	46.21667	continental arc				Tertiary	Oligocene-Miocene				Jankovic (1980)	Tertiary	Oligocene-Miocene					1.8	0.08							30,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324. Jankovic, S., 1980, Porphyry-copper and massive-sulfide ore deposits in the N.E. Mediterranean; in Ridge, J.D., ed., Proceedings of the Fifth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, p. 431-444.
Armenia		Kadzharan	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	39.15000	46.13334	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Jankovic (1980)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.285								136,000,000	Strishkov (1984)	Strishkov, V.V., 1984, The copper industry of the USSR; problems, issues and outlook"; Mineral Issues, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Sept 1984, 80 p.Jankovic, S., 1980, Porphyry-copper and massive-sulfide ore deposits in the N.E. Mediterranean; in Ridge, J.D., ed., Proceedings of the Fifth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, p. 431-444.
Armenia		Kavarta	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	40.00000	45.00000	continental arc																1.2	0.05							50,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.
Australia	South Australia	Anabama Hill	Porphyry	Cu	-32.50000	140.25000		granodiorite-tonalite suite	Anabama Granite		Ordovician	Middle	476	470	Rb-Sr	Compston et al. (1966))	Ordovician	Middle					0.6								4,000,000	Robertson et al. (1998)	Robertson, R.S., Preiss, W.V., Crooks, A.F., Hill, P.W and; Sheard, M.J., 1998, Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia; Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, Volume 17, p. 169-182.Compston, W., Crawford, A.R. and Bofinger, V.M., 1966, A radiometric estimate of the duration of sedimentation in the Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia; Journal of Geological Society of Australia, v. 13, p. 229-276.
Australia	Queensland	Anduramba	Porphyry	Mo	-27.22000	152.15000		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Permian	Late					Triassic	Middle						0.07							16,000,000	Whitcher (1975)	Whitcher, I.G., 1975, Anduramba molybdenum prospect; in Knight, C.L., ed., Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea: (1) Metals, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph Series Number 5, p. 793-794.
Australia	Western Australia	Boddington	Porphyry	Au	-32.73333	116.36670		quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Neoarchean		2716	2691	U-Pb	Allibone et al. (1998)	Neoarchean												0.84		726,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Output spells profit for Normandy; The Northern Miner, March 4 issue, p. 11.Allibone, A.H., Windh, J., Etheridge, M.A., Burton, D., Anderson, G., Edwards, P.W., Miller, A., Graves, C., Fanning, C. M. and Wysoczanski, R., 1998, Timing relationships and structural controls on the location of Au-Cu mineralization at the Boddington gold mine, Western Australia; Economic Geology, v. 93, p. 245-270.
Australia	New South Wales	Cadia Hill	Porphyry	Au	-33.46667	149.00000	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Ordovician	Late					Silurian	Early	439.5	437.9	Ar-Ar	Forster et al. (2004)	0.15						0.64		348,000,000	Newcrest Mining Staff (1998)	Newcrest Mining Staff, 1998, Cadia gold-copper deposit; in Berkman, D.A. and Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph 22, p. 641-646.Forster, D.F., Secombe, P.K. and Phillips, D., 2004, Controls on skarn mineralization and alteration at the Cadia deposits, New South Wales, Australia; Economic Geology, v. 99, p. 761-788.
Australia	New South Wales	Cargo	Porphyry	Au	-33.43333	148.80000		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Devonian	Early				Bowman et al. (1983)	Devonian	Early					0.2	0.003					1		27,000,000	Bowman et al. (1983)	Bowman, H.N., Richardson, S.J. and Paterson, I.B.L., 1983, Palaeozoic island arc and arc mineral deposits in the central west of New South Wales; Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, v. 21, p. 402.
Australia	Queensland	Coalstoun	Porphyry	Cu	-25.64167	151.85000		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Triassic	Middle	244.3	236.3	K-Ar	Ashley et al. (1978)	Triassic	Middle					0.287								7,700,000	Ashley et al. (1978)	Ashley, P.M., Billington, W.G., Graham, R.L. and Neale, R.C., 1978, Geology of the Coalstoun porphyry copper prospect, southeast Queensland, Australia; Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 945-965.
Australia	New South Wales	Copper Hill	Porphyry	Au	-33.05000	148.86670		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Devonian						Devonian		411.5	373.5	K-Ar	McKenzie (1972)	0.17						0.65		134,000,000	Bowman et al. (1983)	Bowman, H.N., Richardson, S.J. and Paterson, I.B.L., 1983, Palaeozoic asland arc and arc mineral deposits in the central west of New South Wales; Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Volume 21, p. 402.McKenzie, A.J., 1972, Potassium-argon dating of ten samples submitted by the Department of Mines, Sydney, Australia; Unpublished Report, Robertson Research International Limited.
Australia	Western Australia	Coppin Gap	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-20.87222	120.10830		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Mesoarchean		3327	3301	U-Pb	Williams and Collins (1990)	Mesoarchean						0.152	0.105							102,000,000	Jones (1990)	Jones, C.B., 1990, Coppin Gap copper-molybdenum deposit; in Hughes, F. E., ed., Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph Series Number 14, Volume 1, p. 141-144.Williams, I.S. and Collins, W.J., 1990, Granite-greenstone terranes in the Pilbara Block, Australia, as coeval volcano-plutonic complexes; evidence from U-Pb zircon dating of the Mount Edgar Batholith; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 97, p. 41-53.
Australia	New South Wales	Glen Eden	Porphyry	Mo-W	-29.08630	151.86667			Glen Eden Granite	leucogranite	Triassic	Middle	241	239	Ar-Ar	Karimzadeh Somarin and Ashley (2004)	Triassic	Middle						0.06	0.06	0.03					30,000,000	Brown (1997)	Karimzadeh Somarin, A. and Ashley, P., 2004, Hydrothermal alteration and mineralisation of the Glen Eden Mo-W-Sn deposit: a leucogranite-related hydrothermal system, Southern New England Orogen, NSW, Australia; Mineralium Deposita, v. 39, p. 282-300.Brown, R.E., 1997, Mineral deposits of the Glen Innes 1:100000 map sheet area. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Quarterly Notes, v. 103, p. 1-20.
Australia	Queensland	Kidston	Porphyry	Au	-18.88333	144.15000			rhyolite dyke	rhyolite	Carboniferous	Middle	334.8	330.0	U-Pb	Perkins and Kennedy (1998)	Carboniferous	Middle	332	332	Ar-Ar	Perkins and Kennedy (1998)							1.48		94,000,000	Sillitoe (1995)	Sillitoe, R.H., 1995, Exploration and discovery of base and precious metal deposits in the circum-Pacific region during the last 25 Years; Resource Geology, Special Issue, v. 19, p. 1-119.Baker, E.M. and Andrew, A.S., 1991, Geologic, fluid Inclusion, and stable isotope studies of the gold-bearing breccia pipe At Kidston, Queensland, Australia; Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 810-830.Perkins, C. and Kennedy, A.K., 1998, Permo-Carboniferous gold epoch of northeast Queensland; Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 45, p. 185-200.
Australia	Western Australia	Mount Angelo	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-18.45000	127.46670		granite suite			Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1848	1838	U-Pb	Page and Sun (1994)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle					0.44								21,000,000	Sanders (1999)	Sanders, T.S., 1999, Mineralization of the Halls Creek Orogen, east Kimberley region, Western Australia; Western Australia Geological Survey, Report66, 44 p.Page, R. and Sun, S., 1994, Evolution of the Kimberley region, W.A. and adjacent Proterozoic inliers - new geochronological constraints; Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts, v.37, p. 332-333.
Australia	Queensland	Mount Cannindah	Porphyry	Cu	-24.91667	151.28330					Permian-Triassic					Horton (1978)	Permian-Triassic						1.3					28	0.9		3,000,000	Wilkinson (1995)	Wilkinson, D., 1995, Register of Australian Mining 1994/1995; Resource Information Unit Ltd.Horton, D. J., 1978, Porphyry-type copper-molybdenum mineralization belts in eastern Queensland, Australia; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 904-921.
Australia	Queensland	Mount Carbine	Porphyry	W	-16.51667	145.11670		granite suite			Permian	Early					Permian	Early	282	276	K-Ar	Forsythe and Higgins (1990)			0.08						35,000,000	Sinclair (1996)	Sinclair, W.D., 1996, Vein-stockwork tin, tungsten; in Eckstrand, O.R., Sinclair, W.D. and Thorpe, R.I., eds., Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada no. 8, p. 409-420.Forsythe, D.L. and Higgins, N.C., 1990, Mount Carbine tungsten deposit; in Hughes, F.E., ed., Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea,Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph Series Number 14, Volume 2, p. 1557-1560.
Australia	New South Wales	Northparkes	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-32.91667	148.03330	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Ordovician	Late					Silurian	Early	440.4	438.0	Ar-Ar	Perkins et al. (1990)	1.1						0.05		120,000,000	Legge (1998)	Legge, P.J., 1998, Australia and SW Pacific; SEG Newsletter, April issue, p. 46. Heithersay, P. S. and Walshe, J. L., 1995, Endeavour 26 North: a porphyry copper-gold deposit in the Late Ordovician, shoshonitic Goonumbla volcanic complex, New South Wales, Australia; Economic Geology, v. 90, p. 1506-1532.Perkins, C.,McDougall, I., Claoue-Long, J. and Heithersay, P.S., 1990, 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb geochronology of the Goonumbla porphyry Cu-Au deposits, New South Wales, Australia; Economic Geology, v. 85, p. 1808-1824.
Australia	New South Wales	Taronga	Porphyry	Sn	-30.83333	151.58330			Mole Granite	granite	Triassic	Early	248.2	247.2	U-Pb	Schaltegger et al. (2005)	Triassic	Early								0.17		0.37			31,000,000	Plimer and Kleeman (1985)	Plimer, I.R. and Kleeman, J.D., 1985, Mineralization Associated with Mole Granite, Australia; in Halls, C., ed., High Heat Production (HHP) Granites, Hydrothermal Circulation and Ore Genesis, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM), London, p. 563-569.Schaltegger, U., Pettke, T., Audetat, A., Reusser, E. and Heinrich, C.A., 2005, Magmatic to hydrothermal crystallization in the W-Sn mineralized Mole Granite (NSW, Australia); Part I, Crystallization of zircon and REE-phosphates over three million years; a geochemical U/Pb geochronological study; Chemical Geology, v. 220, p. 215-235.
Australia	Tasmania	Western Tharsis	Porphyry	Cu	-42.00000	145.58330					Cambrian					Huston (2001)	Cambrian						1.3						0.3		12,400,000	Huston (2001)	Huston, D.L., 2001, Geochemical dispersion about the Western Tharsis Cu-Au deposit, Mt. Lyell, Tasmania; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 72, p. 23-46.
Australia	New South Wales	Yeoval	Porphyry	Cu	-32.71667	148.66670	island arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Devonian	Early	413	409	Rb-Sr	Ambler and Facer (1975)	Devonian	Early					0.23	0.007							37,000,000	Bowman et al. (1983)	Bowman, H.N., Richardson, S.J. and Paterson, I.B.L., 1983, Palaeozoic island arc and arc mineral deposits in the central west of New South Wales; Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, v. 21, p. 402.Ambler, E.P. and Facer, R.A., 1975, A Silurian porphyry copper prospect near Yeoval, New South Wales; Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, v. 22, p. 229-241.
Bolivia	Potosi	Chorolque	Porphyry	Sn	-21.00000	-66.00000	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene	16.27	15.73	K-Ar	Grant et al. (1979)	Tertiary	Miocene															Sillitoe, R.H., Halls, C. and Grant, J.N., 1975, Porphyry tin deposits in Bolivia; Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 913-927.Grant, J.N., Halls, C., Salinas, W.A. and Snelling, N.J., 1979, K-Ar Ages of igneous rocks and mineralization in part of the Bolivian tin belt; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 838-851.
Bolivia	La Paz	Llallagua	Porphyry	Sn	-17.00167	-68.40722	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene	21.98	20.26	K-Ar	Grant et al. (1979)	Tertiary	Miocene	21.48	20.24	K-Ar	Grant et al. (1979)				0.3					80,000,000	Redwood (1993)	Redwood, S.D., 1993, The Metallogeny of the Bolivian Andes; in Metallogeny of the Central Andes, Short Course, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 15, p. 30-31.Grant, J.N., Halls, C., Salinas, W.A. and Snelling, N.J., 1979, K-Ar Ages of igneous rocks and mineralization in part of the Bolivian tin belt; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 838-851.
Bolivia	Oruro	Oruro	Porphyry	Sn-Ag	-17.95000	-67.13333	continental arc		Cerro San Pedro stock	rhyodacite	Tertiary	Miocene	16.8	15.8	K-Ar	Redwood and MacIntyre (1989)	Tertiary	Miocene															Sillitoe, R.H., Halls, C. and Grant, J.N., 1975, Porphyry tin deposits in Bolivia; Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 913-927.Redwood, S.D. and MacIntyre, R.M., 1989, K-Ar dating of Miocene magmatism and related epithermal mineralization of the northeastern Altiplano of Bolivia; Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 618-630.
Bolivia	Potosi	Potosi	Porphyry	Sn-Ag	-19.56667	-65.73333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.86	13.66	Ar-Ar	Cunningham et al. (1996)				0.35		200			828,000,000	Suttill (1988)	Suttill, K. R., 1988, Cerro Rico De Potosi, A Fabulous Silver Porphyry; Engineering and Mining Journal, Sept issue, p. 50.Cunningham, C.G., Zartman, R.E., McKee, E.H., Rye, R.O., Naeser, C.W., Sanjunés, O., Ericksen, G.E. and Tavera, F., 1996, The age and thermal history of Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia; Mineralium Deposita, v. 31, p. 374-385.
Brazil	Goias	Chapada	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-14.50889	-49.42833	island arc				Neoproterozoic		570	552	Rb-Sr	Richardson et al. (1986)	Neoproterozoic						0.43						0.4		190,500,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Santa Elina, Echo Bay Firm Up Chapada Deposit; The Northern Miner, October 16 issue, p. 14.Richardson, S. V., Kesler, S. E., Essene, E. J. and Jones, L. M., 1986, Origin and geochemistry of the Chapada Cu-Au deposit, Goias, Brazil: a metamorphosed wall-rock porphyry copper deposit; Economic Geology, v. 81, p.1884-1898.
Brazil	Maranhao	Piaba	Porphyry	Au	-1.25000	-45.75000																							1.27		21,000,000	Eldorado Gold Corporation (2000)	Eldorado Gold Corporation, 2000, Piaba Gold Deposit - Information Summary - January 2000.
Bulgaria		Assarei	Porphyry	Cu	42.53333	24.18333	island arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Cretaceous	Late				Herrington et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.44								360,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor metallogenic zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.
Bulgaria		Elacite	Porphyry	Cu	42.41667	24.16667	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Late	93.7	90.9	U-Pb	Von Quandt et al. (2001)	Cretaceous	Late					0.37								260,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor metallogenic zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.Von Quadt, A., Ivanov, Z. and Peycheva, I., 2001, The Central Srednogorie (Bulgaria) part of the Cu (Au-Mo) Belt of Europe: A review of the geochronological data and the geodynamical models in the light of the new structural an isotopic studies; in Piestrzynski, Swets and Zeitlinger, eds., Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Lisse, p. 555-558.
Bulgaria		Medet	Porphyry	Cu	42.71667	24.08333	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	75	72	K-Ar	Bogdanov (1983)	0.34								20,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor metallogenic zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.Bogdanov, B. D., 1983, Porphyry copper deposits of Bulgaria; International Geology Review, v. 25, p. 178-188.
Burkina Faso		Gaoua	Porphyry	Cu-Au	10.41667	-3.00000					Paleoproterozoic	Early	2300	2300		Bouladon et al (1973)	Paleoproterozoic	Early					0.8						0.5		24,000,000	European Commission (1998)	European Commission, 1998, Mines '98 - European Union - West and Central Africa Mining Forum; European Commission, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium, Sectorial Study, Internet.Bouladon, J., Marcelin, J. and Papon, A., 1973, Les mineralisations en cuivre et molybdene liees au porphyrites post-ophiolitiques du Birrimien; in Raguin, E., ed., Les Roches Plutoniques, Masson; p. 291-296.
Burkina Faso		Goren	Porphyry	Cu	13.00000	-1.33333					Paleoproterozoic	Early				Bouladon et al (1973)	Paleoproterozoic	Early					0.35								40,000,000	European Commission (1998)	European Commission, 1998, Mines '98 - European Union - West and Central Africa Mining Forum; European Commission, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium, Sectorial Study, Internet.Bouladon, J., Marcelin, J. and Papon, A., 1973, Les mineralisations en cuivre et molybdene liees au porphyrites post-ophiolitiques du Birrimien; in Raguin, E., ed., Les Roches Plutoniques, Masson; p. 291-296.
Canada	BC	Adanac	Porphyry	Mo	59.70833	-133.41250	continental arc	Surprise Lake	Surprise Lake batholith - Mount Leonard stock	quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	73.7	67.9	K-Ar	Christopher and Pinsent (1982)	Cretaceous	Late						0.062							205,100,000	Blower (2005)	Christopher, P.A. and Pinsent, R., 1982, Geology of the Ruby Creek and Boulder Creek area near Atlin (104N/11W): British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Notes to accompany preliminary Map 52, 10 p.Blower, S., 2005, Technical Report - Mineral Resource Estimate, Ruby Creek Project, British Columbia; Adanac Moly Corp., 216 p.
Canada	BC	Afton	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.65833	-120.50833	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Pothook diorite	diorite	Triassic	Late	207.7	201.7	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					1.04					2.8	0.8		91,700,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	BC	Ajax	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.60000	-120.40000	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Sugarloaf diorite	diorite	Triassic	Late	207.2	202.0	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.46						0.37		24,675,000	Ross et al. (1992, 1993)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Ross, K.V., Dawson, K.M., Godwin, C.I. and Bond, L., 1992, Major lithologies of the Ajax West pit, an alkalic copper-gold porphyry deposit, Kamloops, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 92-1A, p. 179-183.Ross, K.V., Dawson, K.M., Godwin, C.I. and Bond, L., 1993, Lithologies and alteration of the Ajax East zone, an alkalic copper-gold porphyry deposit, Kamloops, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 93-1A, p. 87-95.
Canada	BC	Ajax (Le Roy)	Porphyry	Mo	55.59028	-129.39972	continental arc	Nanika	Alice Arm Intrusions	quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	56.5	50.5	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.054							417,300,000	Soregaroli and Sutherland Brown (1976)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. Soregaroli, A. E. and Sutherland Brown, A., 1976, Characteristics of Canadian Cordilleran Molybdenum Deposits, in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Special Volume 15, p. 417-431.
Canada	BC	Alwin	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.47833	-121.09833	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Bethsaida phase	granodiorite	Triassic	Late					Triassic	Late			stratigraphic	McMillan (1972)	2.17					11.69	0.51		623,166	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. McMillan, W.J., 1972, OK (Alwin) Mine; in Geology, Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 1972; British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, p. 155-157.
Canada	BC	Axe	Porphyry	Cu	49.64833	-120.52333	island arc	Copper Mountain	alkaline intrusions	diorite-monzonite	Triassic	Late					Triassic	Late			stratigraphic	Preto (1975)	0.36								115,000,000	The Northern Miner, 06 Sept. 1979	Preto, V.A., 1975, Axe (92H/10E); in Geology in British Columbia 1975: British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, p. G54-G57.
Canada	ON	Beidelman Bay	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	49.83333	-91.00000	island arc		Beidelman Bay pluton	granodiorite-tonalite	Neoarchean		2724.0	2717.5	U-Pb	Galley et al. (2000)	Neoarchean						0.2	0.03					0.4		10,000	Galley et al. (2000)	Galley, A., van Breemen, O. and Franklin, J., 2000, The relationship between intrusion-hosted Cu-Mo mineralization and the VMS deposits of the Archean Sturgeon Lake mining camp, northwestern Ontario: Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1543-1550.
Canada	BC	Bell Copper (Newman)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	55.00278	-126.22472	continental arc	Babine		granodiorite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	52.5	51.5	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre and Villeneuve (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.42					0.42	0.2		148,918,604	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.MacIntyre, D.G. and Villeneuve, M.E., 2001, Geochronology of mid-Cretaceous to Eocene magmatism, Babine porphyry copper district, central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 639-655.
Canada	BC	Bell Molybdenum	Porphyry	Mo	55.46111	-129.33333	continental arc	Nanika	Alice Arm Intrusions	quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	54.9	50.9	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.06							32,528,606	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p.
Canada	NB	Benjamin River	Porphyry	Cu	47.81806	-66.34778	continental arc			granodiorite	Devonian		400	340	Rb-Sr	Stewart (1979)	Devonian						0.18	0.01							20,900,000	Stewart (1979)	Stewart, R.D., 1979, The geology of the Benjamin River intrusive complex, Restigouche County, New Brunswick: unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, 166 p.
Canada	BC	Berg	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	53.80361	-127.36667	continental arc	Nanika	Berg stock	quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Eocene	50.0	44.0	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.39	0.03				2.8	0.05		238,000,000	McMillan and Panteleyev (1995)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. McMillan, W. J. and Panteleyev, A., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of the Canadian Cordillera; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 203-218.
Canada	BC	Bethlehem	Porphyry	Cu	50.49417	-120.99667	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Bethlehem phase	granodiorite	Triassic	Late	211	195	K-Ar	Briskey and Bellamy (1976)	Triassic	Late					0.47	0.003				1.36	0.012		136,600,000	Casselman et al. (1995)	Briskey, J.A. and Bellamy, J.R., 1976, Bethlehem Copper's Jersey, East Jersey, Huestis and Iona deposits; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera,: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 105-119.Casselman, M.J., McMillan, W.J. and Newman, K.M., 1995, Highland Valley porphyry copper deposits near Kamloops, British Columbia: a review and update with emphasis on the Valley deposit; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 161-191.
Canada	BC	Big Onion	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.66667	-120.43333	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Sugarloaf diorite	diorite	Triassic	Late	207.2	202.0	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.71						0.44		3,266,000	Ross et al. (1995)	Ross, K.V., Godwin, C.I., Bond, L. and Dawson, K.M., 1995, Geology, alteration and mineralization of the Ajax East and Ajax West copper-gold alkalic porphyry deposits, southern Iron Mask bathollith, Kamloops, Briitsh Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 565-580.Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	BC	Big Onion (Cimbria)	Porphyry	Cu	54.80972	-126.89444	continental arc	Nanika		quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Eocene	51.4	47.6	K-Ar	Wojdak and Stock (1995)	Tertiary	Eocene		47.6	K-Ar	Wojdak and Stock (1995)	0.42	0.012							94,380,000	Wojdak and Stock (1995)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. Wojdak, P. and Stock, G.C., 1995, Big Onion: A supergene-altered porphyry copper-gold deposit, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 410-415.
Canada	BC	Boss Mountain	Porphyry	Mo	52.10000	-120.93333	continental collision zone	Bayonne	Takomkane batholith - Boss Mountain stock	monzogranite	Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	108	100	K-Ar	White et al. (1968)		0.074							63,000,000	Kirkham et al. (1982)	White, W.H., Harakal, J.E. and Carter, N.C., 1968, Potassium-argon ages of some ore deposits in British Columbia; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM) Bulletin, v. 61, p. 1326-1334.Kirkham, R. V., McCann, C., Prasad, N., Soregaroli, A.E., Vokes, F.M. and Wine, G., 1982; Molybdenum in Canada, Part 2: Molyfile - an index-level computer file of molybdenum deposits and occurrences in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 33, 208 p.
Canada	BC	Brenda	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	49.87778	-120.00556	continental collision zone	Guichon	Pennask batholith - Brenda stock	granodiorite	Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	148	138	K-Ar	White et al. (1968)	0.152	0.037				0.815	0.013		181,735,292	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.White, W.H., Harakal, J.E. and Carter, N.C., 1968, Potassium-argon ages of some ore deposits in British Columbia; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM) Bulletin, v.61, p. 1326-1334.
Canada	BC	Bronson Slope	Porphyry	Au	56.66667	-131.09250	island arc	Texas Creek	Red Bluff intrusion	quartz diorite - quartz monzodiorite	Jurassic	Early	196	194	U-Pb	Macdonald et al. (1992)	Jurassic	Early					0.16	0.007				2.75	0.44		76,000,000	The Northern Miner, 4 May 1998	Macdonald, A.J., van der Heyden, P., Lefebure, D.V. and Alldrick, D.J., 1992, Geochronometry of the Iskut River area - an update (104A and B); in Grant, B., and Newell, J.M., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1991: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1992-1, p. 495-501.
Canada	BC	Carmi	Porphyry	Mo	49.51667	-119.16667	continental arc	Valhalla Complex		quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	63	61	U-Pb	Kenyon (1978)		0.064							20,700,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Kenyon, J.M., 1978, Mo and U mineralization with special reference to a Mo (U) deposit at Carmi, British Columbia; M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, 118 p.
Canada	YK	Cash	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	62.42556	-137.63083	continental collision zone	Casino		granodiorite-quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	76.3	75.5	U-Pb	Selby and Creaser (2001)	Cretaceous	Late	76.68	76.14	Re-Os	Selby and Creaser (2001)											Selby, D. and Creaser, R.A., 2001, Late and mid-Cretaceous mineralization in the northern Canadian Cordillera: constraints from Re-Os molybdenite dates: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1461-1467.
Canada	YK	Casino	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	62.73611	-138.82917	continental collision zone	Casino	Patton Porphyry	granodiorite	Cretaceous	Late	74.4	73.6	U-Pb	Selby and Creaser (2001)	Cretaceous	Late	75.33	74.10	Re-Os	Selby and Creaser (2001)	0.25	0.025					0.31		559,000,000	Bower et al. (1995)	Selby, D. and Creaser, R.A., 2001, Late and mid-Cretaceous mineralization in the northern Canadian Cordillera: constraints from Re-Os molybdenite dates: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1461-1467.Bower, B., Payne, J., DeLong, C. and Rebagliati, C.M., 1995, The oxide-gold, supergene and hypogene zones at the Casino gold-copper-molybdenum deposit, west central Yukon; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 352-366.
Canada	BC	Catface	Porphyry	Cu	49.25667	-125.97944	continental arc	Catface	Cliff intrusion	granodiorite	Tertiary	Eocene	61	37	K-Ar	Muller and Carson (1969)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.42	0.014							188,000,000	Enns and McDougall (1995)	Muller, J.E. and Carson, D.J.T., 1969, Geology and mineral deposits of Alberni Map-Area, British Columbia (92F): Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 68-50, 52 p.Enns, S.G. and McDougall, J.J., 1995, Catface copper-molybdenum porphyry, west-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia: an update; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 322-326.
Canada	BC	Chuchi	Porphyry	Cu-Au	55.26306	-124.54361	island arc	Copper Mountain	Hogem batholith - Duckling Creek Syenite Complex?	monzodiorite	Jurassic	Early	191.0	186.0	U-Pb	Nelson and Bellefontaine (1996)	Jurassic	Early					0.21						0.21		50,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Garnett, J.A., 1974, Geology and copper-molybdenum mineralization in the southern Hogen Batholith, north-central British Columbia: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM) Bulletin, v. 67, no. 749, p. 101-106.Nelson, J.L. and Bellefontaine, K.A., 1996, The geology and mineral deposits of north-central Quesnellia; Tezzeron Lake ot Discovery Creek, central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 99, 112 p.
Canada	QC	Clark Lake	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	49.93333	-74.15000	island arc		Chibougamau pluton	granodiorite-tonalite	Neoarchean		2720	2716	U-Pb	Krogh (1982)	Neoarchean		2715.9	2714.5	U-Pb	Kirkham et al. (1995)											Kirkham, R.V., Pilote, P., Sinclair, W.D., Robert, F. and Daigneault, R., 1995, Clark Lake porphyry Cu-Mo(-Au) deposit, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada - preserved island arc sequence; in Beakhouse, G.P., Blackburn, C.E. Breaks, F.W., Ayer, J., Stone, D. and Stott, G M., eds., Precambrian '95 - Western Superior Province, Fieldtrip Guidebook: Geological Survey of Canada, Open File3138 (Ontario Geological Survey Open File 5924), p. 50.Krogh, T.E., 1982, Improved accuracy of U-Pb zircon ages by the creation of more concordant systems using air abrasion techniques: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 46, p. 637-649.
Canada	NT	Colomac	Porphyry	Au	64.39861	-115.08556	island arc		Colomac dyke	quartz diorite-trondjhemite	Neoarchean		2671	2671	U-Pb	Atkinson (1990)	Neoarchean												1.92		25,400,000	Northgate Exploration Ltd., Annual Report 1988	Atkinson, D.A., 1990, Indin Lake Supracrustal Belt; in Mineral Industry Report 1986-87: NWT Geology Division, D.I.A.N.D., Yellowknife.
Canada	BC	Copper Canyon	Porphyry	Cu-Au	57.11667	-131.34500	island arc	Copper Mountain	Copper Canyon intrusions	monzonite-syenomonzonite	Triassic	Late	212	212	Ar-Ar	Logan and Koyanagi (1989)	Triassic	Late					0.35					7.154	0.54		164,000,000	Eagle Plains information release, February 2005	Logan, J.M. and Koyanagi, V.M., 1989, Geology and mineral occurrences of the Galore Creek area, NTS 104G/03 and 04; in Geological Fieldwork 1988: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1B, p. 269-284.Bottomer, L.R. and Leary, G.M., 1995, Copper Canyon porphyry copper-gold deposit, Galore Creek area, northwestern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 645-649.
Canada	BC	Copper Mountain (Similkameen)	Porphyry	Cu	49.34000	-120.55528	island arc	Copper Mountain	Copper Mountain monzodiorite	monzodiorite	Triassic	Late	207.1	202.2	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.42					1.66	0.14		318,000,000	Stanley et al. (1995)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Stanley, C.R., Holbek, P.M., Huyck, H.L.O., Land, J.R., Preto, V.A.G., Blower, S.J. and Bottaro, J.C., 1995, Geology of the Copper Mountain alkalic copper-gold porphyry deposits, Princeton, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 537-564.
Canada	NS	Coxheath	Porphyry	Cu-Au	46.08333	-60.36667	continental arc		Coxheath pluton	granodiorite-diorite	Neohadrynian		628	598	U-Pb	Lynch and Ortega (1997)	Neohadrynian						3.15					85	1.2		405,000	Coxheath Gold Holdings Ltd, Annual Report 1986	Lynch, G. and Ortega, J., 1997, Hydrothermal alteration and tourmaline-albite equilibria at the Coxheath porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Nova Scotia: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 35, p. 79-94.
Canada	BC	Crescent	Porphyry	Cu	50.66667	-120.45000	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Cherry Creek monzodiorite	monzonite	Triassic	Late	205.1	203.9	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.44						0.18		1,448,000	Lang and Stanley (1995)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Lang, J.R. and Stanley, C.R., 1995, Contrasting styles of alkalic porphyry copper-gold deposoits in the northern part of the Iron Mask batholith, Kamloops, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 581-592.
Canada	BC	DM	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.66667	-120.46667	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Cherry Creek monzodiorite	monzonite	Triassic	Late	205.1	203.9	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.38						0.27		2,685,000	Lang and Stanley (1995)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Lang, J.R. and Stanley, C.R., 1995, Contrasting styles of alkalic porphyry copper-gold deposits in the northern part of the Iron Mask batholith, Kamloops, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 581-592.
Canada	QC	Don Rouyn	Porphyry	Cu	48.26667	-79.00000	island arc		Powell pluton	tonalite-trondjhemite	Neoarchean						Neoarchean					Goldie et al. (1979)	0.15								36,000,000	Jébrak et al. (1995)	Jébrak, M., Harnois, L., Carriere, A. and Lafrance, J., 1995, The Don Rouyn Cu-Au porphyry system; in Couture, J.-F. and Goutier, J., eds., Metallogeny and Tectonic Evolution of the Rouyn-Noranda Region, Precambrian '95, The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Field Trip Booklet, p. 83-87.Goldie, R., Kotila, B. and Seward, D., 1979, The Don Rouyn mine: an Archean porphyry copper deposit near Noranda, Quebec; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 1680-1684.
Canada	BC	Dorothy	Porphyry	Cu	55.24778	-126.16639	continental arc	Babine		diorite	Tertiary	Eocene	52.4	51.4	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre and Villeneuve (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.25	0.01							45,000,000	Pilcher and McDougall (1976)	Pilcher, S.H. and McDougall, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 79-82.MacIntyre, D.G. and Villeneuve, M.E., 2001, Geochronology of mid-Cretaceous to Eocene magmatism, Babine porphyry copper district, central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 639-655.Carter, N.C., Dirom, G.E. and Ogryzlo, P.L., 1995, Porphyry copper-gold deposits, Babine Lake area, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 247-255.
Canada	YK	Dublin Gulch	Porphyry	Au	64.01667	-135.83333	continental arc	McQuesten	Potato Hills stock	granodiorite	Cretaceous	Late	94.3	93.7	U-Pb	Selby et al. (2003)	Cretaceous	Late	95.6	92.8	Re-Os	Selby et al. (2003)							0.916		66,540,000	StrataGold Corp., News Release, 27 Feb. 2006	Selby, D., Creaser, R.A., Heaman, L.M. and Hart, C.J.R., 2003, Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Clear Creek, Dublin Gulch, and Mactung deposits, Tombstone Gold Belt, Yukon, Canada: absolute timing relationships between plutonism and mineralization; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 40, p. 1839-1852.
Canada	BC	Eaglehead	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	58.48861	-129.10861	island arc	Black Lake?	Eaglehead pluton	quartz granodiorite	Jurassic	Early	193	186	K-Ar	Oddy and Morrice (1972)	Jurassic	Early					0.41	0.01				2.71	0.2		30,000,000	Schroeter and Panteleyev (1986)	Oddy, D. and Morrice, M., 1972, unpublished data, cited in Britten, R.M. and Marr, J.M., 1995, The Eaglehead porphyry copper prospect, northern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 467-472.Schroeter, T. G. and Panteleyev, A., 1986, Lode gold-silver deposits in northwestern British Columbia; in Morin, J. A., ed., Mineral Deposits of Northern Cordillera, Canadian Institue of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 37, p. 178-190.
Canada	NS	East Kemptville	Porphyry	Sn	44.26667	-65.68333	continental arc		South Mountain batholith - Davis Lake pluton	granite	Devonian	Late					Devonian	Late	372	360	Pb-Pb	Kontak and Chatterjee (1992)				0.165					56,000,000	Moyle (1984)	Kontak, D.J. and Chatterjee, A.K., 1992, The East Kemptville tin deposit, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia: a Pb-isotope study of the leucogranite and mineralized greisens - evidence for a 366 Ma metallogenic event: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29, p. 118 -1196.Moyle, J.E., 1984, Development and construction begins at East Kemptville, North America's only primary tin mine; Mining Engineering, April 1984, p. 335-336.Patterson, J.M., 1993, Metalliferous environments in Nova Scotia - base metals; Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Information Series, Report 22, 59 p.
Canada	QC	East Sullivan porphyry	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	48.08333	-77.66667	island arc		East Sullivan stock	monzonite	Neoarchean						Neoarchean					Taner (1996)	0.2	0.02							5,000,000	Taner (1996)	Taner, M.F., 1996, The East Sullivan stock and its gold-copper potential, Val d'Or Quebec, Canada: Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 5, p. 45-60.
Canada	BC	Endako	Porphyry	Mo	54.03611	-125.10833	continental arc	Francois Lake	Endako phase	quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Late	149.9	146.9	U-Pb	Villeneuve et al. (2001)	Jurassic	Late	147.62	146.18	Re-Os	Selby and Creaser (2001)		0.066							341,400,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Selby, D. and Creaser, R.A., 2001, Re-Os geochronology and systematics in molybdenite from the Endako porphyry molybdenum deposit, British Columbia, Canada: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 197-204.Villeneuve, M., Whalen, J.B., Anderson, R.G. and Struik, L.C., 2001, The Endako batholith: episodic plutonism culminating in formation of the Endako porphyry molybdenite deposit, north-central British Columbia: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 171-196.
Canada	NF	Frenchman's Cove	Porphyry	Mo	47.60000	-57.11667	continental arc	Burgeo	Grey River leucogranite	granite	Devonian	Late					Devonian	Late	389	360	Rb-Sr, K-Ar	Higgins et al. (1990)											Higgins, N.C., Halliday, A.N. and Mitchell, J.G., 1990, Age of a K-feldspar megacrystic granite from the Burgeo Intrusive Suite, and timing of tungsten mineralization at Grey River, southern Newfoundland; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 893-902.
Canada	BC	Galaxy	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.64333	-120.42333	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith	diorite	Triassic	Late					Triassic	Late					0.65						0.34		3,200,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	BC	Galore Creek (Stikine Copper)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	57.11667	-131.45000	island arc	Copper Mountain	Galore Creek syenite complex	syenite porphyry	Triassic	Late	211	209	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late	211	209	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	0.52					4	0.36		930,200,000	NovaGold Resources Inc. Annual Report (2005)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Schroeter, T., Cathro, M., Pardy, J., Lane, R., Ryan, B., Simandl, G., Terry, D. and Wojdak, P., 2004, British Columbia mineral exploration review 2003: British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Information Circular 2004-1, 30 p.
Canada	BC	Gambier Island	Porphyry	Cu	49.50972	-123.34722	continental arc	Coast Plutonic Complex		quartz porphyry	Cretaceous					Fox et al. (1995)	Cretaceous						0.29	0.011							114,000,000	Fox et al. (1995)	Fox, P.E., Goodall, G.N. and Durfield, R.M., 1995, The Gambier Island porphyry copper deposit, southwestern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 524-529.
Canada	QC	Gaspé Copper	Porphyry	Cu	48.96667	-65.51944	island arc		Copper Mountain plug	granodiorite-quartz monzonite	Devonian	Middle	387.6	382.0	U-Pb	Stephenson et al. (1998)	Devonian	Middle					0.75								350,000,000	Hussey and Bernard (1998)	Stephenson, E.M., Meinert, L.D., Mortensen, J.K. and Hussey, J., 1998, Age and skarn alteration of the Porphyry Mountain Cu-Mo deposit, Mines Gaspe, Quebec; Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 30, p. 372.Hussey, J. and Bernard, P., 1998, Exploration of Porphyry Mountain Cu-Mo deposit; Mining Engineering, August 1998, p. 36-44.
Canada	BC	Getty North (Krain)	Porphyry	Cu	50.57083	-120.99583	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Post-Bethlehem phase	quartz diorite	Triassic	Late	211	195	K-Ar	Christopher and Carter (1976)	Triassic	Late					0.31								72,093,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Christopher, P.A. and Carter, N.C., 1976, Metallogeny and metallogenic epochs for porphyry mineral deposits in the Canadian Cordillera; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 64-71.
Canada	BC	Getty South (Trojan)	Porphyry	Cu	50.54139	-120.99167	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Post-Bethlehem phase	quartz diorite, breccia	Triassic	Late					Triassic	Late					0.47								36,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile
Canada	BC	Giant Copper (AM zone)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	49.16389	-121.02361	continental arc		Invermay stock	diorite	Tertiary	Miocene	23.6	20.4	K-Ar	Madsen et al. (2006)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.47					11.19	0.38		45,373,026	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Madsen, J.K., Breitsprecher, K. and Anderson, R.G. (compilers), 2006, CordMinAge 2006: Isotopic ages for significant mineral deposits of the Canadian Cordillera; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4969, Release 1.1, 1.9 Mb.
Canada	BC	Gibraltar	Porphyry	Cu	52.51667	-122.28333	island arc		Sheridan stock	quartz diorite	Cretaceous	Early	108.7	107.5	U-Pb	Ash et al. (2000)	Cretaceous	Early					0.29	0.006							935,100,000	Bysouth et al. (1995)	Ash, C.H., Reynolds, P.H., Friedman, R.M., Riveros, C.P. and Stein, H.J., 2000, Age and structural development of Cu-Mo mineralization at the Gibraltar Mine, east central British Columbia: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 6, p. 2.Bysouth, G.D., Campbell, K.V., Barker, G.E. and Gagnier, G.K., 1995, Tonalite-trondhjemite fractionation of peraluminous magma and the formation of syntectonic porphyry copper mineralization, Gibraltar mine, central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 201-213.
Canada	BC	Glacier Gulch (Davidson)	Porphyry	Mo	54.81806	-127.29722	continental arc	Bulkley		quartz monzonite porphyry	Cretaceous	Late	76.7	69.9	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Cretaceous	Late	73.0	67.0	K-Ar	Carter (1981)		0.177							75,300,000	Blue Pearl Mining Ltd., Annual Report 2005
Canada	BC	Gnat Pass	Porphyry	Cu	58.25389	-129.82472	island arc	Stikine	Hotailuh batholith - Cake Hill pluton	quartz monzonite-granodiorite	Triassic-Jurassic					BC MINFILE	Triassic-Jurassic						0.389								30,387,850	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile
Canada	QC	Grandroy	Porphyry	Cu-Au	49.93139	-74.20028	island arc		Grandroy stock	granodiorite-tonalite	Neoarchean		2720	2716	U-Pb	Krogh (1982)	Neoarchean						1.33						0.37		449,800	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Krogh, T.E., 1982, Improved accuracy of U-Pb zircon ages by the creation of more concordant systems using air abrasion techniques: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 46, p. 637-649.
Canada	BC	Granisle	Porphyry	Cu	54.94639	-126.15667	continental arc	Babine		granodiorite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	51.8	50.6	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre et al. (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.41					0.4	0.144		171,232,517	Appendix 1 (Canada)	MacIntyre, D.G., Webster, I.C.L. and Villeneuve, M., 1997, Babine Porphyry Belt Project: bedrock geology of the Old Fort Mountain area (93/M1), British Columbia; in Lefebvre, D.V., McMillan, W.J., and McArthur, J.G., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1996: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, p. 47-67.Carter, N.C., Dirom, G.E. and Ogryzlo, P.L., 1995, Porphyry copper-gold deposits, Babine Lake area, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 247-255.
Canada	ON	Hammond Reef	Porphyry	Au	48.91667	-91.45000	island arc			tonalite	Neoarchean						Neoarchean					Schneiders and Dutka (1985)							0.93		85,500,000	The Norther Miner, 9 March 1998	Schnieders, B. R. and Dutka, R. J., 1985, Hammond Reef Mine; in Schnieders, B. R. and Dutka, R. J., eds, Property Visits and Reports of the Atikokan Economic Geologist, 1979-1983, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5539, p. 226-234.
Canada	BC	Hearne Hill	Porphyry	Cu-Au	55.18333	-126.31667	continental arc	Babine		granodiorite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	54.5	52.7	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre and Villeneuve (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.16						0.1		60,000,000	Carter et al. (1995)	MacIntyre, D.G. and Villeneuve, M.E., 2001, Geochronology of mid-Cretaceous to Eocene magmatism, Babine porphyry copper district, central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 639-655.Carter, N.C., Dirom, G.E. and Ogryzlo, P.L., 1995, Porphyry copper-gold deposits, Babine Lake area, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 247-255.
Canada	BC	Hep (Mount Mcintosh)	Porphyry	Cu	50.68333	-127.90000	island arc	Island		quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Middle	183	171	Ar-Ar	Archibald and Nixon (1995)	Jurassic	Middle					0.8								45,350	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Archibald, D.A. and Nixon, G.T., 1995, 40Ar/39Ar geochronometry of igneous rocks in the Quatsino-Port McNeill map area, northern Vancouver Island (92L/12, 11); Geological Fieldwork 1994, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroluem Resources, Paper 1995-1, p. 49-59.
Canada	BC	Hi Ho	Porphyry	Cu	49.94083	-124.35778	continental arc	Coast Plutonic Complex		diorite-granodiorite	Cretaceous-Tertiary?						Cretaceous-Tertiary?					BC MINFILE	0.3								82,000,000	George Cross News Letter No.49,10 March 1978	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	BC	Highland Valley Copper	Porphyry	Cu	50.47194	-121.02861	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Bethsaida phase	granodiorite	Triassic	Late	213	207	U-Pb	Mortimer et al. (1990)	Triassic	Late	208.2	204.3	Re-Os	Ash et al. (2007)	0.37	0.006				0.976	0.006		1,355,600,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Ash, C.H., Reynolds, P.H., Creaser, R.A. and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2007, 40Ar/39Ar and Re-O isotopic ages for hydrothermal alteration and related mineralization at the Highland Valley Cu-Mo deposit (NTS 092I), southwestern British Columbia; Geological Fieldwork 2006, British Columbia Geological Survey, Paper 2007-1, p. 19-24. Mortimer, N., Van Der Heyden, P. Armstrong, R.L. and Harakal, J., 1990, U-Pb and K-Ar dates related to timing of magmatism and deformation in the Cache Creek Terrane and Quesnellia, southern British Columbia; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 117-123.
Canada	BC	Highmont	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.43167	-120.99500	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Skeena variety	granodiorite	Triassic	Late	211	195	K-Ar	Christopher and Carter (1976)	Triassic	Late					0.23	0.021					0.003		121,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Christopher, P.A. and Carter, N.C., 1976, Metallogeny and metallogenic epochs for porphyry mineral deposits in the Canadian Cordillera; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 64-71.
Canada	BC	Huckleberry	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	53.68167	-127.17833	continental arc	Bulkley		granodiorite	Cretaceous	Late	83.8	83.1	U-Pb	Friedman and Jordan (1997)	Cretaceous	Late					0.49	0.014				1.8	0.04		73,445,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Friedman, R.M. and Jordan, S., 1997, U-Pb ages for intrusive rocks at the Huckleberry porphyry copper deposit, Tahtsa Lake District, Whitesail Lake map area, west central British Columbia (93E/11); in Lefebvre, D.V., McMillan, W.J., and McArthur, J. G., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1996: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: Mineral Resources Branch, Geological Division, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, p. 219-225.
Canada	BC	Hushamu	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.67556	-127.85639	island arc	Island	Hushamu stock	quartz diorite porphyry	Jurassic	Middle	175	171	Ar-Ar	Panteleyev et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Middle	172	168	Ar-Ar	Panteleyev et al. (1995)	0.28	0.009					0.342		283,700,000	Dasler et al. (1995)	Panteleyev, A., Reynolds, P.H. and Koyanagi, V.M., 1995, 40Ar/39Ar ages of hydrothermal minerals in acid sulphate-altered Bonanza Volcanics, northern Vancouver Island (NTS 92L/12); Geological Fieldwork 1994, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroluem Resources, Paper 1995-1, p. 61-65. Dasler, P.G., Young, M.J., Giroux, G. and Perrello, J.A., 1995, The Hushamu porphyry copper-gold deposit, northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 367-376.
Canada	BC	Island Copper	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.60000	-127.47778	island arc	Island	Island Copper stock	rhyodacite porphyry	Jurassic	Middle	169.1	167.9	U-Pb	Ross et al. (1996)	Jurassic	Middle	176.2	165.7	Ar-Ar	Arancibia and Clark (1996)	0.335	0.01				0.826	0.1	0.08 g/t Re	390,118,831	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Arancibia, O.N. and Clark, A.H., 1996, Early magnetite-amphibole-plagioclase alteration-mineralization in the Island copper porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, British Columbia: Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 402-438.Ross, K.V., Friedman, R.M., Dawson, K.M. and Leitch, C.H.B., 1996, U-Pb zircon ages of the Island Copper deposit intrusions, northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Current Research, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 96-1A, p. 111-117.
Canada	BC	JA	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.47500	-120.97667	island arc	Guichon	Guichon batholith - Bethlehem phase	granodiorite	Triassic	Late	211	195	K-Ar	Christopher and Carter (1976)	Triassic	Late					0.43	0.017							260,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Christopher, P.A. and Carter, N.C., 1976, Metallogeny and metallogenic epochs for porphyry mineral deposits in the Canadian Cordillera; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 64-71.
Canada	ON	Jogran	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	47.04306	-84.61528	continental rift			quartz-feldspar porphyry	Neohelikian	Late	1100	1040	Rb-Sr	Blecha (1974)	Neohelikian	Late					0.19	0.05							20,000,000	Richards and Spooner (1989)	Blecha, M., 1974, Batchawana area - a possible Precambrian porphyry copper district; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin, v. 67, no. 748, p. 71-76.Richards, J.P. and Spooner, E.T.C., 1989, Evidence for Cu-(Ag) mineralization by magmatic-meteoric fluid mixing in Keweenawan fissure veins, Mamainse Point, Ontario; Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 360-385.
Canada	BC	Kemess North	Porphyry	Cu-Au	57.06167	-126.75750	island arc	Black Lake	Sovereign intrusion	quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Early	204.6	201.1	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.224						0.41		407,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	BC	Kemess South	Porphyry	Cu-Au	57.00611	-126.74889	island arc	Black Lake	Sovereign intrusion	quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Early	204.6	201.1	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.225						0.67		179,000,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.Werniuk, J., 2003, Kemess turnaround - Northgate shows how it's done; Canadian Mining Journal, v. 124, no. 3, p. 12-26.
Canada	BC	Kerr	Porphyry	Cu-Au	56.46778	-130.26694	island arc		Mitchell Intrusions	monzonite	Jurassic	Early	194.4	193.4	U-Pb	Kirkham and Margolis (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.75						0.36		141,000,000	The Northern Miner, 26 June 2000	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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 473-483.
Canada	BC	King Edward	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	49.10639	-119.80556	island arc		Kruger intrusion	felsic intrusive rocks	Jurassic		186	160	K-Ar	Madsen et al. (2006)	Jurassic						0.158	0.045							1,500,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Madsen, J.K., Breitsprecher, K. and Anderson, R.G. (compilers), 2006, CordMinAge 2006: Isotopic ages for significant mineral deposits of the Canadian Cordillera; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4969, Release 1.1, 1.9 Mb.
Canada	BC	Kitsault	Porphyry	Mo	55.42222	-129.42167	continental arc	Nanika	Alice Arm Intrusions - Lime Creek stock	quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	56.2	50.2	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.11							118,715,717	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile. Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p.
Canada	QC	Lac Dasserat (Renault Bay)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	48.20500	-79.40000	island arc			syenite	Neoarchean						Neoarchean					Couture and Marquis (1996)											Couture, J.-F. and Marquis, P., 1995, Mo-Cu-Au mneralization related to late tectonic alkaline intrusions, Baie Renault area intrusions, Baie Renault Area; in Couture, J.-F. and Goutier, J., eds., Metallogeny and Tectonic Evolution of the Rouyn-Noranda Region, Precambrian '95, The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Field Trip Booklet, p. 89-91.
Canada	BC	Lexington-Lone Star	Porphyry	Cu-Au	49.00000	-118.60000	island arc		Lexington intrusion	quartz porphyry	Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	58.7	54.7	K-Ar	Church (1997)	0.56						0.55		19,500,000	Seraphim et al. (1995)	Church, B.N., 1992, The Lexington porphyry, Greenwood mining camp, southern British Columbia; in Geological Fieldwork, 1991: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1992-1, p. 295-297.Seraphim, R.H., Church, B.N. and Shearer, J.T., 1995, The Lexington-Lone Star copper-gold porphyry: An Early Jurassic cratonic linear system, southern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 851-854.Church, B.N., 1997, Age of mineralization, City of Paris veins, Greenwood area (82E/2E); Geological Fieldwork 1996, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1997-1, p. 211-213.
Canada	YK	Logtung	Porphyry	W-Mo	60.00500	-131.59639	continental collision zone			monzogranite	Cretaceous	Early	120	116	Rb-Sr	Stewart (1983)	Cretaceous	Early	111	107	K-Ar	Hunt and Roddick (1991)		0.031	0.1						162,000,000	Noble and Spooner (1986)	Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C., 1991, A compilation of K-Ar ages, Report 20; in Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Report 4: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-2, p. 113-143. Stewart, J.P., 1983, Petrology and geochemistry of the intrusives spatially associated with the Logtung W-Mo deposit, S. Yukon; M.Sc. thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto, 243 p. Noble, S.R. and Spooner, E.T.C., 1986, Logtung: a porphyry W-Mo deposit in the southern Yukon; in Morin, J.A., ed., Mineral Deposits of Northern Cordillera, The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 37, p. 274-287.
Canada	BC	Lorraine	Porphyry	Cu	55.92694	-125.43111	island arc	Copper Mountain	Hogem batholith - Duckling Creek Syenite Complex		Jurassic	Middle	180	170	K-Ar	Garnett (1978)	Jurassic	Middle					0.66					4.7	0.17		31,900,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Garnett, J.A., 1978, Geology and mineral occurrences of the southern Hogem Batholith; British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 70, 75 p.
Canada	BC	Louise Lake	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	54.78333	-127.68333	continental arc	Bulkley?	Louise Lake feldspar porphyry	quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	92.4	85.5	U-Pb	Friedman and Panteleyev (1997)	Cretaceous	Late					0.3	0.02					0.31		50,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Friedman, R.M. and Panteleyev, A., 1997, U-Pb age of mineralized feldspar porphyry sills at the Louise Lake Cu-Mo-Au-As deposit, Smithers map area, west-central British Columbia (93-L); in Lefebvre, D.V., McMillan, W.J., and McArthur, J. G., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1996: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: Mineral Resources Branch, Geological Division, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, p. 227-231.
Canada	BC	Lucky Ship	Porphyry	Mo	54.02500	-127.48056	continental arc	Nanika		rhyolite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	52.2	47.6	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.095							18,142,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p.
Canada	BC	Mac	Porphyry	Mo	54.85833	-125.57500	continental arc	Francois Lake		quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Early	143.9	141.1	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre et al. (1997)	Cretaceous	Early						0.08							52,420,000	George Cross News Letter No.43, 3 March 1997	MacIntyre, D.G., Webster, I.C.L. and Villeneuve, M., 1997, Babine Porphyry Belt Project: bedrock geology of the Old Fort Mountain area (93/M1), British Columbia; in Lefebvre, D.V., McMillan, W.J., and McArthur, J.G., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1996: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, p. 47-67.
Canada	QC	Macleod Lake	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	52.00000	-73.00000	island arc			granodiorite	Archean					Eade (1966)	Archean						0.44	0.05				3.7	0.04		37,000,000	Winter (1990)	Winter, L.D.S., 1990, Drill-indicated mineral inventory report No. 2, MacLeod Lake property, Chibougamau mining district, Quebec; Report prepared for Windy Mountain Explorations Ltd., 19 p.Eade, K.E., 1966, Fort George River and Kaniapiskau River, west half, map areas, New Quebec; Geolgical Survey of Canada, Memoir 339, 83 p.
Canada	QC	Madeleine	Porphyry	Cu	49.00000	-66.00000	island arc		McGerrigle plutonic complex	granite-mafic hybrid rocks	Devonian	Middle	390	370	K-Ar	Whalen and Roddick (1987)	Devonian	Middle					1.08					6.66			8,344,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Whalen, J.B. and Roddick, J.C.M., 1987, K-Ar geochronology of the McGerrigle plutonic complex, Gaspésie Penninsula, Quebec; in Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 87-1A, p. 375-380.
Canada	BC	Maggie	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.92333	-121.42167	continental arc		Maggie stock	quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Paleocene	64.8	60.8	K-Ar	Miller (1976)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.27	0.029							181,440,000	Miller (1976)	McMillan, W.J., 1976, Granite Creek property; in Geological Fieldwork 1976; A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: British Columbia Ministry Of Energy, Mines And Petroleum Resources, Paper 1976-1, p. 67-84.Miller, D.C., 1976, Maggie; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 329-335.
Canada	ON	Matachewan Consolidated	Porphyry	Au	47.95000	-80.66000	island arc			syenite	Neoarchean					Lovell (1967)	Neoarchean											1.3	3.6		3,207,100	Lovell (1967)	Lovell, H.L., 1967, Geology of the Matachewan area; Ontario Department of Mines, Geological Report 51, 61 p.
Canada	ON	McIntyre	Porphyry	Cu-Au	48.50000	-81.25000	island arc		Pearl Lake porphyry	quartz-feldspar porphyry	Neoarchean		2690	2688	U-Pb	Corfu (1989)	Neoarchean						0.5						1.3		12,860,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Corfu, F., 1989, U-Pb zircon geochronology in the southwestern Abitibi greenstone belt, Superior Province: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 26, p. 1747-1763.
Canada	BC	Misty	Porphyry	Cu	55.91583	-125.51194	island arc	Copper Mountain	Hogem batholith - Duckling Creek Syenite Complex		Jurassic	Middle	180	170	K-Ar	Garnett (1978)	Jurassic	Middle					0.6								3,000,000	Pilcher and McDougall (1976)	Pilcher, S.H. and McDougall, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 79-82.Garnett, J.A., 1978, Geology and mineral occurrences of the southern Hogem Batholith; British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 70, 75 p.
Canada	BC	Mitchell	Porphyry	Cu-Au	56.53139	-130.24833	island arc		Mitchell Intrusions	monzonite	Jurassic	Early	194.4	193.4	U-Pb	Kirkham and Margolis (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.2						0.86		200,000,000	Margolis (1993)	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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 473-483.Margolis, J., 1993, Geology and intrusion-related copper-gold mineralization, Sulphurets, Briitsh Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, The University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 289 p.
Canada	BC	Morrison	Porphyry	Cu	55.18722	-126.31889	continental arc	Babine		granodiorite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	53.7	52.7	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre and Villeneuve (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.4						0.21		190,000,000	Carter et al. (1995)	MacIntyre, D.G. and Villeneuve, M.E., 2001, Geochronology of mid-Cretaceous to Eocene magmatism, Babine porphyry copper district, central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 639-655.Dirom, G.E. and Ogryzlo, P.L., 1995, Porphyry copper-gold deposits, Babine Lake area, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 247-255.
Canada	ON	Moss Lake (Snodgrass Lake)	Porphyry	Au	48.54306	-90.71250	island arc		Moss Lake syenite?	syenite?	Neoarchean					Harris (1970)	Neoarchean												1.1		60,000,000	Canadian Mines Handbook, 1999-2000	Harris, F.R., 1970, Geology of the Moss Lake area; Ontario Department of Mines and Northern Affairs, Geological Report 85, 61 p.
Canada	BC	Mount Haskin	Porphyry	Mo	59.34611	-129.50278	continental arc	Bennett?		granite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	54.2	51.0	K-Ar	Sinclair (1986)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.09							12,245,850	Iso Mining Ltd., Annual Report (1971)	Sinclair, W.D., 1986, Molybdenum, tungsten and tin deposits and associated granitoid intrusions in the northern Canadian Cordillera and adjacent parts of Alaska; in Morin, J.A., Mineral Deposits of Northern Cordillera: The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 37, p. 216-233.
Canada	BC	Mount Milligan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	55.13333	-124.06667	island arc	Copper Mountain?	Southern Star stock	monzonite	Jurassic	Early	186.9	182.0	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.215						0.42		445,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	NB	Mount Pleasant - North Zone	Porphyry	Sn	45.44139	-66.81806	continental extension		Mount Pleasant Porphyry	granite	Devonian	Late	370	352	K-Ar	Hunt and Roddick (1990)	Devonian	Late					0.19			0.82	1.03			129 g/t In	4,800,000	Sinclair et al. (2006)	Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C., 1990, A compilation of K-Ar ages, Report 19; in Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Report 3: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-2, p. 153-190. Sinclair, W.D., Kooiman, G.J.A., Martin, D.A. and Kjarsgaard, I.M., 2006, Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of indium resources at Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick, Canada; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 28, p. 123-145.
Canada	NB	Mount Pleasant - W-Mo zones	Porphyry	W-Mo	45.43167	-66.81333	continental extension		Mount Pleasant Porphyry	granite	Devonian	Late	370	352	K-Ar	Hunt and Roddick (1990)	Devonian	Late						0.1	0.21						33,000,000	Parrish and Tully (1978)	Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C., 1990, A compilation of K-Ar ages, Report 19; in Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Report 3: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-2, p. 153-190. Parrish, I. and Tully, J.V., 1978, Porphyry tungsten zones at Mt. Pleasant, New Brunswick, Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 71, no. 794, p. 93-100.Kooiman, G.J.A., McLeod, M.J. and Sinclair, W.D., 1986, Porphyry tungsten-molybdenum orebodies, polymetallic veins and replacement bodies, and tin-bearing greisen zones in the Fire Tower Zone, Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick; Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1356-1373.
Canada	BC	Mount Polley	Porphyry	Cu-Au	52.56333	-121.63667	island arc	Copper Mountain	Bootjack stock	syenite	Triassic	Late	203.6	198.0	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.36						0.35		71,600,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	BC	Mount Thomlinson	Porphyry	Mo	55.58889	-127.48778	continental arc	Nanika		quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Paleocene	56.0	51.6	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Paleocene						0.07							40,820,000	Soregaroli and Sutherland Brown (1976)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. Soregaroli, A. E. and Sutherland Brown, A., 1976, Characteristics of Canadian Cordilleran molybdenum deposits, in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 15, p. 417-431.
Canada	BC	Nak	Porphyry	Cu	55.26667	-126.20000	continental arc	Babine		granodiorite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	52.0	51.0	Ar-Ar	MacIntyre and Villeneuve (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.184						0.08		271,000,000	MacIntyre (1998)	MacIntyre, D.G. and Villeneuve, M.E., 2001, Geochronology of mid-Cretaceous to Eocene magmatism, Babine porphyry copper district, central British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 639-655.MacIntyre, D.G., 1998; Babine porphyry belt: bedrock geology of the Nakinilerak Lake map sheet (93M/8), British Columbia; in Geological Fieldwork 1997: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1998-1, p. 2-1 to 2-18.
Canada	BC	Nanika	Porphyry	Cu	53.75333	-127.69833	continental arc	Nanika		quartz monzonite	Cretaceous-Tertiary					BC MINFILE	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.437								16,458,422	George Cross News Letter, 30 October 1973	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	BC	OK	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.04667	-124.64500	continental arc	Coast Plutonic Complex		quartz monzonite	Tertiary					Meyer et al. (1976)	Tertiary						0.39	0.024							155,000,000	The Northern Miner, 22 April 1996	Meyer, W., Gale, R.E. and Randall, A.W., 1976, O.K.; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 311-316.
Canada	BC	Ox Lake	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	53.67000	-127.05000	continental arc	Bulkley		granodiorite porphyry	Cretaceous	Late	86.6	80.2	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Cretaceous	Late					0.33	0.035							17,235,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Richards, G., 1976, Ox Lake; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 289-298.Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p.
Canada	BC	Pine	Porphyry	Cu-Au	57.23333	-126.73333	island arc	Black Lake		quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Early					Jurassic	Early				Rebagliati et al. (1995)	0.15						0.57		70,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Rebagliati, C.M., Bowen, B.K. and Copeland, D.J., 1995, The Pine property gold-copper and copper-molybdenum porphyry prospects, Kemess-Toodoggone District, northern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 436-440.
Canada	BC	Pitman	Porphyry	Mo	54.73333	-128.33333	continental arc	Coast Plutonic Complex		granodiorite	Cretaceous-Tertiary						Cretaceous-Tertiary					BC MINFILE		0.08							3,400,000	Pilcher and McDougall (1976)	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Pilcher, S.H. and McDougall, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 79-82.
Canada	BC	Poison Mountain	Porphyry	Cu	51.13972	-122.54167	continental arc			diorite-granodiorite	Tertiary	Paleocene	63.5	55.3	K-Ar	Brown (1995)	Tertiary	Paleocene	57.5	53.5	K-Ar	Brown (1995)	0.231	0.007					0.122		808,526,000	Brown (1995)	Brown, R., 1995, Poison Mountain porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, south-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 343-351.
Canada	BC	Poplar	Porphyry	Cu	54.01667	-126.98833	continental arc	Bulkley	Poplar stock	monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	77.4	69.4	K-Ar	Mesard et al. (1979)	Cretaceous	Late					0.37								236,000,000	House and Ainsworth (1995)	House, G. D. and Ainsworth, B., 1995, The Poplar copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry deposit, central, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 397-400.Mesard, P.M., Godwin, C.I. and Carter, N.C., 1979, Geology of the Poplar porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit; in Geological Fieldwork 1979, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, p. 138-143.
Canada	BC	Pothook	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.65000	-120.50000	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith - Sugarloaf diorite	diorite	Triassic	Late	207.2	202.0	U-Pb	Mortensen et al. (1995)	Triassic	Late					0.35						0.77		2,359,000	Lang and Stanley (1995)	Lang, J.R. and Stanley, C.R., 1995, Contrasting styles of alkalic porphyry copper-gold deposits in the northern part of the Iron Mask batholith, Kamloops, British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 581-592.Mortensen, J.K., Ghosh, D.K. and Ferri, 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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 142-158.
Canada	BC	Primer	Porphyry	Cu	49.76778	-120.47361	island arc	Copper Mountain		diorite-monzonite	Jurassic	Early					Jurassic	Early				BC MINFILE	0.2								23,000,000	Pilcher and McDougall (1976)	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Pilcher, S.H. and McDougall, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 79-82.
Canada	BC	Prosperity (Fish Lake)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	51.46194	-123.62389	continental arc	Bulkley	Fish Creek stock	quartz diorite	Cretaceous	Late	80	80	U-Pb	Caira et al. (1995)	Cretaceous	Late	81.9	76.3	K-Ar	Wolfhard (1976)	0.24						0.38		1,148,000,000	Caira et al. (1995)	Caira, N.M., Findlay, A., DeLong, C. and Rebagliati, C. M., 1995, Fish Lake porphyry copper-gold deposit, central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 327-342.Wolfhard, M.R., 1976, Fish Lake; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 317-322.
Canada	QC	R-2	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	49.76000	-74.27333	island arc		Chibougamau pluton	granodiorite-tonalite	Neoarchean		2720	2716	U-Pb	Krogh (1982)	Neoarchean						0.36	0.015							10,886,216	Kirkham et al. (1982)	Krogh, T.E., 1982, Improved accuracy of U-Pb zircon ages by the creation of more concordant systems using air abrasion techniques: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 46, p. 637-649.Kirkham, R.V., McCann, C., Prasad, N., Soregaroli, A.E., Vokes, F.M. and Wine, G., 1982, Molybdenum in Canada, Part 2: Molyfile - An index-level computer file of molybdenum deposits and occurrences in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 33, 208 p.
Canada	BC	Rainbow	Porphyry	Cu	50.64056	-120.46278	island arc	Copper Mountain	Iron Mask batholith	diorite	Triassic	Late					Triassic	Late				BC MINFILE	0.52								15,900,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	ON	Raven River	Porphyry	Au	48.10000	-79.70000	island arc			syenite	Neoarchean					Thompson (1943)	Neoarchean												1.7		10,000,000	Thompson (1943)	Thompson, J.E., 1943, Geology of McGarry and McVittie Townships, Larder Lake area; Ontario Department of Mines, v. 50, pt. 7, 99 p.
Canada	BC	Red Bird (CAFB)	Porphyry	Mo	53.29722	-127.00556	continental arc	Nanika		quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	51.7	47.0	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.108							34,000,000	Kirkham et al. (1982)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. Kirkham, R. V., McCann, C., Prasad, N., Soregaroli, A.E., Vokes, F.M. and Wine, G., 1982; Molybdenum in Canada, Part 2: Molyfile - an index-level computer file of molybdenum deposits and occurrences in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 33, 208 p.
Canada	BC	Red Dog	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.71083	-127.97056	island arc	Island	Hushamu stock	quartz diorite porphyry	Jurassic	Middle	175	171	Ar-Ar	Panteleyev et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Middle	172	168	Ar-Ar	Panteleyev et al. (1995)	0.35	0.006					0.44		25,000,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Panteleyev, A. and Koyanagi, V. M., 1994, Advanced argillic alteration in Bonanza volcanic rocks, northern Vancouver Island - lithologic and permeability controls; in Geological Fieldwork 1993: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1994-1, p. 101-110.
Canada	BC	Red Mountain (BC)	Porphyry	Au	55.96806	-129.69444	island arc		Goldslide intrusion	diorite-granodiorite	Jurassic	Early	199.0	195.2	U-Pb	Rhys et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Early											2.54		12,000,000	Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (1999)	Rhys, D.A., Sieb, M., Frostad, S.R., Swanson, C.L., Prefontaine, M.A., Mortensen, J. K. and Smit, H.Q., 1995, Geology and setting of the Red Mountain gold-silver deposits, northwestern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 811-828.
Canada	YK	Red Mountain (Yukon)	Porphyry	Mo	60.98778	-133.74167	continental arc			quartz monzodiorite	Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	89.3	85.3	K-Ar	Hunt and Roddick (1987)		0.167							187,270,000	Brown and Kahlert (1986)	Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C., 1987, A compilation of K-Ar ages, Report 17; in Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Report 2: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 87-2, p. 143-210. Brown, P. and Kahlert, B., 1986, Geology and mineralization of the Red Mountain porphyry molybdenum deposit, south-central Yukon; in Morin, J.A., ed., Mineral Deposits of Northern Cordillera, The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 37, p. 288-297.
Canada	BC	Red-Chris	Porphyry	Cu	57.68833	-129.81917	island arc	Stikine	Red stock	monzonite-quartz monzonite	Triassic	Late	205.1	202.5	U-Pb	Friedman and Ash (1997)	Triassic	Late	217	203	K-Ar	Newell and Peatfield (1995)	0.349						0.266		276,000,000	bcmetals information release, 24 Nov. 2004	Friedman, R.M. and Ash, C. H., 1997, U-Pb age of intrusions related to porphyry Cu-Au mineralization in the Tatogga Lake area, northwestern British Columbia (104H/12NW, 104G/9NE); in Lefebvre, D.V., McMillan, W.J., and McArthur, J. G., eds., Geological Fieldwork 1996: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research, Mineral Resources Branch, Geological Division, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, p. 291-296.Newell, J.M. and Peatfield, G.R., 1995, The Red-Chris porphyry copper-gold deposit, Northwestern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 674-688.
Canada	BC	Rey Lake	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	50.33333	-120.70000	continental arc			quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	71.2	66.2	K-Ar	McMillan (1974)	Cretaceous	Late					0.17	0.018							46,862,600	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.McMillan, W.J., 1974, Rey (92I/SE-160); in Geology, Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 1973: British Columbia Ministry Of Energy, Mines And Petroleum Resources, p. 181-184.
Canada	BC	Rondah	Porphyry	Cu	55.91333	-125.29000	island arc	Copper Mountain	Hogem batholith - Duckling Creek Syenite Complex		Jurassic	Middle	180	170	K-Ar	Garnett (1978)	Jurassic	Middle					0.7								9,072,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Garnett, J.A., 1978, Geology and mineral occurrences of the southern Hogem Batholith; British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 70, 75 p.
Canada	BC	Roundy Creek	Porphyry	Mo	55.42806	-129.49278	continental arc	Nanika	Alice Arm Intrusions	quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	54.5	50.5	K-Ar	Carter (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.066							7,000,000	Woodcock and Carter (1976)	Carter, N.C., 1981, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits, west-central British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 64, 150 p. Woodcock, J.R. and Carter, N.C., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of the Alice Arm molybdenum deposits; in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 462-475.
Canada	BC	Salal Creek	Porphyry	Mo	50.76833	-123.40333	continental arc	Chilliwack	Salal Creek stock	quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Miocene	8.1	7.7	K-Ar	Wanless et al. (1978)	Tertiary	Miocene															Roddick, J.A. and Woodsworth, G.J., 1975, Coast Mountains Project; Pemberton (92j West Half) map-area, British Columbia; in Report of Activities: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 75-1A, p. 37-40. Wanless, R.K., Stevens, R.D., Lachance, G.R. and Delabio, R.N., 1978, Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report 13; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 77-2, 60 p.
Canada	BC	Schaft Creek	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	57.36528	-130.99167	island arc	Stikine	Hickman batholith	granodiorite-quartz monzonite	Triassic	Late	220	220	U-Pb	Logan et al. (1989)	Triassic	Late					0.359	0.04				0.25	1.99		465,000,000	Copper Fox Metals, Inc. (2006)	Logan, J.M., Drobe, J.R. and McClelland, W.C., 1989, Geology of the Forrest Kerr-Mess Creek area, northwestern British Columbia; in Geological Fieldwork 1988: A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1B, p. 269-284.Copper Fox Metals, Inc., 2006, http://www.copperfoxmetals.com/projects_resource.htm.
Canada	BC	Serb Creek	Porphyry	Mo	54.64583	-127.75417	continental arc	Nanika		quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Eocene	46.8	42.0	K-Ar	Wanless et al. (1974)	Tertiary	Eocene				BC MINFILE		0.04							41,150,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Wanless, R.K., Stevens, R.D., Lachance, G.R. and Delabio, R.N., 1974, Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report 12; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 74-2, 72 p.
Canada	ON	Setting Net Lake	Porphyry	Mo	52.81667	-93.58333	island arc		Setting Net Lake stock	quartz monzonite	Neoarchean		2644	2642	U-Pb	Nunes and Ayres (1982)	Neoarchean							0.054							90,700,000	The Northern Miner, 23 March 1978	Nunes, P.D. and Ayres, L.D., 1982, U-Pb zircon age of the Archean Setting Net Lake porphyry molybdenum occurrence, northwestern Ontario, Canada; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1236-1239.
Canada	NB	Sisson Brook	Porphyry	W-Mo	46.66667	-67.00000	continental arc			biotite granite	Devonian	Late	379	379	Ar-Ar	Taylor et al. (1987)	Devonian	Late						0.032	0.082						26,000,000	Geodex Minerals News Release, 15 March 2006	Taylor, R.P., Lux, D.R., MacLellan, H.E. and Hubacher, F., 1987, Age and genesis of granite-related W-Sn-Mo mineral deposits, Burnthill, New Brunswick, Canada; Economic Geology, v. 82, p. 2187-2198.Nast, H.J. and Williams-Jones, A.E., 1991, The role of water-rock interaction and fluid evolution in forming the porphyry-related Sisson Brook W-Cu-Mo deposit, New Brunswick; Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 302-317.
Canada	BC	Spectrum	Porphyry	Au	57.68583	-130.48389	island arc			granodiorite	Jurassic	Early	179	179	K-Ar	Christopher and Carter (1976)	Jurassic	Early					0.18						1.268		8,393,000	Preto (1992)	Christopher, P.A. and Carter, N.C., 1976,Metallogeny and metallogenic epochs for porphyry mineral deposits in the Canadian Cordillera; in Sutherland-Brown, A., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, p. 64-71.Preto, V. A., 1992, British Columbia Mineral Exploration Review 1991; British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Information Circular 1992-1, 22 p.
Canada	BC	Storie (Casmo)	Porphyry	Mo	59.21667	-129.86667	continental arc	Surprise Lake?	Cassiar stock	quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Late	73.9	68.9	K-Ar	Panteleyev (1981)	Cretaceous	Late						0.077							100,500,000	Bloomer (1981)	Panteleyev, A., 1981, Lithogeochemical study of the 'Cassiar Moly' Deposit, Cassiar map area; in Geological Fieldwork 1980; A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research: British Columbia Ministry Of Energy, Mines And Petroleum Resources, Paper 1981-1, p. 48-54.Bloomer, C., 1981, The Casmo (Storie) molybdenite deposit, Cassiar, B.C. (abstract); CIM Bulletin, v. 74, no. 833, p. 64-65.
Canada	BC	Sulphurets Gold	Porphyry	Au	56.50472	-130.26083	island arc		Mitchell Intrusions	monzonite	Jurassic	Early	194.4	193.4	U-Pb	Kirkham and Margolis (1995)	Jurassic	Early											1.02		54,800,000	The Northern Miner, 26 June 2000	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 of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 473-483.
Canada	BC	Swan (Kwanika Creek)	Porphyry	Cu	55.50750	-125.33167	island arc			granite-quartz monzonite	Cretaceous	Early	116	108	K-Ar	Garnett (1978)	Cretaceous	Early					0.2								36,000,000	The Northern Miner, 15 April 1991	Garnett, J.A., 1978, Geology and mineral occurrences of the southern Hogem Batholith; British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 70, 75 p.
Canada	BC	Tam	Porphyry	Cu	55.97194	-125.50222	continental arc			monzonite-quartz monzonite	Jurassic	Middle	180	170	K-Ar	Garnett (1978)	Jurassic	Middle					0.55					4.11			7,200,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.Garnett, J.A., 1978, Geology and mineral occurrences of the southern Hogem Batholith; British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 70, 75 p.
Canada	BC	Taseko	Porphyry	Cu-Au	51.08333	-123.45000	continental arc	Coast Plutonic Complex		quartz diorite	Cretaceous	Late	89.2	82.4	K-Ar	McMillan (1976)	Cretaceous	Late	86.9	84.9	Ar-Ar	Osborne and Allen (1995)	0.61						0.789		10,004,000	Osborne and Allen (1995)	McMillan, W.J., 1976, Granite Creek property; in Geological Fieldwork 1976; A Summary of Field Activities and Current Research; British Columbia Ministry Of Energy, Mines And Petroleum Resources, Paper 1976-1, p. 67-84.Osborne, W.W. and Allen, D.G., 1995, The Taseko copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 441-450.
Canada	BC	Tidewater	Porphyry	Mo	55.46833	-129.54556	continental arc	Nanika	Alice Arm Intrusions	quartz monzonite porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene				BC MINFILE	Tertiary	Eocene						0.06							9,071,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	ON	Tribag	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	47.09194	-84.47833	continental rift			feldspar porphyry, breccia	Neohelikian	Late					Neohelikian	Late	1090	1020	K-Ar	Roscoe (1966)	0.14	0.024							114,200,000	Blecha (1974)	Roscoe, S.M., 1966, GSC 64-84; in Wanless, R.K., Stevens, R.D., Lachance, G.R. and Rimsaite, J.Y.H., eds., Age Determinations and Geological Studies, K-Ar Isotopic Ages, Report 6: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 65-17, p. 58.Blecha, M., 1974, Batchawana area - a possible Precambrian porphyry copper district; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin, v. 67, no. 748, p. 71-76.
Canada	QC	Troilus ( Lac Frotet)	Porphyry	Au	50.44833	-74.81167	island arc			felsite dykes	Neoarchean		2790	2776	U-Pb	Dion et al. (1998)	Neoarchean						0.1						0.93		71,195,000	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Dion, C., Pilote, P., David, J. and Cater, D., 1998, Geologie et age de la mineralisation Au-Cu a la mine Troilus, ceinture de Frotet-Troilus, Quebec: Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada-Canadian Geophysical Union, Joint Annual Meeting, Program with Abstracts, v. 23, p. A46.
Canada	BC	Trout Lake	Porphyry	Mo	50.63861	-117.60528	continental arc		Trout Lake stock	granodiorite-tonalite	Cretaceous	Late	76	76	K-Ar	Boyle and Leitch (1983)	Cretaceous	Late						0.114							49,000,000	Linnen et al. (1995)	Boyle, H. and Leitch, C.H.B., 1983, Geology of the Trout Lake molybdenum deposit, British Columbia; CIM Bulletin, v. 76, no. 849, p. 115-124.Linnen, R.L., Williams-Jones, A.E., Leitch, C.H.B. and Macauley, T.N., 1995, Molybdenum mineralization in a fluorine-poor system: the Trout Lake stockwork deposit, southeastern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 771-780.
Canada	BC	Whiting Creek	Porphyry	Mo	53.75000	-127.20833	continental arc	Bulkley		granodiorite	Cretaceous	Late	82.4	81.4	U-Pb	Lepitre et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.06	0.067							31,600,000	Cann and Smit (1995)	Cann, R.M. and Smit, H., 1995, The Whiting Creek copper-molybdenum porphyry, west-central British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 458-466.Lepitre, M.E., Mortensen, J.K., Friedman, R.M. and Jordan, S.J., 1998, Geology and U-Pb geochronology of intrusive rocks associated with mineralization in the northern Tahtsa Lake District, west-central British Columbia; Geological Fieldwork 1997, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1998-1, p. 32.1-32.9.
Canada	BC	Willa (Aylwin Creek)	Porphyry	Cu-Au	49.88250	-117.36583	island arc		Alwyn Creek dike	quartz latite porphyry	Jurassic	Early		183	U-Pb	Murphy et al. (1995)	Jurassic	Early					0.44					6.36	1.89		5,200,000	Wong and Spence (1995)	Murphy, D.C., van der Heyden, P., Parrish, R.R., Klepacki, D.W., McMillan, W., Struik, L.C. and Gabites, J., 1995, New geochronological constraints on Jurassic deformation of the western edge of North America, southeastern Canadian Cordillera; in Miller, D.M., and Busby, C., eds., Jurassic magmatism and tectonics of the North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 299, p. 159-171.Wong, R.H. and Spence, C.D., 1995, Copper-gold mineralization in the Willa breccia pipe, southeastern British Columbia; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 401-409.
Canada	BC	Woodjam	Porphyry	Au	52.26667	-125.00000	continental arc			granodiorite	Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene				BC MINFILE	0.15						1.3		725,000	BC MINFILE	BC MINFILE http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/minfile.
Canada	NB	Woodstock (Lockhart)	Porphyry	Cu	46.12972	-67.51750	continental arc		Gibson stock	granodiorite-quartz diorite	Ordovician	Early	486	472	U-Pb	Whalen (1993)	Ordovician	Early					0.18								21,000,000	Venugopal (1981)	Venugopal, D.V., 1981, Geology of Hartland-Woodstock-Nortondale Region, map-areas H-19, H-20, I-20; New Brunswick Department of Mines and Natural Resources, Map Report 81-6. Whalen, J.B., 1993, Geology, petrography, and geochemistry of Appalachian granites in New Brunswick and Gaspésie, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 436, 124 p.
Canada	ON	Young-Davidson	Porphyry	Au	47.95000	-80.69000	island arc			syenite	Neoarchean					Lovell (1967)	Neoarchean												3.1		20,559,600	Appendix 1 (Canada)	Lovell, H.L., 1967, Geology of the Matachewan area; Ontario Department of Mines, Geological Report 51, 61 p.
Chile	Coquimbo	Andacollo	Porphyry	Cu	-30.23333	-71.10000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Andacollo porphyry		Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	97	89	Re-Os	Freydier et al. (1997)	0.46						0.15		312,000,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, Debt-free Aur persists with exploration; The Northern Miner, May 17 issue, p. 1.Freydier, C., Ruiz, J., Chesley, J., McCandless, T. and Munizaga, F., 1997, Re-Os isotope systematics of sulfides from felsic igneous rocks: application to base metal porphyry mineralization in Chile; Geology, v. 25, p. 775-778.Guzman, J., Collao, S. and Oyarzun, R., 2000, Andacollo copper-gold district, La Serena, Chile: preliminary data from the porphyry copper and possible relationships between Cu and Au mineralization; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 109, p. B121-B125.
Chile	Atacama	Cerro Casale	Porphyry	Au	-27.79139	-69.33334	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.85	13.95	Ar-Ar	Muntean and Einaudi (2001)	0.26						0.71		1,114,000,000	Muntean and Einaudi (2001)	Muntean, J. L. and Einaudi, M. T., 2001, Porphyry-epithermal transition: Maricunga Belt, northern Chile; Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 743-772.
Chile	Tarapaca	Cerro Colorado	Porphyry	Cu	-20.04500	-69.27666	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Eocene				Sillitoe and McKee (1996)??	1.02								204,000,000	Cumming (1999)	Cumming, J., 1999, Chile's SX-EW mines hit full stride; The Northern Miner, October 18 issue, p. B1.Sillitoe, R.H. and McKee, E.H., 1996, Age of supergene oxidation and enrichment in the Chilean porphyry copper province; Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 164-179.
Chile	Antofagasta	Chimborazo	Porphyry	Cu	-24.16667	-69.11667	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	46.5	37.5	K-Ar	Peterson et al. (1996)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.55								338,000,000	Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation (2000)	Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation, 2000, Chimborazo project, northern Chile; Executive Summary, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation, 1 p.Petersen, C. R., Rivera, S. L. and Peri, M. A., 1996, Chimborazo copper deposit, Region II, Chile: exploration and geology; in Camus, F. and Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Series, v. 5, p. 71-80.
Chile	Antofagasta	Chuquicamata	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-22.29167	-68.90833	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Chuqui porphyry complex		Tertiary	Oligocene	34.8	33.0	Ar-Ar	Ballard et al. (2001)	Tertiary	Oligocene	33.9	30.7	Ar-Ar	Reynolds et al. (1998)	0.56	0.024							10,837,000,000	Ambrus (1978)	Ambrus, J., 1978, Chilean Molybdenum Resources; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 59-84.Ballard, J. R., Palin, J. M., Williams, I. S., Campbell, I. H. and Faunes, A., 2001, Two ages of porphyry intrusion resolved for the super-giant Chuquicamata copper deposit of northern Chile by ELA-ICP-MS and SHRIMP; Geology, v. 29, p. 383-386.Reynolds, P., Ravenhurst, C., Zentilli, M. and Lindsay, D., 1998, High-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of two consecutive hydrothermal events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile"; Chemical Geology, v. 148, p. 45-60.
Chile	Tarapaca	Collahuasi	Porphyry	Cu	-21.01667	-68.43333	continental arc	unclassified granitoid rocks		porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	37.1	37.1	Re-Os	Ruiz and Mathur (1999)	0.79								3,486,654,000	Werniuk (1999)	Werniuk, J., 1999, Chilean high; Canadian Mining Journal, Volume Feb/Mar 1999, p. 20-37.Ruiz, J. and Mathur, R., 1999, Metallogenesis in continental margins: Re-Os evidence from porphyry copper deposits in Chile; in Lambert, D.D. and Ruiz, J., eds., Application of Radiogenic Isotopes to Ore Deposit Research and Exploration, Society of Economic Geologists, Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 12, p. 59-72.
Chile	Antofagasta	Copaquire	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-20.91000	-68.84500	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene	36.0	36.9	Ar-Ar	Clark et al. (1998)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.3	0.1							50,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - World Survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.Clark, A.H., Archibald, D.A., Lee, A.W., Farrar, E. and Hodgson, C.J., 1998, Laser probe 40Ar/39Ar ages of early- and late-stage alteration assemblages, Rosario porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Collahuasi district, I Region, Chile; Economic Geology, v. 93, p. 326-337.
Chile	Atacama	Damiana	Porphyry	Cu	-26.26667	-69.61667	continental arc				Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Miocene					0.56								169,000,000	Gustafson et al. (2001)	Gustafson, L. B., Orquera, W., McWilliams, M., Castro, M., Olivares, O., Rojas, G., Maluenda, J. and Mendez, M., 2001, Multiple centers of mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile; Economic Geology, Volume 96, p. 325-350.
Chile	Antofagasta	El Abra	Porphyry	Cu	-21.93333	-68.85000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	35.3	33.5	K-Ar	Quirt et al. (1971); Ambrus (1977)	0.54								798,000,000	Hickson (1996)	Hickson, R. A., 1996, El Abra; Mining Magazine, May issue, p. 290.Quirt, S., Clark, A. H., Farrar, E. and Sillitoe, R. H., 1971, Potassium-argon ages of porphyry copper deposits in northern and central Chile (Abstract); Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, p. 676-677.Ambrus, J., 1977, Geology of the El Abra porphyry copper deposit, Chile; Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 1062-1085.
Chile	Atacama	El Salvador	Porphyry	Cu	-26.25500	-69.57333	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	42.4	41.8	Re-Os	Watanabe et al. (1999)	0.54								838,000,000	Camus (1996)	Camus, F., 1996, Written communication to R.V. Kirkham. Watanabe, Y., Stein, H. J., Morgan, J. W. and Markey, R. J., 1999, Re-Os geochronology brackets timing and duration of mineralization for the El Salvador porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Chile; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. A-30.
Chile	O'higgins	El Teniente	Porphyry	Cu	-34.09167	-70.33833	continental arc	gabbro suite			Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene	5.79	4.73	U-Pb	Maksaev et al. (2002)	Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene	5.6	4.4	Re-Os	Maksaev et al. (2002)	1.3								2,850,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Maksaev, V., Munizaga, F., McWilliams, M.O., Fanning, M., Mathur, R., Ruiz, J. and Thiele, K., 2002, El Teniente porphyry copper deposit in the Chilean Andes; new geochronological timeframe and duration of hydrothermal activity; Geological Society of America,Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 336.
Chile	Antofagasta	El Tesoro	Porphyry	Cu	-22.91667	-69.06667	continental arc										Tertiary	Miocene				Munchmeyer (1996)	0.96								153,000,000	Heffernan (2000)	Heffernan, V., 2000, New projects ensure Chile's top-tier status; The Northern Miner, October 23 issue, p. B1.Munchmeyer, C., 1996, Exotic deposits - products of lateral migration of supergene solutions from porphyry copper deposits; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 5, p. 43-58.
Chile	Antofagasta	Esperanza	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-23.00000	-69.08334	continental arc																0.7						0.33		268,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Antofagasta's output rises; Mining Journal, August 3 issue, p. 81.
Chile	Antofagasta	Fortuna De Cobre	Porphyry	Cu	-23.41667	-69.50000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite															0.23								1,100,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Fortuna de Cobre Study; Mining Journal, May 15 issue, p. 382.Shrake, T. C., Ernst, D. R., Thurston, P. and Ashleman, J., 1997, Geology of the Lomas Bayas and Fortuna de Cobre porphyry Cu deposits, Chile; Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Feb 1997, Technical Program, p. 52.
Chile	Antofagasta	Gaby Sur	Porphyry	Cu	-23.61667	-69.00000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Camus and Dilles (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.54								400,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Codelco up on copper prices; Mining Journal, April 6 issue, p. 261.Camus, F. and Dilles, J. H., 2001, A special issue devoted to porphyry copper deposits of northern Chile - preface; Economic Geology, Volume 96, p. 233-237.
Chile	Antofagasta	La Escondida	Porphyry	Cu	-24.25000	-69.08334	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	38.6	38.6	Re-Os	Ruiz and Mathur (1999)	1.08								2,091,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, BHP rejigs Escondida numbers; Mining Journal, February 9 issue, p. 106.Ruiz, J. and Mathur, R., 1999, Metallogenesis in continental margins: Re-Os evidence from porphyry copper deposits in Chile; in Lambert, D.D. and Ruiz, J., eds., Application of Radiogenic Isotopes to Ore Deposit Research and Exploration, Society of Economic Geologists, Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 12, p. 59-72.
Chile	Atacama/Coquimbo	La Fortuna	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-28.63333	-69.88333	continental arc				Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	36.1	32.5	K-Ar	Perello et al. (1996)	0.61						0.56		410,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Noranda; The Northern Miner, October 29 issue, p. 1.Perello, J., Urzua, F., Cabello, J. and Ortiz, F., 1996, Clustered, gold-bearing Oligocene porphyry copper and associated epithermal mineralization at La Fortuna, Vallenar Region, northern Chile; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Series, v. 5, p. 81-90.
Chile	Atacama	Lobo	Porphyry	Au	-27.23000	-69.03333	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.3	12.5	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1991)							1.73		53,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Teck Adds to Chilean Holdings; The Northern Miner, August 12 issue, p. 1. Sillitoe, R. H., McKee, E. H. and Vila, T., 1991, Reconnaissance K-Ar geochronology of the Maricunga gold-silver belt, northern Chile; Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1261-1270.
Chile	Antofagasta	Lomas Bayas	Porphyry	Cu	-23.42861	-69.51139	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	San Cristobal batholith		Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene				Sillitoe and McKee (1996)??	0.35								479,000,000	Cabello (1999)	Cabello, J., 1999, Exploration discoveries in Chile: the last three decades; In PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, Edited by Weber, G., The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 207-210.Shrake, T.C., Thurston, P., Ernst, D.R. and Ashleman, J., 1996, Geology of Chile's Lomas Bayas porphyry copper deposit; Mining Engineering, March 1997, p. 37. Sillitoe, R.H. and McKee, E.H., 1996, Age of supergene oxidation and enrichment in the Chilean porphyry copper province; Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 164-179.
Chile	Coquimbo	Los Pelambres	Porphyry	Cu	-31.70500	-70.49500	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	10.5	9.7	K-Ar	Quirt et al. (1971)	0.76	0.018							1,699,000,000	Atkinson et al. (1996)	Atkinson, W.W., Souviron, A., Vehrs, T.I., Faunes, A., 1996, Geology and mineral zoning of the Los Pelambres porphyry copper deposit, Chile; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 5, p. 135-155.Quirt, S., Clark, A. H., Farrar, E. and Sillitoe, R.H., 1971, Potassium-argon ages of porphyry copper deposits in northern and central Chile (Abstract); Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, p. 676-677.
Chile	Antofagasta	Mansa Mina	Porphyry	Cu	-22.38333	-68.91666	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	34.8	31.7	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1996)	0.92								530,000,000	Camus (1996)	Camus, F., 1996, Written communication to R.V. Kirkham.Sillitoe, R. H., Marquardt, J. C., Ramirez, F., Becerra, H. and Gomez, M., 1996, Geology of the concealed MM porphyry copper deposit, Chucuicamata district, northern Chile; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Series, v. 5, p. 59-69.
Chile	Atacama	Marte	Porphyry	Au	-27.17194	-69.02000	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.7	12.9	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1991)??							1.63		26,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Teck Adds to Chilean Holdings; The Northern Miner, August 12 issue, p. 1.Sillitoe, R. H., McKee, E. H. and Vila, T., 1991, Reconnaissance K-Ar geochronology of the Maricunga gold-silver belt, northern Chile; Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1261-1270.
Chile	Antofagasta	Mina Sur (Exotica)	Porphyry	Cu	-22.32500	-68.90000	continental arc				Tertiary	Oligocene	34.8	33.0	Ar-Ar	Ballard et al. (2001)	Tertiary	Miocene				Ossandon et al. (2001)	1.19								430,000,000	Ossandon et al. (2001)	Ossandon, G.C., Freraut, R.C., Gustafson, L.B., Lindsay, D.D. and Zentilli, M., 2001, Geology of the Chuquicamata mine: a progress report; Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 249-270.Ballard, J. R., Palin, J. M., Williams, I. S., Campbell, I. H. and Faunes, A., 2001, Two ages of porphyry intrusion resolved for the super-giant Chuquicamata copper deposit of northern Chile by ELA-ICP-MS and SHRIMP; Geology, v. 29, p. 383-386.
Chile	Tarapaca	Mocha	Porphyry	Cu	-19.75000	-69.58334	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	60.6	55.5	K-Ar	Quirt et al. (1971)	0.47								225,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Centurion plans merger with Royal Silver; The Northern Miner, December 1 issue, p. 3.Quirt, S., Clark, A. H., Farrar, E. and Sillitoe, R. H., 1971, Potassium-argon ages of porphyry copper deposits in northern and central Chile (Abstract); Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, p. 676-677.
Chile	Antofagasta	Polo Sur	Porphyry	Cu	-23.19667	-69.31834	continental arc																0.68								70,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Cambiex exploring Polo Sur property in northern Chile; The Northern Miner, January 30 issue, p. 11.
Chile	Atacama	Potrerillos	Porphyry	Cu	-26.50000	-69.40000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Cobre Porphyry		Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	35.68	35.61	Ar-Ar	Marsh et al. (1997)	1.1								170,000,000	Marsh et al. (1997)	Marsh, T. M., Einaudi, M. T. and McWilliams, M., 1997, 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Cu-Au and Au-Ag mineralization in the Potrerillos district, Chile; Economic Geology, v. 92, p. 784-806.
Chile	Tarapaca	Quebrada Blanca	Porphyry	Cu	-21.00000	-68.81667	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	35.2	34.8	Ar-Ar	Maksaev and Zentilli (1988)	0.95								836,000,000	Cabello (1999)	Cabello, J., 1999, Exploration discoveries in Chile: the last three decades; In PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, Edited by Weber, G., The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 207-210.Maksaev, V. and Zentilli, M., 1988, Marco metalogenico regional de los megadepositos de tipo porfido cuprifero del Norte Grande de Chile; in Corvalan, D. J. and Charrier, R., eds., Abstracts of the 5th Chilean Geological Congress, Santiago, Chile, Departamento de Geologia, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile, Tomo 1, p. B181-B212.
Chile	Antofagasta	Radomiro Tomic	Porphyry	Cu	-22.25000	-68.89667	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	33.0	31.5	Ar-Ar	Cuadra et al. (1997)	0.61								968,000,000	Cuadra and Camus (1998)	Cuadra, P. and Camus, F., 1998, The Radomiro Tomic porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 99-109.Cuadra, P., Zentilli, M., Puig, A. and Tidy, E., 1997, Dataciones radiometricas recientes en Radomiro Tomic; in 8th Chilean Geologic Congress: Abstracts, Universidad del Norte Chile, Departamento de Geociencias, Facultad de Ciencias. Antofagasta, Chile, 3, p. 916-919.
Chile	Atacama	Refugio	Porphyry	Au	-27.38333	-69.26667	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Miocene	23.28	23.16	Ar-Ar	Muntean and Einaudi (2001)							0.88		216,000,000	Cabello (1999)	Cabello, J., 1999, Exploration discoveries in Chile: the last three decades; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, no. 4/99, p. 207-210.Muntean, J. L. and Einaudi, M. T., 2001, Porphyry-epithermal transition: Maricunga Belt, northern Chile; Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 743-772.
Chile	Santiago	Rio Blanco-Los Bronces	Porphyry	Cu	-33.15000	-70.26667	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	5.7	4.9	K-Ar	Warnaars et al. (1985); Serrano et al. (1996)	0.81								1,322,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Serrano, L., Vargas, R., Stambuk, V., Aguilar, C., Galeb, M., Holmgren, C., Contreras, A., Godoy, S., Vela, I., Skewes, M. A. and Stern, C. R., 1996, The Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Rio Blanco - Los Bronces copper deposit, central Chilean Andes; in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Series, v. 5, p. 119-129.Warnaars, F. W., Holmgren, C. D. and Barassi, S. F., 1985, Porphyry copper and tourmaline breccias at Los Bronces-Rio Blanco, Chile; Economic Geology, v. 80, p. 1544-1565.
Chile	Atacama	San Antonio	Porphyry	Cu	-26.26667	-69.56667	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene	38.3	37.1	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1981)	Tertiary	Eocene	34.6	33.6	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1981)							0.249		193,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Ministerio de Energia y Minas de Peru - Poster Presentation - January 24, Cordilleran Roundup, Vancouver, B.C., Canada;Abstracts, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, 68 p.Williams, S. A. and Forrester, J. D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.Sillitoe, R.H., 1981, Regional aspects of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Chile and Argentina; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 90, p. 15-36.
Chile	Antofagasta	Santa Catalina	Porphyry	Cu	-22.65000	-69.16666	continental arc																0.7								109,000,000	Cabello (1999)	Cabello, J., 1999, Exploration discoveries in Chile: the last three decades; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, no. 4/99, p. 207-210.
Chile	Antofagasta	Sierra Gorda	Porphyry	Cu	-22.83333	-69.33334	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene				Sillitoe and McKee (1996)??	1	0.09							18,000,000	Anonymous (1971)	Anonymous, 1971, Open pit indicated at Sierra Gorda; The Northern Miner, May 13 issue, p. 17.Sillitoe, R.H. and McKee, E.H., 1996, Age of supergene oxidation and enrichment in the Chilean porphyry copper province; Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 164-179.
Chile	Antofagasta	Spence	Porphyry	Cu	-22.78333	-69.25000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Eocene	37.00	31.86	Ar-Ar	Rowland and Clark (2001)	1								400,000,000	Anonymous (2000)	Anonymous, 2000, Antamina overshadows progress at Spence; The Northern Miner, April 10 issue, p. B5.Rowland, M. G. and Clark, A. H., 2001, Temporal overlap of supergene alteration and high-sulfidation mineralization in the Spence porphyry copper deposit, II Region, Chile; in Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A358.
Chile	Antofagasta	Toki	Porphyry	Cu	-24.00000	-69.00000	continental arc																0.5								400,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Codelco's investments; Mining Journal, July 13 issue, p. 19.
Chile	Valparaiso	Vizcachitas	Porphyry	Cu	-32.38334	-70.45000	continental arc																0.42	0.014							1,141,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, General Minerals Corporation, Annual Report.
Chile	Antofagasta	Zaldivar	Porphyry	Cu	-24.25000	-69.08000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	40.0	37.4	U-Pb	Richards et al. (1999)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.76								376,000,000	Robertson (2000)	Robertson, R., 2000, Zaldivar boosts Placer's performance; The Northern Miner, November 6 issue, p. 1.Richards, J.P., Noble, S.R. and Pringle, M.S., 1999, A revised Late Eocene age for porphyry Cu magmatism in the Escondida area, northern Chile; Economic Geology, v. 94, p. 1231-1248.
China	Jiangxi	Chengmenshan	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	29.60000	115.81667	continental arc										Cretaceous	Early	144	139	Re-Os	Wu and Zhou (1997)	0.76	0.047					0.25		227,000,000	Singer et al. (2002	Wu, L. and Zhou, X., 1997, Re-Os isotopic age study of the Chengmenshan copper deposit, Jiandxi province (in Chinese with English abstract); Mineral Deposits, v. 16, p. 376-381.Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I. and Moring, B.C., 2002, Porphyry copper deposits of the world: database, maps and preliminary analysis; U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 02-268.
China	Jiangxi	Dexing	Porphyry	Cu	29.01667	117.58330	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Jurassic	Middle	174	168	U-Pb	Lu et al. (2005)	Jurassic	Middle	172.2	168.6	Re-Os	Lu et al. (2005)	0.43	0.017				1.9	0.16		1,500,000,000	Chen and Li (1990)	Chen, C. and Li, G., 1990, Dexing Copper Mine; Mining Magazine, April issue, p. 287. Yan, M.Z. and Hu, K., 1980, Geological characteristics of the Dexing porphyry copper deposits, Jiangxi, China; Mining Geology Special Issue, v. 8, p. 197-204.Lu, J., Hua, R. and Yao, C., 2005, Re-Os age for molybdenite from the Dexing porphyry Cu-Au deposit ofJiangxi Province, China; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, issue 10, supplement 1, p. 882.
China	Heilongjiang	Duobaoshan	Porphyry	Cu	50.25000	125.78330	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite									Cambrian		520	492.0	Re-Os	Zhao et al. (1997)	0.47						0.16		650,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Juniors plan exploration programs to test grass roots; The Northern Miner, March 10 issue, p. 1.Liu, C., Mu, Z., Liu, R. and Huang, B., 1995, 40Ar/39Ar laser microprobe dating on hydrothermal minerals from Duobaoshan porphyry copper mining district, Heilongjiang Province, China; Scientia Geologica Sinica, v. 30, p. 329-337. Zhao, Y., Bi, C., Zou, X., Sun, Y., Du, A. and Zhao, Y., 1997, The Re-Os isotopic age of molybdenite from Duobaoshan and Tongshan porphyry copper (molybdenum) deposits (in Chinese), Acta Geoscientia Sinica, v. 18, p. 61-67.
China	Yunnan	Hongshan	Porphyry	Cu	28.16667	100.08330																	1.01					9			30,000,000	Tyrwhitt (1996)	Tyrwhitt, D., 1996, Porphyry copper-gold deposits of the IndoChina region; in Porphyry Related Copper and Gold Deposits of the Asia Pacific Region, Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 1-4.
China	Shaanxi	Jinduicheng	Porphyry	Mo	34.33333	109.95000	continental arc	granite suite			Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	138.9	137.9	Re-Os	Stein et al. (1997)	0.03	0.1							1,000,000,000	Wallace (1991)	Wallace, S.R., 1991, Model development: porphyry molybdenum deposits; in Hutchinson, R.W. and Grauch, R.I., eds., Historical Perspectives of Genetic Concepts and Case Histories of Famous Discoveries; Society of Economic Geologists, Monograph 8, p. 207-224.Stein, H.J., Markey, R.J., Morgan, J.W., Du, A. and Sun, Y., 1997, Highly precise and accurate Re-Os ages for molybdenite from the East Qinling molybdenum belt, Shaanxi Province, China; Economic Geology, v. 92, p. 827-835.
China	Jiangxi	Juiqu	Porphyry	Cu-Au	29.00000	117.50000																	0.53					7.2	0.61		135,000,000	Cumming (1998)	Cumming, J., 1998, McVicar Minerals sets sights on Chinese potential; The Northern Miner, September 28 issue, p. B7.
China	Yunnan	Machangqing	Porphyry	Cu	26.00000	100.00000		syenite suite	Machangqing alkali-porphyry	porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene	35.2	34.8	U-Pb	Peng et al. (1998)	Tertiary	Eocene	37.4	34.2	Re-Os	Hou et al. (2006)	0.45	0.08							56,000,000	Hou et al. (2006)	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A. and Fu, D., 2006, Himalayan Cu-Mo-Au mineralization in the eastern Indo-Asian collision zone: constraints from Re-Os dating of molybdenite; Mineralium Deposita, v. 41, p. 33-45. Peng, Z., Watanabe, M., Hoshino, K., Sueoka, S., Yano, T. and Nishido, H., 1998, The Machangqing copper-molybdenum deposit, Yunnan, China - an example of Himalayan porphyry-hosted Cu-Mo mineralization; Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 63, p. 95-117.Wang, D., Chen, Y., Xu, J., Yang, J., Xue, C. and Yan, S., 2000, Cenozoic mineralization in China, as a key to past mineralization and a clue to future prospecting; Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 74, p. 478-484.
China	Shanxi	Tongkuangyu	Porphyry	Cu	35.30000	111.60000		gabbro-diorite suite			Paleoproterozoic		2197	2168	U-Pb	Zhang et al. (1993)	Paleoproterozoic						0.67								380,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1988, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham.Zhang, H., Pei, R. and Wu, L., 1993, Evolution of the porphyry copper deposits from Proterozoic to Cenozoic Era in China; Resource Geology Special Issue, v. 15, p. 55-65.
China	Heilongjiang	Tuanjiegou	Porphyry	Au	48.28333	130.25000	continental arc	granite suite			Cretaceous	Early	113	97	K-Ar	Li et al. (1983)	Cretaceous	Early											6		20,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Juniors plan exploration programs to test grass roots; The Northern Miner, March 10 issue, p. 1.Li, Z., Mu, R., Xu, Q. and Wei, Y., 1983, Geologic setting and features of gold deposits in Hegang area, Heilongjiang Province (in Chinese); Internal Research Report No. 0060, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 97 p.
China	Xinjiang	Tuwu	Porphyry	Cu	42.25000	91.65000					Carboniferous	Late					Carboniferous	Late	325.2	320.2	Re-Os	Du et al. (2001)	0.8								937,500,000	Yang (2001)	Yang, K., 2001, Personal Communication to R.V. Kirkham.Du, A., Wang, S., Sun, D., Zhao, D. and Liu, D., 2001, Precise Re-Os dating of molybdenite using Carius tube, NTIMS and ICPMS; in Piestrzynski, Swets and Zeitlinger, eds., Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Lisse, p. 405-407.
China	Sichuan	Xifanping	Porphyry	Cu-Au	27.50000	101.50000		quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	33.7	30.5	Re-Os	Hou et al. (2006)	0.28						0.31		64,000,000	Hou et al. (2006)	Yang, K., 2000, Personal Communication to R.V. Kirkham.Wang, D., Chen, Y., Xu, J., Yang, J., Xue, C. and Yan, S., 2000, Cenozoic mineralization in China, as a key to past mineralization and a clue to future prospecting; Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 74, p. 478-484.Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A. and Fu, D., 2006, Himalayan Cu-Mo-Au mineralization in the eastern Indo-Asian collision zone: constraints from Re-Os dating of molybdenite; Mineralium Deposita, v. 41, p. 33-45.
China	Fujian	Xingluokeng	Porphyry	W-Mo	26.15000	116.78330	continental arc				Cretaceous	Early	155	126	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Liu (1982)	Cretaceous	Early						0.024	0.18						78,000,000	Liu (1982)	Liu, W., 1982, Geological features of mineralization of the Xingluokeng tungsten (molybdenum) deposit, Fujian Province; in Hepworth, J.V. and Hong Zhang, Y., eds., Tungsten Geology, Jiangxi China, Symposium Proceedings (Oct 12 - 22, 1981), United Nations ESCAP/RMRDC and Ministry of Geology, People's Republic of China, ESCAP/RMRDC (Bandung, Indonesia) and Geological Publishing House (Bejing, China), p. 339-348.
China	Yunnan	Xue Ji Ping	Porphyry	Cu	28.08333	100.00000		granodiorite-tonalite suite															0.5					1.4			60,000,000	Tyrwhitt (1996)	Tyrwhitt, D., 1996, Porphyry copper-gold deposits of the IndoChina region; in Porphyry Related Copper and Gold Deposits of the Asia Pacific Region, Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 1-4.
China	Guangdong	Yinyan	Porphyry	Sn	22.28333	111.33330	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	83	80	K-Ar	Guan et al. (1988)	Cretaceous	Late								0.5					20,000,000	Mao et al. (1995)	Mao, J., Chen, Y., Bi, C. and Li, H., 1995, Geology of tin deposits in China; Scientia Geologica Sinica, v. 4, no. 2, p. 121-177.Guan, X., Shou, Y., Xiao, J., Liang, S. and Li, J., 1988, A new type of tin deposit - the Yinyan porphyry tin deposit; in Hutchison, C.S., ed., Geology of Tin Deposits in Asia and the Pacific, Springer-Verlag, p. 487-494.
China	Tibet (Xizang)	Yulong	Porphyry	Cu	31.35611	98.57056	continental arc	granite suite			Tertiary	Eocene	48.2	37.5	K-Ar	Zhou (1980)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.94								700,000,000	Tse (1997)	Tse, P.-K., 1997, Chinese Opportunities; Mining Journal; Advertisement Supplement, September 12 issue, p. 71.Zhou, Y., 1980, On the control factors and genesis of porphyry copper deposits in Yulong metallogenic belt; Geological Review (in Chinese: Ti Chih Lun Ping), v. 26, p. 357-361.
Colombia	Choco	Acandi	Porphyry	Cu	8.50000	-77.28333	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	48.2	48.0	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1982)	0.77								625,000,000	Anonymous (1979)	Anonymous, 1979, Copper at Acandi; Mining Journal, February 2 issue, p. 87.Sillitoe, R. H., Jaramillo, L., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Escovar, R., 1982, Setting, characteristics, and age of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Columbia; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1837-1850.
Colombia	Antioquia	Antioquia	Porphyry	Cu	6.70000	-76.50000					Tertiary	Eocene	56.0	53.4	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1982)	Tertiary	Eocene					1	0.01							600,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.Sillitoe, R.H., Jaramillo, L., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Escovar, R., 1982, Setting, characteristics, and age of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Columbia; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1837-1850.
Colombia	Putumayo	Mocoa	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	1.24167	-76.66666	continental arc				Jurassic	Early					Jurassic		202	162	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1982)	0.37	0.061							283,000,000	Ingeominas (1987)	Ingeominas, 1987, Recursos Minerales de Columbia; Instituto Nacional de Investgaciones Geologico-Mineras, 2ED, Bogota, 1119 p.Sillitoe, R. H., Jaramillo, L., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Escovar, R., 1982, Setting, characteristics, and age of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Columbia; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1837-1850.
Colombia	Antioquia	Pegadorcito	Porphyry	Cu	6.96667	-76.61667	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	43.6	41.8	K-Ar	Sillitoe et al. (1982)	0.75								635,000,000	Ingeominas (1987)	Ingeominas, 1987, Recursos Minerales de Columbia; Instituto Nacional de Investgaciones Geologico-Mineras, 2ED, Bogota, 1119 p.Sillitoe, R. H., Jaramillo, L., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Escovar, R., 1982, Setting, characteristics, and age of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Columbia; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1837-1850.
Costa Rica		Nari	Porphyry	Cu	9.28333	-83.50000	island arc				Tertiary					Nelson (1995)	Tertiary						0.3								5,000,000	Nelson (1995)	Nelson, C. E., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of southern Central America; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 553-565.
Cuba	Santa Clara	Arimao	Porphyry	Cu	22.00000	-80.00000	island arc																0.31								60,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Joutel finances more Cuban work; The Northern Miner, November 25 issue, p. 20.
Ecuador	Azuay	Chaucha	Porphyry	Cu	-2.93333	-79.41666	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene	10.39	9.81	K-Ar	Goossens and Hollister (1973)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.4	0.03							400,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - World Survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.Goossens, P.J. and Hollister, V.F., 1973, Structural control and hydrothermal alteration pattern of Chaucha porphyry copper, Ecuador; Mineralium Deposita, v. 8, p. 321-331.
Ecuador	Azuay	Fierro Urco	Porphyry	Cu	-3.68889	-79.33889	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Goossens and Hollister (1973)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.56								95,000,000	Anonymous (1992)	Anonymous, 1992, Armeno: new project in Ecuador; Mining Journal, August 14 issue, p. 112.Goossens, P.J. and Hollister, V.F., 1973, Structural control and hydrothermal alteration pattern of Chaucha porphyry copper, Ecuador; Mineralium Deposita, v 8, p. 321-331.
Ecuador	Azuay	Gaby	Porphyry	Au	-3.05000	-79.68333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene				Gendall et al. (2000)							0.73		165,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Ecuadorian consolidates Gaby holdings; The Northern Miner, May 11 issue, p. 20.Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P. and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Ecuador; SEG Newsletter, no. 43, p. 1, 8-15.
Ecuador		Junin	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	0.28333	-78.56667	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene				Gendall et al. (2000)	0.71	0.026							319,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Majors back in Ecuador; The Northern Miner, November 5 issue, p. 5. Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P. and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Ecuador; SEG Newsletter, no. 43, p. 1, 8-15.
Ecuador	Zamora-Chinchipe	Mirador	Porphyry	Cu	-3.57806	-78.43555	continental arc	granite/tonalite-gabbro suite			Jurassic	Late					Jurassic	Late				Gendall et al. (2000)	0.75								200,000,000	Corriente Resources Inc. (2001)	Corriente Resources Inc., 2001, Corriente Copper Belt; Executive Summary, January 2001. Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P. and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Ecuador; SEG Newsletter, no. 43, p. 1, 8-15.
Ecuador	Morona Santiago	Panantza	Porphyry	Cu	-3.15417	-78.44945	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Jurassic	Late					Jurassic	Late				Gendall et al. (2000)	0.82						0.1		148,000,000	Corriente Resources Inc. (2002)	Corriente Resources Inc., 2002, Panantza copper deposit, Ecuador"; In Cordilleran Roundup, Vancouver, January 21-25, 2002, Abstracts, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, p. 52-53.Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P. and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Ecuador; SEG Newsletter, no. 43, p. 1, 8-15.
Ecuador	Morona Santiago	San Carlos	Porphyry	Cu	-3.18861	-78.41972	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Zamora Batholith		Jurassic	Late					Jurassic	Late	162	149	K-Ar	Gendall et al. (2000)	0.85								230,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Corriente tables new resources; The Northern Miner, July 2 issue, p. 3.Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P. and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Ecuador; SEG Newsletter, no. 43, p. 1, 8-15.
Fiji	Viti Levu	Namosi	Porphyry	Cu	-18.01667	178.16670	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	6.6	5.6	K-Ar	Gill and McDougall (1973)	0.43	0.005					0.14		930,000,000	Colley and Flint (1995)	Colley, H. and Flint, D. J., 1995, Metallic mineral deposits of Fiji; Government of Fiji, Memoir 4, p. 123-141.Gill, J. B. and McDougall, I., 1973, Age of Miocene-Pliocene boundary from Fijian rock dating, Nature, v. 241, p. 176-180.
Fiji		Wainabama	Porphyry	Cu	-18.01667	178.16670	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene				Colley and Flint (1995)	Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene					0.53						0.32		23,000,000	Nagata (1999)	Nagata, I., 1999, Fiji; Mining Journal; Supplement, October 8 issue, p. 148.Colley, H. and Flint, D.J., 1995, Metallic mineral deposits of Fiji; Government of Fiji, Memoir 4, p. 123-141.
Fiji		Waivaka	Porphyry	Cu	-18.01694	178.16690	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene				Colley and Flint (1995)	Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene					0.75								10,000,000	Colley and Flint (1995)	Colley, H. and Flint, D.J., 1995, Metallic mineral deposits of Fiji; Government of Fiji, Memoir 4, p. 123-141.
Finland		Kopsa	Porphyry	Cu-Au	63.58333	25.41667					Paleoproterozoic					Nurmi et al. (1984)	Paleoproterozoic						0.18					4	0.57		25,000,000	Nurmi et al. (1984)	Nurmi, P. A., Front, K., Lampio, E. and Nironen, M., 1984, Summary: Svecokarelian porphyry-type molybdenum and copper occurrences in southern Finland: their granitoid host rocks and lithogeochemical exploration; Report of Investigation, Geological Survey of Finland, Publication code 67, 88 p.
Finland	Hameen	Ylojarvi	Porphyry	Cu	61.60000	24.00000		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Paleoproterozoic		1880	1800	U-Pb	Himmi et al. (1979)	Paleoproterozoic		1890	1850	U-Pb	Himmi et al. (1979)	0.7		0.01			12.5	0.068		4,000,000	Nurmi et al. (1984)	Nurmi, P. A., Front, K., Lampio, E. and Nironen, M., 1984, Summary: Svecokarelian porphyry-type molybdenum and copper occurrences in southern Finland: their granitoid host rocks and lithogeochemical exploration; Report of Investigation, Geological Survey of Finland, Publication code 67, 88 p.Himmi, R., Huhma, M. and Hakli, T.A., 1979, Mineralogy and metal distribution in the copper-tungsten deposit at Ylojarvi, southwest Finland; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 1183-1197.
Germany	Rhineland Palatinate	Altenberg	Porphyry	Sn	50.75000	13.76667	continental arc	granite suite			Carboniferous	Late	309	307	Ar-Ar	Seltmann and Schilka (1995)	Carboniferous	Late								0.3					60,000,000	Altenberg mine staff (1993)	Altenberg mine staff, 1993, personal communication.Seltmann, R. and Schilka, W., 1995, Late-Variscan crustal evolution in the Altenberg-Teplice caldera: evidence from new geochemical and geochronological data; Terra Nostra, v. 7, p. 120-124.
Greece	Chalkidiki Peninsula	Skouries	Porphyry	Cu-Au	40.46667	23.66667	continental arc	syenite suite			Tertiary	Miocene	20	18	U-Pb	Frei (1995)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.37						0.47		500,000,000	Tobey et al. (1998)	Tobey, E., Schneider, A., Alegria, A., Olcay, L., Perantonis, G. and Quiroga, J., 1998, Skouries porphyry copper-gold deposit Chalkidiki, Greece: setting, mineralization and resources; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 159-168.Frei, R., 1995, Evolution of mineralizing fluid in the porphyry copper system of the Skouries deposit, northeast Chalkidiki (Greece): evidence from combined Pb-Sr and stable isotope data; Economic Geology, v. 90, p. 746-762.
Greece	Krousia Mountains	Vathi	Porphyry	Cu	41.14444	22.97222	continental arc				Tertiary						Tertiary														70,000,000	Jankovic et al. (1980)	Jankovic, S., Petkovic, M., Tomson, I. N. and Kravcov, V., 1980, Porphyry copper deposits in the Serbo-Macedonian Province, southeastern Europe; in Jankovic, S. and Sillitoe, R.H., eds., European Copper Deposits, Proceedings of International Symposium, Bor, Yugoslavia, September 1979, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), Special Publication 1, p. 96-102
Guyana	Upper Demerara Berbic	Omai	Porphyry	Au	5.46667	-58.75000		quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Omai stock		Paleoproterozoic	Early					Paleoproterozoic	Early	1,970	1,970	Sm-Nd	Voicu et al. (1997)							1.39		56,800,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Sharpe, Freewest drill Wisconsin play; The Northern Miner, January 2 issue, p. 1.Voicu, G., Bardoux, M., Harnois, L. and Crepeau, R., 1997, Lithological and geochemical features of igneous and sedimentary rocks at the Omai gold mine, Guyana, South America; Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 6, p. 153-170.
Haiti		Blondin	Porphyry	Cu	19.55000	-71.78333	island arc				Cretaceous	Late				Amarante and Lewis (1995)	Cretaceous	Late					0.4								230,000,000	Harris (1999)	Harris, J.M., 1999, Haiti; Mining Journal; Supplement, September 3 issue, p. 129. Amarante, J.F. and Lewis, J.F., 1995, Geological setting and characteristics of base and precious metal mineralization in the Cordillera Central of the western Dominican Republic and Massif du Nord, Haiti;Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,v. 27, no.6, p. 240.
Haiti		Douvray	Porphyry	Cu	19.55000	-71.78333	island arc				Cretaceous	Late				Amarante and Lewis (1995)	Cretaceous	Late					0.4								230,000,000	Harris (1999)	Harris, J.M., 1999, Haiti; Mining Journal; Supplement, September 3 issue, p. 129. Amarante, J.F. and Lewis, J.F., 1995, Geological setting and characteristics of base and precious metal mineralization in the Cordillera Central of the western Dominican Republic and Massif du Nord, Haiti;Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,v. 27, no.6, p. 240.
Hungary	Heves	Recsk	Porphyry	Cu	47.93000	20.12111	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Eocene-Oligocene					Tertiary	Eocene-Oligocene	40.6	30.8	K-Ar	Kisvarsanyi (1998)	0.8								921,000,000	Kisvarsanyi (1988)	Kisvarsanyi, G., 1988, Vertical and horizontal zoning of ores in the porphyry copper system of Recsk, Hungary; in Kisvarsanyi, G. and Grant, S.K., eds., North American Conference on Tectonic Control of Ore Deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems, Proceedings Volume, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, p. 174-179.
Hungary	Borzsony Mountains	Rozsa-banya	Porphyry	Cu	47.91667	18.91667	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Drew et al. (1999)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.1								100,000,000	Drew et al. (1999)	Drew, L.J., Berger, B.R., Bawiec, W.J., Sutphin, D.M., Csirik, G., Korpas, L., Veto-Akos, E., Kis, J. and Odor, L., 1999, Mineral-resource assessment of the Matra and Borzsony-Visegrad Mountains, north Hungary; Geologica Hungarica Series Geologica, v. 24, p. 79-96.
India	Madhya Pradesh	Malanjkhand	Porphyry	Cu	22.01667	80.70834		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Paleoproterozoic	Early	2498	2482	Re-Os	Stein et al. (2004)	Paleoproterozoic	Early	2498	2482	Re-Os	Stein et al. (2004)	0.83	0.004				0.2	0.006		716,000,000	Sikka et al. (1991)	Sikka, D.B., Petruk, W., Nehru, C.E. and Zhang, Z., 1991, Geochemistry of secondary copper minerals from Proterozoic porphyry copper deposit, Malanjkhand, India; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 6, p. 257-290.Stein, H.J., Hannah, J.L., Zimmerman, A., Markey, R.J., Sarkar, S.C. and Pal, A.B., 2004, A 2.5 Ga porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit at Malanjkhand, central India; implications for Late Archean continental assembly; Precambrian Research, v. 134, p. 189-226.
Indonesia	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Batu Hijau	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-8.96528	116.87250	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	3.81	3.65	Ar-Ar	Garwin (2002)	0.525						0.403		914,000,000	Clodeet al. (1999)	Clode, C., Proffett, J., Mitchell, P. and Munajat, I., 1999, Relationships of intrusion, wall-rock alteration and mineralisation in the Batu Hijau copper-gold porphyry deposit; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 485-498. Garwin, S., 2002, The geologic setting of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems near the Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia; in Goldfarb, R. and Nielsen, R., eds., Integrated Methods for Discovery, The Society of Economic Geologists, Reviews in Economic Geology, Special Publication, v. 9, p 333-366.
Indonesia	Sulawesi Tengah	Bulagidun	Porphyry	Cu-Au	0.96667	121.76670	island arc	granite/tonalite-gabbro suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	9.18	8.30	K-Ar	Lubis et al. (1994)	0.7						0.7		15,000,000	Carllile and Mitchell (1994)	Carlile, J. C. and Mitchell, A. H. G., 1994, Magmatic arcs and associated gold and copper mineralization in Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 50, p. 91-142.Lubis, H., Prihatmoko, S. and James, L.P., 1994, Bulagidun prospect: a copper, gold and tourmaline bearing porphyry and breccia system in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 50, p. 257-278.
Indonesia	Irian Jaya	Ertsberg	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-4.08556	137.14167	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Ertsberg intrusion		Tertiary	Pliocene	3.34	2.53	K-Ar	McDowell et al. (1996)	Tertiary	Pliocene	2.90	2.86	Re-Os	Mathur et al. (2005)	1						1		100,000,000	Mathur et al. (2005)	Mathur, R., Titley, S., Ruiz, J., Gibbins, S. and Friehauf, K., 2005, A Re-Os isotope study of sedimentary rocks and copper-gold ores from the Ertsberg District, West Papua, Indonesia; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 26, p. 207-226. McDowell, F.W., McMahon, T.P., Warren, P.Q. and Cloos, M., 1996, Pliocene Cu-Au bearing igneous intrusions of the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: K-Ar geochronology; Journal of Geology, v. 104, p. 327-340.
Indonesia	Irian Jaya	Grasberg	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-4.07333	137.10000	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Grasberg intrusion		Tertiary	Pliocene	3.55	2.43	K-Ar	McDowell et al. (1996)	Tertiary	Pliocene	2.56	2.52	Re-Os	Mathur et al. (2005)	1.1					3.2	1.2		1,756,999,936	Rubin and Kyle (1997)	Rubin, J.N. and Kyle, J.R., 1997, Precious metal mineralogy in porphyry-, skarn-, and replacement-type ore deposits of the Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia; Economic Geology, v. 92, p. 535-550.Mathur, R., Titley, S., Ruiz, J., Gibbins, S. and Friehauf, K., 2005, A Re-Os isotope study of sedimentary rocks and copper-gold ores from the Ertsberg District, West Papua, Indonesia; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 26, p. 207-226.McDowell, F.W., McMahon, T.P., Warren, P.Q. and Cloos, M., 1996, Pliocene Cu-Au bearing igneous intrusions of the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: K-Ar geochronology; Journal of Geology, v. 104, p. 327-340.
Indonesia	Pulau Bacan	Kaputusan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-0.43333	127.16670	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene				Carllile and Mitchell (1994)	Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene					0.3						0.22		70,000,000	Carllile and Mitchell (1994)	Carlile, J. C. and Mitchell, A. H. G., 1994, Magmatic arcs and associated gold and copper mineralization in Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 50, p. 91-142.
Indonesia	Sulawesi Utara	Malala	Porphyry	Mo	0.63333	120.51670	island arc	granite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene	4.26	4.24	K-Ar	van Leeuwen et al. (1994)	Tertiary	Pliocene						0.084							100,000,000	van Leeuwen (1994)	van Leeuwen, T.M., 1994, 25 years of mineral exploration and discovery in Indonesia"; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 50, p. 13-90.van Leeuwen, T. M., Taylor, R., Coote, A. and Longstaffe, F. J., 1994, Porphyry molybdenum mineralization in a continental collision setting at Malala, northwest Sulawesi, Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 50, p. 279-316.
Indonesia	Aceh	Tangse	Porphyry	Cu	5.00000	95.83334	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	9.16	8.86	K-Ar	van Leeuwen et al. (1994)	0.15								600,000,000	van Leeuwen (1994)	van Leeuwen, T.M., 1994, 25 years of mineral exploration and discovery in Indonesia"; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 50, p. 13-90.van Leeuwen, T. M., Taylor, R., Coote, A. and Longstaffe, F. J., 1994, Porphyry molybdenum mineralization in a continental collision setting at Malala, northwest Sulawesi, Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 50, p. 279-316.
Indonesia	Sulawesi Tengah	Tapadaa	Porphyry	Cu	0.55000	123.20000	island arc				Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	5.1	2.6	K-Ar	Lowder and Dow (1978)	0.54						0.07		43,000,000	Carllile and Mitchell (1994)	Carlile, J.C. and Mitchell, A.H.G., 1994, Magmatic arcs and associated gold and copper mineralization in Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 50, p. 91-142.Lowder, G. G. and Dow, J.A S., 1978, Geology and exploration of porphyry copper deposits in north Sulawesi, Indonesia; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 628-644.
Indonesia	Sulawesi Utara	Tombulilato	Porphyry	Cu-Au	0.41667	123.33330	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Quaternary	Pleistocene	1.02	0.86	K-Ar	Perello (1994)	0.57						0.46		295,000,000	Kavalieris et al. (1993)	Kavalieris, I., Van Leeuwen, T. and Wilson, M., 1993, Geological setting and styles of mineralization, north arm of Sulawesi, Indonesia; in Simatupang, M. nd Wahju, B.N., eds., Indonesian Mineral Development 1992, Indonesian Mining Association, p. 221-257.Perello, J.A., 1994, Geology, porphyry Cu-Au, and epithermal Cu-Au-Ag mineralization of the Tombulilato district, north Sulawesi, Indonesia; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v 50, p. 221-256.
Iran	Kerman	Darrehzar	Porphyry	Cu	30.06667	55.76667	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Eocene				Ranjbar (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.722								31,700,000	Ranjbar (1997)	Ranjbar, H., 1997, Lithogeochemical patterns associated with the Darrehzar porphyry Cu deposit, Pariz area, Iran; Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 90, no. 1014, p. 85-90.
Iran	Anarak	Kali-Kafi	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	33.50000	54.50000	continental arc	granite suite			Tertiary	Eocene				Samani (1998)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.26	0.026							245,000,000	Samani (1998)	Samani, B., 1998, Distribution setting and metallogenesis of copper deposits in Iran; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 135-158.
Iran	Kerman	Meiduk	Porphyry	Cu	30.11667	55.16667	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene				Shahabpour (1992)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.85								140,000,000	Leaman and Staude (2002)	Leaman, P. and Staude, 0., 2002, Metallogenic evolution of the western Tethys of Turkey and Iran; in Mineral Potential of Asia, Forum, Vancouver, Canada, January 21, Metal Mining Agency of Japan.Shahabpour, J., 1992, Unroofing "fragmentites" as a reconnaissance exploration tool in the central Iranian porphyry copper belt; Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1599-1606.
Iran	Kerman	Sar Cheshmeh	Porphyry	Cu	30.08333	55.75000	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.4	11.0	K-Ar	Shahabpour (1982)	1.2	0.03				3.9	0.27		1,200,000,000	Ellis (1991)	Ellis, R., 1991, Sar Cheshmah; Mining Magazine, October issue, p. 192.Shahabpour, J., 1982, Aspects of alteration and mineralization at the Sar-Cheshmeh copper-molybdenum deposit, Kerman Iran; PhD Thesis, University of Leeds, 342 p.
Iran	Azarbaijan	Sungun	Porphyry	Cu	38.69167	46.70833	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene				Hezarkhani and Williams-Jones (1998)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.6	0.1							860,000,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, Iran; Mining Journal; Supplement, October 8 or 15 issue, p. 179. Hezarkhani, A. and Williams-Jones, A.E., 1998, Controls of alteration and mineralization in the Sungun porphyry copper deposit, Iran: evidence from fluid Inclusions and stable Isotopes; Economic Geology, v. 93, p. 651-670.
Italy	Sardinia	Calabona	Porphyry	Cu	40.53333	8.33333					Tertiary	Oligocene	28.5	26.5	K-Ar	Frezzotti et al. (1992)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.05								27,000,000	Stefanini and Williams-Jones (1996)	Stefanini, B. and Williams-Jones, A. E., 1996, Hydrothermal evolution in the Calabona porphyry copper system (Sardinia, Italy): the path to an uneconomic deposit; Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 774-791.Frezzotti, M.L., Ghezzo, C. and Stefanini, B., 1992, The Calabona intrusive complex (Sardinia, Italy): evidence for a porphyry copper system; Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 425-436.
Kalaallit Nunaat		Malmbjerg	Porphyry	Mo	72.18333	-24.70000	continental rift	granite suite	Werner Bjerge complex		Tertiary	Oligocene	32	28	Rb-Sr	Rex et al. (1979)	Tertiary	Oligocene	25.9	25.7	Re-Os	Brooks et al. (2004)		0.12							217,000,000	Anonymous (2005)	Anonymous, 2005, The Malmbjerg deposit in East Greenland ready for progress; Greenland Mineral Exploration Newsletter, MINEX 28, December 2005, p. 1.Rex, D.C., Gledhill, A.R. Brooks, C.K. and Steenfelt, A., 1979, Radiometric ages of Tertiary salic intrusions near King Oscars Fjord, East Greenland; Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, Report of Activities, v. 95, p. 10 -109.Brooks, C.K., Tegner, C., Stein, H. and Thomassen, B., 2004, Re-Os and 40Ar/39Ar ages of porphyry molybdenum deposits in the East Greenland volcanic-rifted margin; Economic Geology, v. 99, p. 1215-1222.
Kazakhstan		Aktogai	Porphyry	Cu	46.96667	79.98333	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Koldar Complex		Devonian		402	378	U-Pb	Ermolov (2000)	Devonian						0.39								1,500,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Ermolov, P. V., 2000, Granite-related ore systems of Kazakhstan; in Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B. and Seltmann, R., eds., Ore-Bearing Granites of Russia and Adjacent Countries, International Geological Correlation Program Project 373, INTAS-93-1783 Project, INTAS-IAGOD, IMGRE, Moscow, Russia, p. 177-192.
Kazakhstan	Pavlodar	Boshchekul	Porphyry	Cu	51.83333	74.33334	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Cambrian	Middle	504	458	Rb-Sr	Kudryavtsev (1996)	Cambrian	Late					0.72	0.014					0.28		176,200,000	Kudryavtsev (1996)	Kudryavtsev, Y.K., 1996, The Cu-Mo deposits of central Kazakhstan; in Shatov, V., Seltmann, R., Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B., Popov V. and Ermolov, P., eds., Granite-Related Ore Deposits of Central Kazakhstan and Adjacent Areas, Glagol Publishing House, St. Petersburg, p. 119-144.
Kazakhstan		Chatyrkul	Porphyry	Cu-Au	43.75000	75.58334	continental arc																3.5						0.5		57,000,000	Sokolov (1998)	Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Kazakhstan		Karabas	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	47.10000	74.66666	continental arc																0.5								200,000,000	Sokolov (1998)	Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Kazakhstan		Koksay	Porphyry	Cu	44.48333	78.46667	continental arc				Carboniferous-Permian					Sokolov (1998)	Carboniferous-Permian						0.55						0.12		309,000,000	Sokolov (1998)	Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Kazakhstan		Koktasjal	Porphyry	Cu-Au	50.16667	76.33334	continental arc																0.62					2.76	0.71		57,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Ursa Major takes shine to Kazakhstan; The Northern Miner, June 24 issue, p. B16.
Kazakhstan	Zhezqazghan	Koktenkol	Porphyry	W-Mo	48.61666	72.25000	continental arc	granite suite			Carboniferous	Late	315	288	K-Ar	Mazyrov (1966)	Carboniferous	Late					0.042	0.071	0.025						605,000,000	Mazurov (1996)	Mazurov, A.K., 1996, The Koktenkol stockwork W-Mo deposit, central Kazakhstan; in Shatov, V., Seltmann, R., Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B., Popov V. and Ermolov, P., eds., Granite-Related Ore Deposits of Central Kazakhstan and Adjacent Areas, Glagol Publishing House, St. Petersburg, p. 155-165.
Kazakhstan	Dhezkazghan	Kounrad	Porphyry	Cu	47.01667	75.08334	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Carboniferous	Early	345	323	K-Ar	Bashkirov (1983); Puchkov and Bukurov (1972)	Carboniferous	Early					1						0.7		800,000,000	Seltmann et al. (2002)	Seltmann, R., Yakubchuk, A. and Shatov, V., 2002, Mineral potential of central Asia: What do we know?; in Mineral Potential of Asia, Forum, Vancouver, Canada, January 21, Metal Mining Agency of Japan. Bashkirov, B.G., 1983, Explosion breccias in the Kounrad porphyry-copper deposit; International Geology Review, v. 25, p. 377. Puchkov, Y.V. and Bukurov, G.S., 1972, Magmatic ore systems in Kazakhstan; Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 205, p. 1179-1181.
Kazakhstan		Samarskoye	Porphyry	Cu	50.16667	73.25000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Silurian-Devonian					Sokolov (1998)	Silurian-Devonian						0.84						0.33		197,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Kazminco releases resource estimate for Samarskoye copper-gold deposit; The Northern Miner, May 26 issue, p. 19.Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Kazakhstan	Zhezqazghan	Verkhnee Qairaqty	Porphyry	W-Mo	48.68333	73.25000	continental arc	granite suite			Carboniferous	Late				Russkikh and Shatov (1996)	Carboniferous	Late					0.02	0.004	0.102			0.39			859,000,000	Russkikh and Shatov (1996)	Russkikh, S.S. and Shatov, V.V., 1996, The Verkhnee Qairaqty scheelite stockwork deposit in central Kazakhstan; in Shatov, V., Seltmann, R., Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B., Popov V. and Ermolov, P., eds., Granite-Related Ore Deposits of Central Kazakhstan and Adjacent Areas, Glagol Publishing House, St. Petersburg, p. 167-180.
Kyrgyzstan	Dzhalal-Abad	Andash	Porphyry	Cu-Au	42.50000	72.96667	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Ordovician		480	450	Pb-Pb	Jenchuraeva (1997)	Ordovician						0.44						1.11		17,000,000	Chadwick (1996)	Chadwick, J., 1996, Nelson's gold on the Great Silk Road; Mining Magazine, April issue, p. 224.Jenchuraeva, R.J., 1997, Tectonic settings of porphyry-type mineralization and hydrothermal alteration in Paleozoic island arcs and active continental margins, Kyrghyz Range, (Tien Shan) Kyrghyzstan; Mineralium Deposita, v. 32, p. 434-440.
Kyrgyzstan		Dzheruy	Porphyry	Au	42.28333	72.73333																							6.3		11,850,000	Sokolov (1998)	Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Kyrgyzstan		Taldy-Bulak	Porphyry	Au	42.55000	72.76667	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Ordovician	Late	452	436	Pb-Pb	Jenchuraeva (1997)	Ordovician	Late											7.5		10,370,000	Sokolov (1998)	Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.Jenchuraeva, R.J., 1997, Tectonic settings of porphyry-type mineralization and hydrothermal alteration in Paleozoic island arcs and active continental margins, Kyrghyz Range, (Tien Shan) Kyrghyzstan; Mineralium Deposita, v. 32, p. 434-440.
Laos	Savannakhet	Sepon	Porphyry	Cu-Au	17.00000	106.00000				rhyodacite porphyry	Carboniferous	Late	300	300	U-Pb	Loader (1999)	Carboniferous	Late											1.9		58,000,000	Manini and Aquino (2001)	Manini, T. and Aquino, J., 2001, Discovery of the Sepon District gold and copper deposits, Lao PDR; In NewGenGold Conference 2001 - Perth, Western Australia, November 26-27, Australian Mineral Foundation and Keith Yates and Associates Pty Ltd.Loader, S.E., 1999, Supergene enrichment of the Khanong copper resource, Sepon Project, Lao PDR; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, p. 263-270.
Macedonia		Bucim	Porphyry	Cu	41.63334	22.46667					Tertiary	Oligocene	26	24	K-Ar	Jankovic et al., (1980)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.5								90,000,000	Anonymous (1971)	Anonymous, 1971, Yugoslavia; in Minerals Yearbook 1971, United States Department of the Interior, p. 11. Jankovic, S., Petkovic, M., Tomson, I.N. and Kravcov, V., 1980, Porphyry copper deposits in the Serbo-Macedonian Province, southeastern Europe; in Jankovic, S. and Sillitoe, R.H., eds., European Copper Deposits, Proceedings of International Symposium, Bor, Yugoslavia, September 1979, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), Special Publication 1, p. 96-102.
Malaysia	Sabah	Mamut	Porphyry	Cu-Au	6.03333	116.46670	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Miocene	7.15	6.81	K-Ar	Imai (2000)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.51						0.47		71,800,000	Kavalieris (2001)	Kavalieris, I., 2001, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham, February 9"; written communication, 6 p. Imai, A., 2000, Genesis of the Mamut porphyry copper deposit, Sabah, East Malaysia; Resource Geology, v. 50, p. 1-23.
Mexico	Sonora	Cananea	Porphyry	Cu	30.96667	-110.30000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	59.6	58.9	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.7	0.02					0.1		1,800,000,000	Barton et al. (1995)	Barton, M.D., Staude, J -M.G., Zurcher, L. and Megaw, P.K.M., 1995, Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 487-524.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
Mexico	San Luis Potosi	Cerro San Pedro	Porphyry	Au	22.31667	-100.80000	continental arc																					23	0.57		49,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Noranda hits more copper-gold at El Morro; The Northern Miner, May 14 issue, p. 1.
Mexico	Sonora	Cuatro Hermanos	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	28.38611	-109.65690	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	56.0	55.4	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.43	0.022							212,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Magma options Cuatro Hermanos; The Northern Miner, November 20 issue, p. 15.Barton, M.D., Staude, J -M.G., Zurcher, L. and Megaw, P.K.M., 1995, Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 487-524.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
Mexico	Sonora	Cumobabi	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	29.98333	-110.16670	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	57.3	56.6	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.266	0.099							67,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., eds., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554.Scherkenbach, D.A., Sawkins, F.J. and Seyfried Jr., W.E., 1985, Geologic, fluid inclusion, and geochemical studies of the mineralized breccias at Cumobabi, Sonora, Mexico; Economic Geology, v. 80, p. 1566-1582.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
Mexico	Baja	El Arco	Porphyry	Cu	28.03333	-113.56670	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	109.7	96.6	K-Ar	Damon et al. (1983)	0.47						0.14		1,106,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Mexico; Mining Journal, September 12 issue, p. 35.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.
Mexico	Sonora	El Batamote	Porphyry	Cu	30.48195	-109.75280	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene	58.0	55.6	K-Ar	Damon et al. (1983)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.36								4,400,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.
Mexico	Sonora	El Creston	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	28.89000	-110.66060	continental arc	granite suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	53.8	53.4	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.06	0.074							181,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., eds., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
Mexico	Sonora	La Caridad	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	30.31667	-109.56670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene	56.0	52.6	U-Pb	Valencia et al. (2005)	Tertiary	Eocene	54.1	53.3	Re-Os	Valencia et al. (2005)	0.65	0.012							1,200,000,000	Barton et al. (1995)	Barton, M.D., Staude, J -M.G., Zurcher, L. and Megaw, P.K.M., 1995, Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 487-524.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.Valencia, V.A., Ruiz, J., Barra, F., Gehrels, G., Ducea, M., Titley, S.R. and Ochoa-Landin, L., 2005, U/Pb zircon and Re/Os molybdenite geochronology from La Caridad porphyry copper deposit; insights for the duration of magmatism and mineralization in the Nacozari District, Sonora, Mexico; Mineralium Deposita, v. 40, p. 175-191.
Mexico	Sinaloa	La Reyna	Porphyry	Cu-Au	23.00000	-105.50000	continental arc																0.5						0.4		33,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Cambior fleshes out Reyna copper-gold play; The Northern Miner, October 23 issue, p. 14.
Mexico	Michoacan	La Verde	Porphyry	Cu	19.07778	-102.03140	continental arc				Tertiary	Oligocene	34.1	32.7	K-Ar	Damon et al. (1983)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.7					0.075	0.002		73,750,000	Anonymous (1973)	Anonymous, 1973, Engineering and Mining Journal, March issue, p. 207.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.
Mexico	Chihuahua	Los Verdes	Porphyry	Cu	27.00000	-107.00000	continental arc																0.2								100,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.
Mexico	Sonora	Mariquita	Porphyry	Cu	31.05556	-110.42080	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary					Sillitoe (1976)	Tertiary						0.45								33,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Cominco explores Mexican projects; The Northern Miner, July 31 issue, p. B2.Sillitoe, R.H., 1976, A reconnaissance of the Mexican porphyry copper belt; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 85, p. B170-B189.
Mexico	Durango	Metates	Porphyry	Au	24.91667	-106.37500	continental arc				Cretaceous	Early	107	107	U-Pb	Greenhoot et al. (2000)	Cretaceous	Early									0.2	15	0.62		800,000,000	Greenhoot et al. (2000)	Greenhoot, C.A., Friefauf, K.C. and Barton, M.D., 2000, Geology of the Metates pyrite-arsenopyrite-gold-silver deposit, Durango, Mexico; in Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond, Program with Abstracts, Geological Society of Nevada, p. 51-52.
Mexico	Sonora	Piedras Verdes	Porphyry	Cu	27.11667	-108.96670	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous-Tertiary					Damon et al. (1981)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.37								287,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Phelps Dodge doubles size of Piedras Verdes deposit; The Northern Miner, March 23 issue, p. 2.Sillitoe, R.H., 1976, A reconnaissance of the Mexican porphyry copper belt; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 85, p. B170-B189.Damon, P.E., Shafiquullah, M. and Clark, K., 1981, Age trends of igneous activity in relation to metallogenesis in the southern Cordillera; in Dickinson, W.R. and Payne, W., eds., Relations of Tectonics to Ore Deposits in the Southern Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 14, p. 137-154.,
Mexico	Zacatecas	Real De Angeles	Porphyry	Ag	22.41667	-101.90000	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late					Tertiary	Eocene	46.3	44.1	K-Ar	Pearson et al. (1988)					0.8	40		0.7% Pb	85,000,000	Kennedy (1992)	Kennedy, P., 1992, Big mines show Mexico's potential; The Northern Miner, March 30 issue, p. 1.Pearson, M.F., Clark, K.F. and Porter, E. W., 1988, Mineralogy, fluid characteristics, and silver distribution at Real de Angeles, Zacatecas, Mexico; Economic Geology, v. 83, p. 1737-1759.
Mexico	Durango	San Fernando	Porphyry	Au	25.00000	-107.00000	continental arc																0.27					38	2.67		4,600,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Historic Mexican camp gets new lease on life; The Northern Miner, July 31 issue, p. B3.
Mexico	Michoacan	San Isidro	Porphyry	Cu	18.94361	-101.97830	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	32.5	31.1	K-Ar	Damon et al. (1983)	0.65								20,000,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, Noranda options Mexican play; The Northern Miner, September 5 issue, p. 14.Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K.F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.
Mexico	Sinaloa	Santo Tomas	Porphyry	Cu	26.71667	-108.23330	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene	58.4	56.0	K-Ar	Damon et al. (1983)	Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene					0.32								829,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Exall in Santo Tomas joint venture; Mining Journal, November 3 issue, p. 349.Damon, P. E., Shafiqullah, M. and Clark, K. F., 1983, Geochronology of the porphyry copper deposits and related mineralization of Mexico; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1052-1071.
Mexico	Sonora	Suaqui Verde	Porphyry	Cu	28.40417	-109.80830	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	57.8	55.6	K-Ar	Barton et al. (1995)	0.29								18,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Phelps Dodge eyes Susqui Verde; The Northern Miner, July 8 issue, p. 14.Barton, M.D., Staude, J -M.G., Zurcher, L. and Megaw, P.K.M., 1995, Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 487-524.
Mexico	Chihuahua	Tahonas	Porphyry	Cu	27.00000	-107.75000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene	52.7	50.5	K-Ar	Bagby (1979	Tertiary	Eocene					0.3						0.4		3,000,000	Barton et al. (1995)	Barton, M.D., Staude, J -M.G., Zurcher, L. and Megaw, P.K.M., 1995, Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 487-524. Bagby, W.C., 1979, Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Batopilas Quadrangle, Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico; PhD Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 271 p.
Mexico	Sinaloa	Tameapa	Porphyry	Cu	27.63333	-107.36667	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	57.6	50.3	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.37								27,000,000	Barra et al. (2005)	Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
Mexico	Michoacan	Tepalcuatita	Porphyry	Cu-Au	19.15000	-103.00000	continental arc				Tertiary						Tertiary					Solano-Rico (1995)	0.32						0.64		27,000,000	Solano-Rico (1995)	Solano-Rico, B., 1995, Some geologic and exploration characteristics of porphyry copper deposits in the Sierra Madre del Sur Province, southwestern Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 545-550.
Mongolia	Bulgan Aimag	Erdenet	Porphyry	Cu	49.02139	104.13194	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Permian	Late					Triassic	Middle	241.2	240.0	Re-Os	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	0.54	0.016					0.01		1,700,000,000	Sillitoe et al. (1996)	Sillitoe, R. H., Gerel, O., Dejidma, G., Gotovsuren, A., Sanjaadorj, D., Baasandorj, S. and Bat-Erdene, D., 1996, Mongolia's gold potential; Mining Magazine, July issue, p. 12.Watanabe, Y. and Stein, H.J., 2000, Re-Os ages for the Erdenet and Tsagaan Suvarga porphyry Cu-Mo deposits, Mongolia, and tectonic implications; Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1537-1542.
Mongolia		Oyu Tolgoi	Porphyry	Cu	43.01667	106.85000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Silurian	Late					Devonian	Early	414	408	K-Ar	Perello et al. (2001)	0.57						0.27		2,111,000,000	Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (2004)	Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., 2004, http://www.ivanhoe-mines.com/s/OyuTolgoi.asp#mrs.Perello, J., Cox, D., Garamjav, D., Sanjdorj, S., Diakov, S., Schissel, D., Munkhbat, 0. and Oyun, G., 2001, Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia: Siluro-Devonian porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) and high sulfidation Cu mineralization with a Cretaceous chalcocite blanket; Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1407-1428.
Mongolia	Dornogov Aimag	Tsagaan Suvarga	Porphyry	Cu	43.86666	108.31670	continental arc	granite suite	Tsagaan-Suvarga magmatic complex	porphyry	Devonian	Late					Devonian	Late	371.2	369.6	Re-Os	Watanabe and Stein (2000)	0.25	0.01							77,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Mongolia: getting into steppe with natural resources (Country Supplement)"; Mining Journal; April 30 issue, p. 1.Watanabe, Y. and Stein, H.J., 2000, Re-Os ages for the Erdenet and Tsagaan Suvarga porphyry Cu-Mo deposits, Mongolia, and tectonic implications; Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1537-1542.
Morocco		Alous	Porphyry	Cu	29.50000	-5.00000																	0.87					12			6,030,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Morocco: prospects and opportunities; Mining Journal, January 16 issue, p. 46.
Myanmar	Sagaing	Monywa	Porphyry	Cu		95.08333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	19	19	K-Ar	Win and Kirwin (1998)	0.4								905,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, IG expands in Myanmar; The Northern Miner, March 16 issue, p. 14. Win, U. K. and Kirwin, D., 1998, Exploration, geology and mineralisation of the Monywa copper deposits, central Myanmar; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 61-71.
Namibia	Karasburg	Haib	Porphyry	Cu	-28.71667	17.90000					Paleoproterozoic		2011	1903	Rb-Sr	Reid (1979)	Paleoproterozoic						0.23								1,350,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Haib; In Prospectors and Developers Association Annual Meeting, Final Program.Reid, D. L., 1979, Total rock Rb-Sr and U-Th-Pb isotopic study of PreCambrian metavolcanic rocks in the Lower Orange River region, southern Africa; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 42, p. 368-378.
Namibia	Ai-Ais region	Marinkas Kwela	Porphyry	Mo	-28.18333	17.38333					Cambrian					Bernasconi (1986)	Cambrian																Bernasconi, A., 1986, The Marinkas Kwela alkali intrusive - a porphyry molybdenum system of Cambrian age in southern South-West Africa/Namibia; in Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S., eds., Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, Volumes I and II, Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, p. 158-1591.
Norway		Nordli	Porphyry	Mo	60.41667	10.83333	continental rift				Permian		280	247	Rb-Sr	Schonwandt and Peterson (1983)	Permian							0.084							181,000,000	Pederson (1986)	Pedersen, F.D., 1986, An outline of the geology of the Hurdal area and Nordli granite molybdenite deposit; in Olerud, S. and Ihlen, P.M., eds., Metallogeny Associated with the Oslo Paleo-Rift, Geological Survey of Sweden, Serial Ca. 59, p. 18-23.Schonwandt, H.K. and Peterson, J.S., 1983, Continental rifting and porphyry-molybdenum occurrences in the Oslo regiion, Norway; Tectonophysics, v. 94, p. 609-631.
Pakistan	Baluchistan	Dasht-E-Kain	Porphyry	Cu	29.55000	64.48333	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	32.9	30.3	K-Ar	Ahmad et al. (1986)	0.2	0.01							300,000,000	Ahmad (1992)	Ahmad, M.U., 1992, Porphyry copper in Pakistan; Geological Survey of Pakistan, Mis. No. 9, 21 p.Ahmad, M., Siddiqui, R.H. and Chaudhary, M.A., 1986, Geological and geochemical exploration and preliminary evaluation of Dasht-E-Kain porphyry copper-molybdenum prospect, Chagai District, Baluchistan, Pakistan; Geological Survey of Pakistan, Rec. v. 72, 44 p.
Pakistan	Balochistan	Reko Diq	Porphyry	Cu-Au	29.11667	62.11666	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene					0.64						0.39		729,000,000	Schloderer (2001)	Schloderer, J., 2001, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham, February 27; written communication, 1 p.
Pakistan	Baluchistan	Saindak	Porphyry	Cu	29.26667	61.60000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Miocene	20.7	18.3	K-Ar	Sillitoe and Khan (1977)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.43						0.4		100,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T.M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.
Panama	Veraguas	Belencillo	Porphyry	Au	8.00000	-81.00000	island arc																0.31						0.902		16,100,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, Diamond interest keeps Western markets afloat; The Northern Miner, June 13 issue, p. 7.
Panama	Chiriqui	Cerro Colorado	Porphyry	Cu	8.56667	-81.83334	island arc				Tertiary	Pliocene	7.1	4.2	K-Ar	Clark et al. (1977)	Tertiary	Pliocene					0.6	0.009				4.7	0.07		2,210,000,000	Linn et al. (1981)	Linn, K.O., Wieselman, E.A., Galay, I., Harvey, J.J.T., Tufino, G.F. and Winfield, W.D., 1981, Geology of Panama's Cerro Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, Part I: History and Setting; Colorado School of Mines Mineral Report, v. 24, p. 1-14.Clark, A. H., Farrar, E. and Kents, P., 1977; Potassium-argon age of the Cerro Colorado porphyry copper deposit, Panama; Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 1154-1158.
Panama		Cerro Quema	Porphyry	Cu	7.75000	-80.66666	island arc				Tertiary					Nelson (1995)	Tertiary												1.26		10,000,000	Nelson (1995)	Nelson, C.E., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of southern central America; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 553-565.
Panama	Chiriqui	Chorcha	Porphyry	Cu	8.63333	-82.13333	island arc																0.61						0.086		160,000,000	Robertson (1996)	Robertson, R., 1996, Adrian sees long life for Petaquilla; The Northern Miner, March 11 issue, p. 1.
Panama	Colon	Petaquilla	Porphyry	Cu	8.66667	-80.75000	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene	38.47	28.63	K-Ar	Kesler et al. (1977)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.5	0.01					0.09		1,110,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Teck completes feasibility study at Petaquilla; The Northern Miner, February 16 issue, p. 3.Kesler, S.E., Sutter, J.F., Issigonis, M.J.,Jones, L.M. and Walker, R.L., 1977, Evolution of porphyry copper mineralization in an oceanic island arc, Panama; Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 1142-1153.
Panama	Eastern Panama?	Rio Guayabo	Porphyry	Cu	8.80000	-78.70000	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Kesler et al. (1977)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.75					0.35	0.009		20,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, The Northern Miner, February 13 issue, p. 12.Kesler, S.E., Sutter, J.F., Issigonis, M.J.,Jones, L.M. and Walker, R.L., 1977, Evolution of porphyry copper mineralization in an oceanic island arc, Panama; Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 1142-1153.
Papua New Guinea	West Sepik	Frieda River	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-4.68333	141.78330	island arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.4	10.8	K-Ar	Whalen et al. (1982)	0.47						0.31		860,000,000	Corbett and Leach (1995)	Corbett, G.J. and Leach, T.M., 1995, Nena, Frieda River, P.N.G; in Southwest Pacific Rim Au/Cu Systems: Structure, Alteration and Mineralization, Mineral Deposits Research Unit, Short Course 17, p. 79. Whalen, J.B., Britten, R.M. and McDougall,I., 1982, Geochronology and geochemistry of the Frieda River prospect area, Papua New Guinea; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 592-616.
Papua New Guinea	Manus Island	Manus	Porphyry	Cu	-2.08333	147.00000	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene-Pliocene				Titley (1975)	0.32								145,000,000	Wyche (1982)	Wyche, C., 1982, The mineral industry of other Pacific islands; in Minerals Yearbook 1980, Volume III: Area Reports: International, United States Bureau of Mines, p. 1363-1365.Titley, S.R., 1975, Geological characteristics and environment of some porphyry copper occurrences in the southwestern Pacific; Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 499-514.
Papua New Guinea	Central	Mt Bini	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-9.30000	147.58330	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Bavu Igneous Complex		Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	4.38	4.46	K-Ar	Webb (1995)	0.4						0.6		85,000,000	Dugmore and Leaman (1998)	Dugmore, M.A. and Leaman, P.W., 1998, Mount Bini Copper-Gold Deposit; in Berkman, D. A. and Mackenzie, D. H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne, Monograph 22, p. 843-848.Webb, A.W., 1995, K-Ar dating of biotite from a porphyritic rock; AMDEL Report, Publication code G88000G/95.
Papua New Guinea	New Guinea	Ofi Creek	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-8.50000	147.50000	continental arc																0.4						0.6		85,000,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Pursuit, W. America explore in PNG; The Northern Miner, April 22 issue, p. 20.
Papua New Guinea	Western	Ok Tedi	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-5.20750	141.13720	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Quaternary	Pleistocene	3.1	1.1	K-Ar	Page (1975)	0.87						0.9		443,000,000	Hancock (1997)	Hancock, G.E., 1997, Papua New Guinean consolidation; Mining Journal; Supplement, September 12 issue, p. 93.Page, R.W., 1975, Geochronology of Late Tertiary and Quaternary mineralized intrusive porphyries in the Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya; Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 928-936.
Papua New Guinea	Bougainville Island	Panguna	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-6.31667	155.50000	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Kawerong Quartz Diorite		Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	3.8	3.2	K-Ar	Page and McDougall (1972)	0.48						0.5		900,000,000	Andrew (1995)	Andrew, R.L., 1995, Porphyry copper-gold deposits of the southwest Pacific; Mining Engineering, 47 issue, p. 33.Page, R.W. and McDougall, I., 1972, Ages of mineralization of gold and porphyry copper deposits in the New Guinea Highlands; Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 1034-1048.
Papua New Guinea	New Britain	Simuku	Porphyry	Cu	-5.71667	150.00000	island arc																0.35								1,000,000,000	MacMin Ltd. (2000)	MacMin Ltd., 2000, West New Britain porphyry copper/gold project.
Papua New Guinea	Morobe	Wafi River	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-6.88333	146.45000	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	9.2	8.96	K-Ar	Funnell (1990)	1.3						0.6		100,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Rio Tinto farms out PNG porphyry; The Northern Miner, August 11 issue, p. 15.Funnell, F.R., 1990, Wafi River gold prospect; in Hughes, F. E., ed., Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph 14, p. 1731-1733.
Papua New Guinea	Madang	Yandera	Porphyry	Cu	-5.75000	145.16670	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene	6.8	6.4	K-Ar	Grant and Nielsen (1975)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.42	0.018				2.16	0.1		338,000,000	Titley et al. (1978)	Titley, S.R., Fleming, A.W. and Neale, T.I., 1978, Tectonic evolution of the porphyry copper system at Yandera, Papua New Guinea; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 810-828.Grant, J.N. and Nielsen, R.L., 1975, Geology and geochronology of the Yandera porphyry copper deposit, Papua New Guinea; Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 1157-1174.
Peru	Ancash	Aguila	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-8.38333	-77.80000	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Petersen (1999)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.85	0.031							8,522,513	Samame Boggio (1985)	Samame Boggio, M., 1985, Peru, A Mining Country; INGEMMET, Lima, Peru.Petersen, U., 1999, Magmatic and metallogenic evolution of the central Andes; in Skinner, B.J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 109-154.
Peru	Ica	Almacen	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-13.18333	-75.83334	continental arc																0.3	0.035							150,000,000	Samame Boggio (1985)	Samame Boggio, M., 1985, Peru, A Mining Country; INGEMMET, Lima, Peru.
Peru	Lambayeque	Canariaco	Porphyry	Cu	-6.10139	-79.28333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Noble and McKee (1999)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.5								365,000,000	Centromin Peru (2001)	Centromin Peru, 2001, Peru: mining privatization process; Minero Peru and Centromin Peru, Av. De La Poesia 155, San Borja, Lima 41.Noble, D.C. and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of central and northern Peru; in Skinner, B. J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 155-193.
Peru	Cajamarca	Cerro Corona	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-6.67611	-78.57139	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	13.7	13.3	K-Ar	Macfarlane et al. (1994)	0.29						0.465		379,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Peru booms; Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 87.James, J. and Thompson, J.F.H., 1997, Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Cerro Corona porphyry copper-gold deposit, Cajamarca Province, Peru; Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, v. 22, p. 73.Macfarlane, A.W., Prol-Ledesma, R.-M. and Conrad, M.E., 1994, Isotope and fluid inclusion studies of geological and hydrothermal processes, northern Peru; International Geology Review, v. 36, p. 645-677.
Peru	Arequipa	Cerro Negro	Porphyry	Cu	-15.75000	-70.59944	continental arc																0.53								70,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Cyprus gives go-ahead for Cerro Negro; The Northern Miner, November 17 issue, p. 3.
Peru	Arequipa	Cerro Verde	Porphyry	Cu	-16.55000	-71.56667	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	62.1	56.4	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1988)	0.8								312,000,000	Peterson and Vidal (1996)	Petersen, U. and Vidal, C.E., 1996, Magmatic and tectonic controls on the nature and distribution of copper deposits in Peru; in Camus, F. Sillitoe, R. and Petersen, R., eds., Andean Copper Deposits: New Discoveries, Mineralization, Styles and Metallogeny, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 5, p. 1-18.Sillitoe, R.H., 1988, Epochs of intrusion-related copper mineralization in the Andes; Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 1, p. 89-108.
Peru	Moquegua	Cuajone	Porphyry	Cu	-17.04445	-70.70417	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	54.1	50.7	K-Ar	Clark et al. (1990)	0.6								2,171,000,000	Anonymous (2000)	Anonymous, 2000, Geological aspects of the Cuajone porphyry copper deposit; in Rivera, H. and Palacios, O., eds., Copper Mines in southern Peru, International Geological Congress, Rio de Janero, Brazil, Field trip Guidebook - Pre-meeting (Bft 26), p. 32-36. Clark, A.H., Farrar, E., Kontak, D.J., Langridge, R.J., Arenas F.M.J., France, L.J., McBride, S.L., Woodman, P.L., Wasteneys, H.A., Sandeman, H.A. and Archibald, D.A., 1990, Geologic and geochronologic constraints on the metallogenic evolution of the Andes of southeastern Peru; Economic Geology, v. 85, p. 1520-1583.
Peru	Cajamarca	Galeno	Porphyry	Cu	-6.85222	-78.17361	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene				Davies (2000)	0.48						0.11		820,000,000	Rio Tinto Exploration Group (2000)	Rio Tinto Exploration Group, 2000, El Galeno porphyry copper-gold deposit; Divestment Abstracts, Rio Tinto Exploration Group, 2 p.Davies, C.R., 2000, Au-Cu deposits in the Cajamarca region, northern Peru; Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 6, p. 9.
Peru	Cajamarca	La Granja	Porphyry	Cu	-6.35639	-79.11667	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	14.2	13.3	K-Ar	Noble and McKee (1999)	0.59					4.2	0.05		2,300,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, SX-EW takes hold in Latin American camps; The Northern Miner, September 7 issue, p. C1.Noble, D.C. and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of central and northern Peru; in Skinner, B. J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 155-193.
Peru	Apurimac	Los Chancas	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-14.00000	-72.33334	continental arc																1	0.07					0.12		200,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Southern Peru plans Ilo smelter upgrade; The Northern Miner, April 23 issue, p. B7.
Peru	Lima	Los Pinos	Porphyry	Cu	-11.00000	-77.00000	continental arc																0.4								37,800,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, Arequipa acquires Peruvian company; The Northern Miner, December 12 issue, p. 16.
Peru	Celendin	Michiquillay	Porphyry	Cu	-7.09972	-78.33444	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene-Miocene	33.8	20.5	K-Ar	Laughlin et al. (1968); Shibata and Uchida (1976)	0.7					1.7	0.3		544,000,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, Michiquillay auction postponed; Mining Journal, November 25 issue, p. 379.Laughlin, A.W., Damon, P.E. and Watson, B.N., 1968, Potassium-argon dates from Toquepala and Michiquillay, Peru; Economic Geology, v. 66, p. 166-168.Shibata, K. and Uchida, K., 1976, K-Ar ages of altered rocks from the Michiquillay mine, Peru; Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, v. 27, p. 33-37.
Peru	Cajamarca	Minas Conga	Porphyry	Au	-7.04083	-78.52778	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Noble and McKee (1999)	Tertiary	Miocene				Noble and McKee (1999)							0.93		240,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Exploration in South America; Mining Journal, April 20 issue, p. 289.Noble, D.C. and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of central and northern Peru; in Skinner, B. J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 155-193.
Peru	Ancash	Pashpap	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-8.77500	-77.99167	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Pashap stock		Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	14.9	14.5	K-Ar	Noble and McKee (1999)	0.8	0.052							61,500,000	Samame Boggio (1985)	Samame Boggio, M., 1985, Peru, a mining country"; INGEMMET, Lima, Peru.Noble, D.C. and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of central and northern Peru; in Skinner, B. J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 155-193.
Peru	Huancavelica	Puquio	Porphyry	Cu	-14.03611	-75.09278	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late				Page (1988)	Cretaceous	Late					0.24								190,000,000	Page (1988)	Page, N.J., 1988, Map showing geology and rock geochemistry of the Puquio porphyry copper prospect, Santiago de Chocorvos Quadrangle, Peru; United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF1924.
Peru	Junin	Puy-Puy	Porphyry	Cu-Au	-11.54167	-76.15000	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	7.3	6.9	K-Ar	Noble and McKee (1999)	0.27					5.54	0.43		5,240,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Peru booms; Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 87.Noble, D.C. and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of central and northern Peru; in Skinner, B. J., ed., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Central Andes, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication 7, p. 155-193.
Peru	Cusco	Quechua	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	-15.00000	-71.25000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	38	38	K-Ar	Yoshikawa et al. (1976)	0.84								100,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Mitsui Tradition; Mining Journal, January 9 issue, p. 33.Yoshikawa, S., Sakai, S. and Sato, H., 1976, Discovery of Quechua deposit and Its characteristics; Mining Geology, v. 26, p. 143-152.
Peru	Moquegua	Quellaveco	Porphyry	Cu	-17.05000	-70.78333	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene					Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene	57.5	53.3	K-Ar	Sillitoe (1988)	0.4	0.015				0.044			1,230,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Peru convention affirms boom"; Mining Journal, October 10 issue, p. 303.Sillitoe, R.H., 1988; Epochs of intrusion-related copper mineralization in the Andes; Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 1, p. 89-108.
Peru	Piura	Rio Blanco	Porphyry	Cu	-4.50000	-80.00000	continental arc				Tertiary					Benavides and Vidal (1999)	Tertiary						0.61								303,000,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Gitennes dumps Virgen; The Northern Miner, November 12 issue, p. 10. Benavides, A. and Vidal, C.E., 1999, Exploration and mineral discoveries in Peru; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, p. 187-195.
Peru	La Libertad	Tamboras	Porphyry	Mo	-8.14361	-78.18083	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene				Heintze (1985)		0.072							100,000,000	Heintze (1985)	Heintze, L., 1985, Geology and geochemistry of the porphyry stockwork molybdenum deposit at Tamboras, La Negra Zone (Peru); Economic Geology, v., p. 2019-2027.
Peru	Arequipa	Tia Maria	Porphyry	Cu	-17.00000	-71.75000	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite															0.33								226,000,000	Rio Tinto Exploration Group (2000)	Rio Tinto Exploration Group, 2000, Tia Maria Oxide-Copper Deposit; Divestment Abstracts, Rio Tinto Exploration Group, 3 p.
Peru	Tacna	Toquepala	Porphyry	Cu	-17.23333	-70.60000	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene	57	52	Ar-Ar	Zweng and Clark (1995)	0.74								700,000,000	Anonymous (2000)	Anonymous, 2000, Geological aspects of the Toquepala deposit; in Rivera, H. and Palacios, O., eds., Copper Mines in Southern Peru, International Geological Congress, Rio de Janero, Brazil, Field trip Guidebook - Pre-meeting (Bft 26),p. 38-40. Zweng, P.L. and Clark, A.H., 1995, Hypogene evolution of the Toquepala porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Moquegua, southeastern Peru; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 566-612.
Peru	Junin	Toromocho	Porphyry	Cu	-11.50000	-76.26667	continental arc	granite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	8	8	Re-Os	Beuchat et al. (2001)	0.67	0.03			0.4	12			364,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Peru booms; Mining Magazine, February issue, p. 87.Beuchat, S., Moritz, R., Sartori, M., Chiaradia, M. and Schaltegger, U., 2001, High-precision geochronology and structural constraints on ore formation in the Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu Domo de Yauli district, central Peru; in Piestrzynski, Swets and Zeitlinger, eds., Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Lisse, p. 381-384.
Philippines	Davao Del Norte	Amacan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	7.41667	126.08330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.37					2.5	0.4		116,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Cebu	Atlas	Porphyry	Cu	10.50000	123.80000	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	110.5	104.7	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Walther et al. (1981)	0.46						0.25		898,000,000	Saegart and Lewis (1977)	Saegart, W.E. and Lewis, D.E., 1977, Characteristics of Phillippine porphyry copper deposits and summary of current production and reserves; Society of Mining Engineers, AIME Transactions, Volume 262, p. 199-208.Walther, H.W., Foerster, H., Harre, W., Kreuzer, H., Lenz, H., Mueller, P. and Raschka, H., 1981; Early Cretaceous porphyry copper mineralization on Cebu Island, Philippines, dated with K-Ar and Rb-Sr Methods; Geologisches Jahrbuch, v. 48, p. 21-35.
Philippines	Negros Oriental	Aya-Aya	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	9.41667	122.83330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.3	0.022				1.5	0.08		40,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Oriental	Basay-Muhong	Porphyry	Cu	9.41667	122.78330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.44	0.008				1.5	0.04		250,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Oriental	Basay-Nabuangan	Porphyry	Cu	9.41667	122.78330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.38	0.008							12,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Kalinga-Apayao	Batong Buhay	Porphyry	Cu	17.50000	121.33330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.56	0.003				2	0.3		63,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Kalinga-Apayao	Botilao	Porphyry	Cu	17.38333	120.91670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.52						0.19		82,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Neuva Vizcaya	Dinkidi	Porphyry	Au	16.16667	121.41670	island arc - rift	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	23.8	22.6	K-Ar	Wolfe et al. (1999)	0.5						1.2		110,000,000	Wolfe et al. (1999)	Wolfe, R.C., Cooke, D.R. and Joyce, P., 1999, Geology, mineralisation and genesis of the alkaline Dinkidi Cu-Au porphyry, North Luzon, Philippines; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, October 1999, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 509-516.
Philippines	Zambales	Dizon	Porphyry	Cu-Au	14.95000	120.15000	island arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	3.0	2.4	K-Ar	Malihan (1987)	0.43						0.93		140,000,000	Aquino and Morrison (1998)	Aquino, J.S. and Morrison, G.W., 1998, The relationship between epithermal and porphyry Cu-Au mineralisation in the Dizon deposit, Philippines; Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts, v. 49, p. 12.Malihan, T.D., 1987, The gold-rich Dizon porphyry copper mine in the western central Luzon Island, Philippines: its geology and tectonic setting; in Pacific Rim Congress 87: An International Congress on the Geology, Structure, Mineralization and Economics of the Pacific Rim, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, p. 303-307.
Philippines	Benguet	Far Southeast	Porphyry	Cu-Au	16.87833	120.80280	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Quaternary	Pleistocene					Quaternary	Pleistocene	1.85	1.16	K-Ar	Arribas et al. (1995)	0.65						1.33		650,000,000	Disini et al. (1998)	Disini, A.F., Robertson, B.M. and Claveria, R-J.R., 1998,The Mankayan mineral district, Luzon, Philippines; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 75-86. Arribas Jr., A., Hedenquist, J.W., Itaya, T., Okada, T., Conception, R.A. and Garcia Jr., J.S., 1995, Contemporaneous formation of adjacent porphyry and epithermal Cu-Au deposits over 300 Ka in northern Luzon, Philippines; Geology, v. 23, p. 337-340.
Philippines	Benguet	Guinaoang	Porphyry	Cu-Au	16.81083	120.82390	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Tirad stock		Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	4.4	2.6	K-Ar	Sillitoe and Angeles (1985)	0.37						0.37		469,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Queenstake options Kazakh copper deposits; The Northern Miner, July 24 issue, p. 3.Sillitoe, R.H. and Angeles Jr., C.A., 1985, Geological characteristics and evolution of a gold-rich porphyry copper deposit at Guinaoang, Luzon, Philippines; in Asian Mining '85, Institution Of Mining And Metallurgy, p. 15-26.
Philippines	Abra	Hale	Porphyry	Cu	17.38333	120.91670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.5	0.005				2.5	0.35		35,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Occidental	Hinobaan	Porphyry	Cu	9.95000	122.73330	island arc				Tertiary	Paleocene-Oligocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	Tertiary	Paleocene-Oligocene					0.46								220,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Pursuit takes over Hinoba-an; The Northern Miner, December 8 issue, p. 20.Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Marinduque	Ino-Capayang	Porphyry	Cu	13.50000	121.91670	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Miocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.35	0.005				1.3	0.03		50,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Davao Del Norte	Kalamatan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	7.53333	126.16670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.34						0.37		26,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Benguet	Kennon	Porphyry	Cu-Au	16.46667	120.63330	island arc				Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Tertiary						0.38	0.013				4	0.35		47,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Abra	Kilongolao	Porphyry	Cu	17.45000	120.85000	island arc				Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Tertiary						0.35								50,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Davao Del Norte	King-King	Porphyry	Cu-Au	7.25000	126.01670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.34						0.51		398,000,000	McDougall (1997)	McDougall, S., 1997, Echo Bay and TVI make headway at Kingking Project; The Northern Miner, May 26 issue, p. B1.
Philippines	Camarines Norte	Larap	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	14.26667	122.66670	island arc				Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Tertiary						0.35	0.05					0.4		65,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Benguet	Lobo	Porphyry	Cu	16.63333	120.70000	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.28	0.005				4	0.25		210,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Quezon	Lumbay	Porphyry	Cu	14.83333	121.30000	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.4	0.001					0.03		78,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Agusan Del Norte	Luna	Porphyry	Cu	9.25000	125.66670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.36	0.01							26,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Occidental	Luz	Porphyry	Cu	10.00000	123.00000	island arc																0.35								40,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Pursuit signs agreements in Asia; The Northern Miner, October 16 issue, p. 2.
Philippines	Camarines Norte	Mabulao	Porphyry	Cu-Au	14.13333	122.70000	island arc																1.5						4.6		5,900,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Altai eyes Philippine property; The Northern Miner, March 11 issue, p. 28.
Philippines	Kalinga-Apayao	Manag	Porphyry	Cu-Au	17.88333	121.26670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.5	0.01					1.12		20,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Davao Del Norte	Mapula	Porphyry	Cu-Au	7.50000	126.03330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.4						0.37		78,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Marinduque	Marcopper	Porphyry	Cu	13.42500	121.98330	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.57	0.003				1	0.1		195,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Isabela	Marian	Porphyry	Cu-Au	16.78333	121.38330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.42						0.28		51,600,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros	Mina Don Jose	Porphyry	Cu	9.60000	122.53330	island arc																0.47								100,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, International Pursuit exploring Philippine copper project; The Northern Miner, May 29 issue, p. B12.
Philippines	Zambales	Pisumpan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	15.11667	120.36670	island arc				Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Tertiary						0.41					3	0.6		20,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Oriental	Saguibon	Porphyry	Cu	9.43333	122.76670	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.35	0.015							26,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Benguet	San Fabian	Porphyry	Cu	16.36667	121.00000	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.27						0.2		263,000,000	Anonymous (2000)	Anonymous, 2000, Carnival eyes Philippine property; The Northern Miner, November 20 issue, p. B6.Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Benguet	Santo Tomas II	Porphyry	Cu-Au	16.26250	120.62360	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Quaternary	Pleistocene	1.5	0.9	K-Ar	Imai (2001)	0.34	0.001				1.5	0.61		328,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.Imai, A., 2001, Generation and evolution of ore fluids for porphyry Cu-Au mineralization of the Santo Tomas II (Philex) deposit, Philippines; Resource Geology, v. 51, p. 71-96.
Philippines	Benguet	Sinipsip	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	16.83333	120.80000	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	Tertiary	Eocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	0.51	0.035					0.02		8,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Negros Occidental	Sipalay	Porphyry	Cu	9.83333	122.46670	island arc				Tertiary	Oligocene	30.6	29.8	K-Ar	Walther et al. (1981)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.52	0.1							375,000,000	Anonymous (1993)	Anonymous, 1993, Copper; Mining Journal, March 5 issue, p. 4.Walther, H.W., Foerster, H., Harre, W., Kreuzer, H., Lenz, H., Mueller, P. and Raschka, H., 1981, Early Cretaceous porphyry copper mineralization on Cebu Island, Philippines, dated with K-Ar and Rb-Sr methods; Geologisches Jahrbuch, v. 48, p. 21-35.
Philippines	Benguet	Suluakan	Porphyry	Cu	16.56667	120.65000	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.35	0.007				2.4	0.13		123,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Davao Del Norte	Tagapura	Porphyry	Cu-Au	7.51667	126.20000	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.42	0.005					0.23		23,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Marinduque	Tapian	Porphyry	Cu	13.43333	122.00000	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene				Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)	0.52	0.004				0.4	0.12		177,000,000	Loudon (1976)	Loudon, A.G., 1976, Marcopper porphyry copper deposit; Economic Geology, v. 71, p. 721-730.Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.Anonymous, 1994, Carson options Philippine project; The Northern Miner, December 19 issue, p. 10.
Philippines	Benguet	Tawi-Tawi	Porphyry	Cu	16.66667	121.33330	island arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.39	0.008				1.7	0.16		159,000,000	Sillitoe and Gappe Jr. (1984)	Sillitoe, R.H. and Gappe Jr., I.M., 1984, Philippine porphyry copper deposits; geologic setting and characteristics; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), ESCAP, Bangkok Thailand, Technical Publication 14, 89 p.
Philippines	Batangas	Taysan	Porphyry	Cu-Au	13.76667	121.21110	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene	15.7	13.9	K-Ar	Wolfe et al. (1978)	Tertiary	Pliocene					0.3						0.3		545,000,000	Disini (1997)	Disini, A.F., 1997, Philippines growth; Mining Journal; Supplement, September 12 issue, p. 97.Wolfe, J.A.; Manuzon, M.S. and Divis, A.F., 1978, The Taysan porphyry copper deposit, southern Luzon Island, Philippines; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 608-617.
Poland		Myszkow	Porphyry	W-Mo	50.58333	19.33333	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Carboniferous	Late					Carboniferous	Late	305	292	Ar-Ar	Badera (2001a)		0.15							100,000,000	Badera (2001b)	Badera, J., 2001a, Stockwork system in the Myszkow porphyry ore deposit; In Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Edited by Piestrzynski, Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, p. 363-366.Badera, J., 2001b, Personal Communication to R.V. Kirkham.
Puerto Rico	Arecibo	Cala Abajo	Porphyry	Cu-Au	18.18889	-66.68056	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	45.7	39.3	K-Ar	Barabas (1982)	0.8						0.45		52,600,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, USMX charges ahead in Latin America; The Northern Miner, May 29 issue, p. B4.Barabas, A.H., 1982, Potassium-argon dating of magmatic events and hydrothermal activity associated with porphyry copper mineralization in west central Puerto Rico; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 109-126.
Puerto Rico	Arecibo	Helecho	Porphyry	Cu	18.24389	-66.80000	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	44.3	32.3	K-Ar	Barabas (1982)	0.6	0.001							90,000,000	Cox (1985)	Cox, D.P., 1985, Geology of the Tanama and Helecho porphyry copper deposits and vicinity, Puerto Rico; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1327, 59 p.Barabas, A.H., 1982, Potassium-argon dating of magmatic events and hydrothermal activity associated with porphyry copper mineralization in west central Puerto Rico; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 109-126.
Puerto Rico	Arecibo	Piedra Hueca	Porphyry	Cu	18.19722	-66.68667	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	45.3	34.1	K-Ar	Barabas (1982)	0.82	0.002					0.3		64,000,000	Cox (1985)	Cox, D.P., 1985, Geology of the Tanama and Helecho porphyry copper deposits and vicinity, Puerto Rico; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1327, 59 p.Barabas, A.H., 1982, Potassium-argon dating of magmatic events and hydrothermal activity associated with porphyry copper mineralization in west central Puerto Rico; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 109-126.
Puerto Rico	Arecibo	Tanama	Porphyry	Cu-Au	18.25833	-66.79139	island arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	45.8	43.2	K-Ar	Cox et al. (1977)	0.64	0.002					0.7		126,000,000	Cox (1985)	Cox, D.P., 1985, Geology of the Tanama and Helecho porphyry copper deposits and vicinity, Puerto Rico; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1327, 59 p.Cox, D.P., Marvin, R.F., M'Gonigle, J.W., McIntyre, D.H. and Rogers, C.L., 1977, Potassium-argon geochronology of some metamorphic, igneous and hydrothermal events in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; United States Geological Survey, Journal of Research, v. 5/6, p. 689-703.
Romania		Bucium-Tarnita	Porphyry	Cu	46.41667	23.33333	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene	14	7	K-Ar	Pecskay et al. (1995)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.32								1,000,000,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, Romanian Eplorer to List in London; Mining Journal, March 26 issue, p. 205.Pecskay, Z., Edelstein, O., Seghedi, I., Szakacs, A., Kovak, M., Crihon, M. and Bernad, A., 1995, K-Ar datings of Neogene-Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanic rocks in Romania; Acta Volcanica, v. 7, p. 53-61.
Romania		Moldova	Porphyry	Cu	44.75000	21.68333	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late				Herrington et al. (1998)	0.35								500,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.
Romania		Rosia-Poieni	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	46.51667	23.08333	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene	14	7	K-Ar	Pecskay et al. (1995)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.4								1,000,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.Pecskay, Z., Edelstein, O., Seghedi, I., Szakacs, A., Kovak, M., Crihon, M. and Bernad, A., 1995, K-Ar datings of Neogene-Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanic rocks in Romania; Acta Volcanica, v. 7, p. 53-61.
Russia		Aksug	Porphyry	Cu	53.43333	96.66667					Devonian	Early	404	401	Ar-Ar	Sotnikov et al. (2003)							0.67	0.015							345,000,000	Berzina et al. (2005)	Berzina, A.N., Sotnikov, V.I., Economou-Eliopoulos, M. and Eliopoulos, D.G., 2005, Distribution of rhenium in molybdenite from porphyry Cu-Mo and Mo-Cu deposits of Russia (Siberia) and Mongolia; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 26, p. 91-113.Sotnikov, V.I., Ponomarchuk, V.A., Berzina, A.N. and Gimon, V.A., 2003, The Aksug porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Tuva, Russia: 40Ar/39Ar dating and magma constraints; in Eliopoulos, D.G., et al., eds., Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, Millpress, Rotterdam, p. 391-394.
Russia	Chita region	Bugdaya	Porphyry	Mo	51.20000	117.88330	continental arc				Jurassic	Late					Jurassic	Late				Laznicka (1976)		0.073	0.027		0.11			0.09% Pb	185,000,000	Laznicka (1976)	Laznicka, P., 1976, Porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits of the U.S.S.R. and their plate tectonic settings; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 85, p. B14-B32.Nokleberg, W.J., Bounaeva,T.M., Miller, R.J., Seminskiy, Z.V. and Diggles, M.F. (eds.), 2003, Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits, and selected placer districts of northeast Asia; United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 03-220.
Russia	Buriat	Chikoisk	Porphyry	Mo	53.16667	110.46670																		0.5							10,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778-1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.
Russia	Buriat	Dzhida	Porphyry	W-Mo	50.33333	104.33330	continental arc				Cretaceous	Early	141.8	132.2	Rb-Sr	Bayanov (1996)	Cretaceous	Early							0.34						10,910,000	Anstett et al. (1985)	Anstett, T.F., Bleiwas, D.I. and Hurdelbrink, R.J., 1985, Tungsten availability - market economy countries; United States Bureau of Mines, Information Circular 9025, 51 p. Bayanov, V.D., 1996, The Late Mesozoic shoshonite-latite series in the Dzhida orefield, southwest Transbaykalia; Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, v. 342, p. 111-115.
Russia	North East	Kirgannik	Porphyry	Cu-Au	55.25528	157.68580		gabbro-diorite suite			Tertiary						Tertiary					Abzalov (1999)							0.1		174,620,000	Abzalov (1999)	Abzalov, M.Z., 1999, Gold deposits of the Russian North East (the northern circum Pacific): metallogenic overview; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 701-714.
Russia	Chakasija	Kiyalykh-Uzen	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	54.08333	89.93333	continental arc				Devonian	Late					Carboniferous	Early				Sutulov (1978)	0.1	0.05							30,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778-1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.
Russia	Karelia	Lobash	Porphyry	Mo	64.71875	33.28814				granite	Neoarchean						Neoarchean		2695.9	2690.1		Stein et al. (2001)	0.03	0.075							173,000,000	Pokalov and Semenova (1993)	Pokalov, V.T. and Semenova, N.V., 1993, Lobash - the first large molybdenum deposit of the Precambrian age (Karelia); Geology of Ore Deposits, v. 35, p. 234-241.Stein, H.J., Markey, R.J., Morgan, J.W., Hannah, J.L. and Schersten, A. 2001, The remarkable Re-Os chronometer in molybdenite; how and why it works; Terra Nova, v. 13, p. 479-486.
Russia	Far East	Nakhtandjin	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	59.41667	153.48330		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Early				Nokleberg et al. (1997)	Cretaceous	Early					0.5	0.025				2.1			178,000,000	Nokleberg et al. (1997)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin, R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch, R.D., Ratkin, V.V., Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Pozdeev, A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, D., Kanchuk, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Ya. and Sidorov, A.A., 1997, Significant Metalliferous and Selected Non-metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera; United States Geological Survey, Open File Report96-513B.
Russia	Kol'kskij Poluostrov	Pellapahk	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	64.00000	35.00000					Neoarchean					Gavrilenko (2001)	Neoarchean						0.25	0.05							600,000,000	Gavrilenko (2001)	Gavrilenko, B.V., 2001, Ore potential of acidic rocks of the Archean Kolmozero-Voronya zone, NE Baltic Shield; in Piestrzynski, Swets and Zeitlinger, eds., Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century,Lisse, p. 421-424.
Russia	Far East	Peschanka	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	66.59778	164.50000	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Jurassic	Late				Abzalov (1999)	Cretaceous	Early					0.51	0.019					0.42		940,000,000	Miller (2002)	Miller, L., 2002, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham.Abzalov, M.Z., 1999, Gold deposits of the Russian North East (the northern circum Pacific): metallogenic overview; in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99 Congress; Bali, Indonesia, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No 4/99, p. 701-714.
Russia		Pravourmiskoe	Porphyry	Sn	50.41667	134.20000		granite suite			Cretaceous	Early	98.2	89.1	K-Ar	Lebedev et al. (1997)	Cretaceous	Early								0.43					35,000,000	Onikhimovski and Belomestnikh (1996)	Onikhimovski, V.V. and Belomestnikh, U.S., 1996, Mineral Resources of Khabarovsk Region (in Russian); Dalgeocentr, 496 p. Lebedev, V.A., Ivanenko, V.V. and Karpenko, M.I., 1997, Geochronology of the volcano-plutonic complex of the Verkhneurmi ore field, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia: K-Ar, 39Ar-40Ar, and Rb-Sr Isotopic Data; Geology of Ore Deposits, v. 39, p. 311-319.
Russia	Chakasija region	Sorskoie	Porphyry	Mo	53.51667	90.15000	transitional	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Uibat pluton		Devonian	Early					Devonian	Middle	388.8	330	Ar-Ar	Berzina et al. (1999)		0.25							10,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sotnikov, V.I. and Berzina, A.P., 2000, Porphyry Cu-Mo ore-magmatic systems of Siberia and Mongolia; in Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B. and Seltmann, R., Ore-Bearing Granites of Russia and Adjacent Countries, IMGRE, Moscow, Russia, p. 263-279.Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778-1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.Berzina, A.N., Sotnikov, V.I., Ponomarchuk, V.A., Berzina, A.P. and Kiseleva, V.Yu., 1999, Temporal periods of formation of Cu-Mo porphyry deposits, Siberia and Mongolia; in Stanley, C. J., ed., Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Volume 1, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 321-324.
Russia	Eastern Transbaikalia	Shakhtama	Porphyry	Mo	51.27500	117.95000					Jurassic	Late	160.5	153.4	Ar-Ar	Berzina et al. (1999)	Jurassic	Late	163	153	Rb-Sr	Berzina et al. (1999)	0.3	0.15							40,000,000	Berzina et al. (2005)	Berzina, A.N., Sotnikov, V.I., Economou-Eliopoulos, M. and Eliopoulos, D.G., 2005, Distribution of rhenium in molybdenite from porphyry Cu-Mo and Mo-Cu deposits of Russia (Siberia) and Mongolia; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 26, p. 91-113.Berzina, A.N., Sotnikov, V.I., Ponomarchuk, V.A., Berzina, A.P. and Kiseleva, V.Yu., 1999, Temporal periods of formation of Cu-Mo porphyry deposits, Siberia and Mongolia; in Stanley, C. J., ed., Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Volume 1, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 321-324.
Russia		Shameika	Porphyry	Mo	56.83333	61.50000			Malyshevo leucogranite	leucogranite	Permian						Permian		288	268	Re-Os	Seltmann et al. (2002)		0.08							54,000,000	Seltmann et al. (2000)	Seltmann, R., Koroteev, V., Fershtater, G. and Smirnov, V., 2000, The eroded Uralian Paleozoic ocean to continental transition zone: granitoids and related ore deposits; Excursion guidebook for the International Field Conference in the Urals, Russia, 18-30 July 2000, IAGOD Guidebook Series 7.Mao, J., Du, A., Seltmann, R. and Yu, J., 2003, Re-Os ages for the Shameika porphyry Mo deposit and the Lipovy Log rare metal pegmatite, central Urals, Russia; Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 251-257.
Russia		Tigrinoe	Porphyry	Sn	46.25000	135.98330					Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	82	76.8	K-Ar	Ishihara et al. (1997)				0.115	0.034				200,000,000	Popov and Popova (1992)	Popov, V.A. and Popova, V.I., 1992, Methods and results of mineralogical mapping of Tigrinoe tungsten-tin deposit (Primorye); Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, 93 p. Ishihara, S., Gonevchuk, V.G., Gonevchuk, G.A., Korostelev, P.G., Saydayn, G.R., Semenjak, B.I. and Ratkin, V.V., 1997, Mineralization age of granitoid-related ore deposits in the southern Russian Far East; Resource Geology, v. 47, p. 255-261.
Russia	Sakha region	Umaltinsk	Porphyry	Mo	51.58333	133.36670																		0.08							5,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778-1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.
Russia	Eastern Transbaikalia	Zhirekenskoe	Porphyry	Mo	52.84444	117.35972	continental collision	granite suite	Bushulei Pluton	porphyry	Jurassic	Late	160	155	Ar-Ar	Berzina et al. (2005)	Jurassic	Late					0.1	0.099							100,000,000	Berzina et al. (2005)	Sotnikov, V.I. and Berzina, A.P., 2000, Porphyry Cu-Mo ore-magmatic systems of Siberia and Mongolia; in Kremenetsky, A., Lehmann, B. and Seltmann, R., Ore-Bearing Granites of Russia and Adjacent Countries, IMGRE, Moscow, Russia, p. 263-279. Berzina, A.N., Sotnikov, V.I., Economou-Eliopoulos, M. and Eliopoulos, D.G., 2005, Distribution of rhenium in molybdenite from porphyry Cu-Mo and Mo-Cu deposits of Russia (Siberia) and Mongolia; Ore Geology Reviews, v. 26, p. 91-113.
Serbia		Bor	Porphyry	Cu	44.12250	22.11500					Cretaceous	Late				Herrington et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.6								450,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.
Serbia		Krivelj	Porphyry	Cu	44.13334	22.13333	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late				Herrington et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.44								750,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.
Serbia		Machkatica	Porphyry	Mo	42.70000	22.11667	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late				Berza et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late						0.08							90,000,000	Peters (1972)	Peters, W.C., 1972, Alpine-Mediterranean copper deposits in relation to plate tectonics; Preprint, American Institute Of Mining Engineers, Publication 73-S-10, 24 p.Berza, T., Constantinescu, E. and Vlad, S-N., 1998, Upper Cretaceous magmatic series and associated mineralisation in the Carpathian-Balkan orogen; Resource Geology, v. 48, p. 291-306.
Serbia		Majdanpek	Porphyry	Cu	44.38334	21.95000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Late				Herrington et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.5						0.3		1,000,000,000	Herrington et al. (1998)	Herrington, R.J., Jankovic, S. and Kozelj, D., 1998, The Bor and Majdanpek copper-gold deposits in the context of the Bor Metallogenic Zone (Serbia, Yugoslavia); in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 169-178.
Serbia		Valjevo	Porphyry	Cu	44.20000	21.95000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Cretaceous	Late				Berza et al. (1998)	Cretaceous	Late					0.27						0.6		200,000,000	Anonymous (1987)	Anonymous, 1987, Mineral finds in Yugoslavia; Mining Magazine, March issue, p. 191.Berza, T., Constantinescu, E. and Vlad, S-N., 1998, Upper Cretaceous magmatic series and associated mineralisation in the Carpathian-Balkan orogen; Resource Geology, v. 48, p. 291-306.
Sweden	Norrbotten	Aitik	Porphyry	Cu-Au	67.11667	21.00000	island arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite		porphyry	Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1897	1849	U-Pb	Witschard (1996)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle					0.3					2	0.2		800,000,000	Carlon (2000)	Carlon, C.J., 2000, Iron oxide systems and base metal mineralisation in northern Sweden; in Porter, T. M., ed., Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, p. 283-296.Witschard, F., 1996, Berggrundskartan 28K Gallivare; Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning, Ser. Ai 98-101.
Sweden		Bjorntjarn	Porphyry	Mo	66.00000	17.00000	continental arc				Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1864	1864	U-Pb	Wilson and Fallick (1982)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle						0.175							1,000,000	Ohlander (1975)	Ohlander, B., 1975, Geochemistry of Proterozoic molybdenum mineralized aplites in northern Sweden; Mineralium Deposita, v. 10, p. 241-248.Wilson, M.R. and Fallick, A.E., 1982, The relationship between uranium-enriched granites and hydrothermal mineralization in northern Sweden; in NEA-IAEA, OECD Symposium On Uranium Exploration Methods, Paris, Nuclear Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Atomic Energy Association, p. 293-306.
Sweden		Munka	Porphyry	Mo	66.50000	17.75000	continental arc				Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1864	1864	U-Pb	Wilson and Fallick (1982)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle						0.125							2,000,000	Ohlander (1975)	Ohlander, B., 1975, Geochemistry of Proterozoic molybdenum mineralized aplites in northern Sweden; Mineralium Deposita, v. 10, p. 241-248.Wilson, M.R. and Fallick, A.E., 1982, The relationship between uranium-enriched granites and hydrothermal mineralization in northern Sweden; in NEA-IAEA, OECD Symposium On Uranium Exploration Methods, Paris, Nuclear Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Atomic Energy Association, p. 293-306.
Sweden	Vasterbotten County	Tallberg	Porphyry	Cu	64.33334	20.00000	island arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1898	1873	U-Pb	Welin (1987); Skiold (1987)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle					0.27								44,000,000	Weihed (1992)	Weihed, P., 1992, Lithogeochemistry, metal and alteration zoning in the Proterozoic Tallberg porphyry-type deposit, northern Sweden; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 42, p. 301-325. Welin, E., 1987, The depositional evolution of the Svecofennian Supracrustal Sequence in Finland and Sweden; Precambrian Research, v. 35, p. 95-113.Skiold, T., 1987, Aspects of the Proterozoic geochronology of northern Sweden; Precambrian Research, v. 35, p. 161-167.
Taiwan	Hualien Hsien	Chimei	Porphyry	Cu	23.46667	121.41670	island arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	17	7.7	fission track	Yang et al. (1995)	0.2								13,000,000	Anonymous (1970)	Anonymous, 1970, Report on integrated exploration of the Chimei copper prospect in eastern Taiwan; In Report on Mining Research and Service Organization, Republic of China, 16, p. 145-160.Yang, T.F., Tien, J-L., Chen, C-H., Lee, T. and Punongbayan, R.S., 1995, Fission-track dating of volcanics in the northern part of the Taiwan-Luzon Arc: eruption ages and evidence for crustal contamination; Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, v. 11, p. 81-93.
Tajikistan	Penjikent district	Jilau	Porphyry	Au	39.25000	67.56667	continental collision	granodiorite-tonalite suite	Chinorsai Intrusive		Carboniferous					Cole et al. (2000)	Carboniferous												1.12		54,000,000	Cole et al. (2000)	Cole, A., Wilkinson, J.J., Halls, C. and Serenko, T., 2000, Geological characteristics, tectonic setting and preliminary interpretations of the Jilau gold-quartz vein deposit, Tajikistan; Mineralium Deposita, v. 35, p. 600-618.
Thailand	Loei	Phu Hin Lek Fai	Porphyry	Cu	17.50000	101.66670	continental collision	gabbro-diorite suite			Triassic	Middle	230	230	K-Ar	Taylor and van Leeuwen (1980)	Triassic						1								65,000,000	Anonymous (1992)	Anonymous, 1992, Abstracts Volume; 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 24 August-3 September, 1992, Abstract Volumes I, II and III, Utrecht, The Netherlands, p. 641. Taylor, D. and van Leeuwen, T.M., 1980, Porphyry-type deposits in southeast Asia; in Ishihara, S. and Takenouchi, S., eds., Granitic Magmatism and Related Mineralization, Mining Geology, Special Issue 8, p. 95-116.
Thailand	Loei	Phu Thong Daeng	Porphyry	Cu	17.33333	101.50000	continental collision				Triassic	Middle	230	230	K-Ar	Taylor and van Leeuwen (1980)	Triassic						1								13,000,000	Anonymous (1992)	Anonymous, 1992, Abstracts Volume; 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 24 August-3 September, 1992, Abstract Volumes I, II and III, Utrecht, The Netherlands, p. 641. Taylor, D. and van Leeuwen, T.M., 1980, Porphyry-type deposits in southeast Asia; in Ishihara, S. and Takenouchi, S., eds., Granitic Magmatism and Related Mineralization, Mining Geology, Special Issue 8, p. 95-116.
Turkey	Thrace	Derekoy	Porphyry	Cu	41.91667	27.35000	island arc				Cretaceous	Late	80.5	72.9	K-Ar	Ohta et al. (1988)	Cretaceous	Late					0.27								200,000,000	Ohta et al. (1988)	Ohta, E., Dogan, R., Batik, H. and Abe, M., 1988, Geology and mineralization of Derekoy porphyry copper deposit, northern Thrace, Turkey; Bulletin of The Geological Survey of Japan, v. 39, p. 115-134.
Turkey	Western Turkey	Kisladag	Porphyry	Au	38.16667	29.28333		gabbro-diorite suite		microdiorite	Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene				Lockhart (2000)							1.2		125,900,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, Positive prefeasibility at Kisladag; The Northern Miner, June 4 issue, p. 1.Lockhart, E., 2000, The Kisladag gold discovery, Turkey; in Abstracts Volume; Cordilleran Roundup, Vancouver, January 25-28, 2000, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, p. 22-23.
United Kingdom	Wales	Coed Y Brenin	Porphyry	Cu	52.83333	-3.83333					Cambrian					Shepherd and Allen (1985)	Cambrian						0.3								200,000,000	British Geological Survey (2000)	British Geological Survey, 2000, Minerals in Britain: past production... future potential; British Geological Survey, Minerals Programme, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK: Internet: www.bgs.ac.uk.Shepherd, T.J. and Allen, P.M., 1985, Metallogenesis in the Harlech Dome, North Wales; a fluid inclusion interpretation; Mineralium Deposita, v. 20, p. 159-168.
United Kingdom	England	Hemerdon	Porphyry	W	50.50000	-4.08333	continental arc										Permian		288	248	Ar-Ar				0.18	0.03					73,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, N. A. Tungsten expands its base of mineral assets; The Northern Miner, February 24 issue, p. 17.Kelley, S., Turner, G., Butterfield, A.W. and Shepherd, T.J., 1986, The source and significance of argon isotopes in fluid inclusions from areas of mineralization; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 79, p. 303-318.
United States	Arizona	Ajo	Porphyry	Cu	32.35556	-112.86670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	65.3	60.9	K-Ar	Damon and Mauger (1966)	0.7						0.3		580,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Damon, P.E. and Mauger, R.L., 1966, Epeirogeny-orogeny viewed from the Basin and Range Province; Society of Mining Engineers, AIME Transactions, v. 235, p. 99-112.
United States	Colorado	Allard	Porphyry	Cu	37.40000	-108.08330	continental arc	syenite suite			Cretaceous	Late	74.4	65.3	K-Ar	Cunningham et al. (1977)	Cretaceous	Late					0.4					5.143	0.069		32,000,000	Werle (1983)	Werle, J.L., 1983, Allard Stock, La Plata Mountains, Colorado; An enigmatic porphyry copper - precious metals deposit; Master's thesis, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, U.S.A., 60 p.Cunningham, C.G., Naeser, C.W. and Marvin, R.F., 1977, New ages for intrusive rocks in the Colorado Mineral Belt; United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 77-573, 7 p.
United States	Nevada	Ann-Mason	Porphyry	Cu	38.98333	-119.25000	continental arc				Jurassic	Middle	169.8	168.1	U-Pb	Dilles and Wright (1988); Dilles and Einaudi (1992)	Jurassic	Middle					0.4					0.17	0.03		495,000,000	Einaudi (1982)	Einaudi, M.T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 139-183.Dilles, J.H. and Wright, J.E., 1988, The chronology of Early Mesozoic arc magmatism in the Yerington District, Nevada, and its regional implications; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, p. 644-652.Dilles, J.H. and Einaudi, M.T., 1992, Wallrock alteration and hydrothermal flow paths about the Ann-Mason porphyry copper deposit, Nevada - a 6 km vertical reconstruction; Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1963-2001.
United States	Arizona	Bagdad	Porphyry	Cu	34.58333	-113.20000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Late	75.0	70.4	K-Ar	Damon and Mauger (1966)	Cretaceous	Late	76.1	71.6	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2002)	0.4	0.012							1,425,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Damon, P.E. and Mauger, R.L., 1966, Epeirogeny-orogeny viewed from the Basin and Range Province; Society of Mining Engineers, AIME Transactions, v. 235, p. 99-112.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Ryan, M. and Titley, S.R., 2002, A Re-Os study of sulfide minerals from the Bagdad porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, northern Arizona, USA; Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 585-596.
United States	Montana	Bald Butte	Porphyry	Mo	46.72278	-112.34640	continental rift				Tertiary	Eocene	49	49	K-Ar	Rostad (1978)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.1							14,000,000	Keith et al. (1983)	Keith , J.D., Christiansen, E.H. and Carten, R.B., 1993, The genesis of giant porphyry molybdenum deposits; in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., Mason, R. and Sheahan, P., eds., Giant Ore Deposits, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Number 2, p. 285-317. Rostad, O. H., 1978, K-Ar dates for mineralization in the White Cloud-Cannivan porphyry molybdenum belt of Idaho and Montana - a discussion; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 1366-1367.
United States	Alaska	Baultoff	Porphyry	Cu	62.10000	-141.20000	island arc				Cretaceous	Early	114	114	K-Ar	Hollister et al. (1975)	Cretaceous	Early					0.2								145,000,000	Bundtzen et al. (1995)	Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, C., Henning, A.H. and Charlie, M.W., 1995, Alaska's Mineral Industry 1995; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 50, 62 p.Hollister, V.F., Anzalone, S.A. and Richter, D.H., 1975, Porphyry copper deposits of southern Alaska and contiguous Yukon Territory; Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 68, no. 756, p. 104-112.
United States	Wyoming	Bear Lodge Mountains	Porphyry	Au	44.50000	-104.50000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Hausel (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene											0.7		7,439,000	Hausel (1993)	Hausel, W.D., 1993, Metal and gemstone deposits of Wyoming; in Snoke, A.W., Steidtmann, J.R. and Roberts, S.M., eds., Geology of Wyoming, Volume 2, Geological Survey of Wyoming, Memoir 5, p. 816-835.
United States	Nevada	Bear-Lagomarsino	Porphyry	Cu	39.01667	-119.20000	continental arc				Jurassic	Middle	169.8	168.1	U-Pb	Dilles and Wright (1988)	Jurassic	Middle					0.4								454,000,000	Einaudi (1982)	Einaudi, M.T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 139-183.Dilles, J.H. and Wright, J.E., 1988, The chronology of Early Mesozoic arc magmatism in the Yerington District, Nevada, and its regional implications; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, p. 644-652.
United States	Alaska	Bee Creek	Porphyry	Cu	56.51667	-158.40000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	4.02	3.54	K-Ar	Wilson and Cox (1983)	0.25	0.01							4,500,000	Nokleberg et al. (1987)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E. and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer deposits of Alaska; United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 1786, 104 p. Wilson, F.H. and Cox, D.P., 1983, Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic environment of porphyry mineralization in the central Alaska Peninsula; United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 83-783, 24 p.
United States	Montana	Big Ben	Porphyry	Mo	46.96667	-110.71670	continental rift				Tertiary	Eocene	51.4	47.6	K-Ar	Marvin et al. (1973)	Tertiary	Eocene						0.098							376,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554. Marvin, R.F., Witkind, I.J., Keefer, W.M. and Mehnert, H.H., 1973, Radiometric ages of intrusive rocks in the Little Belt Mountains, Montana; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1977-1986.
United States	Utah	Bingham	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	40.52500	-112.13330	continental rift	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Last Chance monzonite	monzonite	Tertiary	Eocene	38.74	38.36	U-Pb	Parry et al. (2001)	Tertiary	Eocene	37.27	36.73	Re-Os	Parry et al. (2001)	0.73	0.026				0.09	0.013		2,800,000,000	Krahulec (1997)	Krahulec, K.A., 1997, History and production of the West Mountain (Bingham) Mining District, Utah; in John, D.A. and Ballantyne, G.H., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah, Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series, v. 29, p. 189-218.Parry, W.T., Wilson, P.N., Moser, D. and Heizler, M.T., 2001, U-Pb dating of zircon and 40Ar/39Ar dating of biotite at Bingham, Utah, Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1671-1684.
United States	Arizona	Bisbee	Porphyry	Cu	31.45000	-109.91670	continental arc				Jurassic	Middle	163	163	K-Ar	Lowell and Guilbert (1970)	Jurassic	Middle					2.35					20.9	0.58		151,700,000	Titley (1993)	Titley, S. R., 1993, Characteristics of porphyry copper occurrence in the American Southwest; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 433-464.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.
United States	Alaska	Bond Creek	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	62.21667	-142.73330	island arc				Cretaceous	Early	105	105	K-Ar	Young et al. (1997)	Cretaceous	Early					0.4	0.03							770,000,000	Bundtzen et al. (1991)	Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Wood, J.E. and Clough, A.H., 1991, Alaska's Mineral Industry 1991; Alaska Division Of Geological And Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 46, 70 p. Young, L.E., St. George, P. and Bouley, B.A., 1997, Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 306-333.
United States	Nevada	Buckingham	Porphyry	Mo	40.60305	-117.10080	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	90	76.6	K-Ar, Ar-Ar	Theodore et al. (1992)	Cretaceous	Late					0.034	0.058							1,297,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554. Theodore, T.G., Blake, D.W., Loucks, T.A. and Johnson, C.A., 1992, Geology of the Buckingham stockwork molybdenum deposit and surrounding area, Lander County, Nevada; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 798-D, 307 p.
United States	Montana	Butte	Porphyry	Cu	46.02083	-112.52060	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Butte quartz monzonite		Cretaceous	Late	67	65	U-Pb	Lund et al. (2003)	Tertiary	Paleocene	66.68	63.85	Re-Os	Dilles et al. (2003)	0.85								2,083,000,000	Kirkham and Sinclair (1996)	Kirkham, R.V. and Sinclair, W.D., 1996, Porphyry copper, gold, molybdenum, tungsten, tin, silver; in Eckstrand, O.R., Sinclair, W.D. and Thorpe, R.I., eds., Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 8, p. 421-446.Lund, K., Aleinikoff, J.N., Kunk, M.J., Unruh, D.M., Zeihen, G.D., Hodges, W.C., du Bray, E. A. and O'Neill, J.M., 2002, SHRIMP U-Pb and 40Ar/ 39Ar age constraints for relating plutonism and mineralization in the Boulder Batholith region, Montana; Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 241-267.
United States	Montana	Cannivan Gulch	Porphyry	Mo	45.65000	-112.93330	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	66.4	61.8	K-Ar	Schmidt et al. (1979)		0.096							185,000,000	Worthington (1977)	Worthington, J., 1977, Molybdenum mineralization at Cannivan Gulch, Montana; Program and Abstracts, Geological Association of Canada, p. 172.Schmidt, E.A., Worthington, J.E. and Thomssen, R.W., 1979, K-Ar dates for mineralization in the White Cloud-Cannivan porphyry molybdenum belt of Idaho and Montana - a Discussion; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 698-699.
United States	Alaska	Carl Creek	Porphyry	Cu	62.05000	-141.60000	island arc				Cretaceous	Early	111	111	K-Ar	Young et al. (1997)	Cretaceous	Early					0.2								14,500,000	Eakins et al. (1983)	Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B. and Clautice, K.H., 1983, Alaska's Mineral Industry 1982; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 31, 63 p.Young, L.E., St. George, P. and Bouley, B.A., 1997, Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 306-333.
United States	Arizona	Carlota	Porphyry	Cu	33.38500	-110.98890	continental arc																0.44								95,900,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, Positive Carlota ruling; Mining Journal, October 1 issue, p. 259.
United States	Texas	Cave Peak	Porphyry	Mo	31.41667	-104.88330	continental rift				Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene	37.4	34.8	K-Ar	Sharp (1979)	0.04	0.146							26,000,000	Keith et al. (1983)	Keith, J.D., Christiansen, E.H. and Carten, R.B., 1993, The genesis of giant porphyry molybdenum deposits; in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., Mason, R. and Sheahan, P., eds., Giant Ore Deposits, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Number 2, p. 285-317.Sharp, J.E., 1979, Cave Peak, a molybdenum-mineralized breccia pipe complex in Culberson County, Texas; Economic Geology, v. 74, p. 517-534.
United States	Alaska	Chicken Mountain	Porphyry	Au	62.25000	-158.00000	continental arc										Cretaceous	Late	70	70	K-Ar	Nockleberg et al. (1995)	0.09						1.2	0.46% Sb	14,500,000	Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzsen, T.K., Brew, D.A. and Plafker, G., 1995, Metallogenesis and tectonics of porphyry copper and molybdenum (gold, silver) and granitoid-hosted gold deposits of Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 103-141.
United States	Colorado	Climax	Porphyry	Mo	39.37333	-106.16140	continental rift	granite suite	Silver Plume granite		Tertiary	Oligocene	31.3	29.3	K-Ar	Schassberger (1972)	Tertiary	Oligocene						0.24	0.02						907,000,000	Kirkham and Sinclair (1996)	Kirkham, R.V. and Sinclair, W.D., 1996, Porphyry copper, gold, molybdenum, tungsten, tin, silver; in Eckstrand, O.R., Sinclair, W.D. and Thorpe, R.I., eds., Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 8, p. 421-446.Schassberger, H.T., 1972, K-Ar dates on intrusive rocks and alteration associated with molybdenum mineralization at Climax and Urad, Colorado and Questa, New Mexico; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 3, p. 29.
United States	Nevada	Contact	Porphyry	Cu	41.78333	-114.81670	continental arc																0.952								39,500,000	Steininger (2000)	Steininger, R. C., 2000, Western United States; SEG Newsletter, April issue, p. 38.
United States	Arizona	Copper Basin	Porphyry	Cu	34.48333	-112.58330	continental arc	gabbro-diorite suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	74.1	71.1	K-Ar	Lang (1998)	0.55	0.021							159,000,000	Jolly and Edelstein (1983)	Jolly, J.L.W. and Edelstein, D.L., 1983, Copper; in Minerals Yearbook 1983, Volume 2, United States Bureau Of Mines, p. 277-319. Lang, J.R., 1998, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham.
United States	Arizona	Copper Creek	Porphyry	Cu	32.78333	-110.48330	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene	62.1	60.8	Ar-Ar	Anderson et al. (2003)	Tertiary	Paleocene	61.0	56.0	Ar-Ar, Re-Os	Anderson et al. (2003); Barra et al. (2005)	0.75								270,000,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, Drilling progresses for AMT; The Northern Miner, June 15 issue, p. B1.Anderson, E.D., Atkinson, W.W., Iriondo, A. and Marsh, T., 2003, Geology and geochemistry of the Mammoth breccia pipe, Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona; Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol.35, no.6, p. 232.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
United States	New Mexico	Copper Flat	Porphyry	Cu	32.95000	-107.53330	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	75.59	74.27	Ar-Ar	McLemore et al. (2000)	0.43	0.013				2.1	0.14		53,500,000	Kilburn (1996)	Kilburn, J., 1996, Alta Gold to develop Copper Flat porphyry; The Northern Miner, June 24 issue, p. 1.McLemore, V.T., Munroe, E.A., Heizler, M.T. and McKee, C., 2000, Geology and evolution of the Copper Flat porphyry-copper system, Hillsboro mining district, New Mexico; in Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond, Geological Society of Nevada, Symposium Program with Abstracts, p. 63.
United States	Wyoming	Copper King	Porphyry	Cu-Au	41.11111	-105.18330	continental arc				Mesoproterozoic		1400	1400	unspecified	Hausel (1997)	Mesoproterozoic						0.19						0.82		23,300,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Mountain Lake options copper-gold project; The Northern Miner, June 24 issue, p. B12.Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming; Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 70, 229 p.
United States	Nevada	Copper Queen	Porphyry	Cu	38.51667	-118.11670	continental arc																0.35								129,000,000	Anonymous (1992)	Anonymous, 1992, Kookaburra Gold Corp.; The Northern Miner Insert, Mar 11 issue.
United States	Wyoming	Crater Mountain	Porphyry	Cu	44.00000	-109.63330	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Hausel (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.35								59,000,000	Hausel (1993)	Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming; Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 70, 229 p.
United States	Idaho	Cumo	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	44.03333	-115.78330	continental rift				Tertiary	Eocene	46.1	43.5	K-Ar	Percious et al. (1967)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.074	0.059							1,258,000,000	Keith et al. (1983)	Keith, J.D., Christiansen, E.H. and Carten, R.B., 1993, The genesis of giant porphyry molybdenum deposits; in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., Mason, R. and Sheahan, P., eds., Giant Ore Deposits, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication Number 2, p. 285-317.Percious, J.K., Damon, P.E. and Olson, H.J., 1967, Radiometric dating of Idaho Batholith porphyries (Appendix A-X), in Damon, P. E., ed., Correlation and Chronology of Ore Deposits and Volcanic Rocks, Annual Progress Report to Research Division, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Geochemical Section, Geochronology Labratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, COO-689-76, p. AX-1-AX-6.
United States	Alaska	Donlin Creek	Porphyry	Au	62.05000	-158.16670	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	70.3	63.2	Ar-Ar	Szumigala et al. (1999)							3.06		70,100,000	Anonymous (2001)	Anonymous, 2001, NovaGold options Donlin Creek; Mining Journal, April 6 issue, p. 255. Szumigala, D.J., Dodd, S.P. and Arribas, A. Jr., 1999, Geology and gold mineralization of the Donlin Creek prospects, southwest Alaska; in Wiltse, M.A., ed., Short Notes on Alaska Geology - 1999, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Professional Report 119.
United States	Arizona	Dos Pobres	Porphyry	Cu	32.79167	-109.67500	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Eocene	54.2	46.0	K-Ar	Langton and Williams (1982)	Tertiary	Eocene				Langton and Williams (1982)	0.73								345,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Langton, J.M. and Williams, S.A., 1982, Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining District, Graham County, Arizona; in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 335-352.
United States	Nevada	Ely	Porphyry	Cu	39.25834	-115.00000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Early					Cretaceous	Early	112.7	112.7	K-Ar	McDowell and Kulp (1967)	1								337,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.McDowell, F.W. and Kulp, J.L., 1967, Age of intrusion and ore deposition in the Robinson mining district of Nevada; Economic Geology, v. 62, p. 905-909.
United States	Arizona	Esperanza	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	31.87972	-111.11390	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	65.8	54	Re-Os, K-Ar	Ruiz and Mathur (1999); Shafiqullah and Langlois (1978)	0.38	0.026							122,750,000	Anonymous (1981)	Anonymous, 1981, Arizona; in Minerals Yearbook 1981, United States Bureau of Mines, p. 9.Ruiz, J. and Mathur, R., 1999, Metallogenesis in continental margins: Re-Os evidence from porphyry copper deposits in Chile; in Lambert, D.D. and Ruiz, J., eds., Application of Radiogenic Isotopes to Ore Deposit Research and Exploration, Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 12, p. 59-72. Shafiqullah, M. and Langlois, J.D., 1978, The Pima mining district, Arizona, a geochronologic update; in James, H.L., Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C. and Clemons, R.E., eds., Land of Cochise, Southeast Arizona, University of New Mexico, Field Conference Guidebook Number 29, p. 321-327.
United States	Alaska	Fort Knox	Porphyry	Au	65.00000	-147.35000	continental arc	granite suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	96.0	85.9	K-Ar	McCoy et al. (1997)							0.93		169,000,000	Bakke et al. (2000)	Bakke, A., Morrell, B., Odden, J., Bergstrom, T. and Woodman, J., 2000, Kinross Gold USA's Activities in the Fairbanks Mining District, K2K; in Tucker, T.L. and Smith, M.T., eds., The Tintana Gold Belt: Concepts, Exploration and Discoveries, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, Special Volume 2, p. 89-98.McCoy, D., Newberry, R.J., Layer, P., Dimarchi, J.J., Bakke, A., Masterman, J.S. and Minehane, D.L., 1997, Plutonic-related gold deposits of interior Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 191-241.
United States	Washington	Glacier Peak	Porphyry	Cu	48.19778	-120.97920	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	21.8	20.2	K-Ar	Lasmanis (1995)	0.334	0.009							1,700,000,000	Lasmanis (1995)	Lasmanis, R., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in Washington State; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 77-102.
United States	Alaska	Golden Zone	Porphyry	Au	63.16667	-149.75000	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	68	68	K-Ar	Swainbank et al. (1977)	Cretaceous	Late											3.26		12,000,000	Bundtzen et al. (1995)	Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, C., Henning, A.H. and Charlie, M.W., 1995, Alaska's mineral industry 1995; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 50, 62 p.Swainbank, R.C., Smith, T.E. and Turner, D.L., 1977, Geology and K-Ar age of mineralized intrusive rocks from the Chulitna mining district, central Alaska; in Short Notes on Alaskan Geology - 1977, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Geological Report, 55, p. 23-28.
United States	Nevada	Hall	Porphyry	Mo	38.30000	-117.30000	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	72.4	64	U-Pb, K-Ar	Shaver (1984)	Cretaceous	Late					0.04	0.091							180,000,000	Shaver (1991)	Shaver, S.A., 1991, Geology, alteration, mineralization and trace element geochemistry of the Hall (Nevada Moly) deposit, Nye County, Nevada; in Raines, G.L., Lisle, R.E., Schafer, R.W. and Wilkinson, W.H., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin, Geological Society of Nevada, p. 303-332.Shaver, S.A., 1984, The Hall (Nevada Moly) molybdenum deposit, Nye County, Nevada; geology, alteration, mineralization, and geochemical dispersion; Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, 560 p.
United States	Montana	Heddleston	Porphyry	Cu	46.98333	-112.33330	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	45.7	43.3	K-Ar	Miller et al. (1973)	0.48								84,400,000	Anonymous (1977)	Anonymous, 1977, World Mining.Miller, R.N., Shea, E.P., Goddard, C.C. Jr., Potter, C.W. and Brox, G.B., 1973, Geology of the Heddleston copper-molybdenum deposit, Lewis and Clark County, Montana; Proceedings, American Instititute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Pacific Northwest Metals and Minerals Conference, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, 33 p.
United States	Arizona	Helvetia	Porphyry	Cu	31.95000	-111.03330	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene				Anzalone (1995)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.6	0.014							430,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Anzalone, S.A., 1995, The Helvetia area porphyry systems, Pima County, Arizona; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 436-441.
United States	Colorado	Henderson-Urad	Porphyry	Mo	39.76000	-105.83000	continental rift				Tertiary	Oligocene	30.19	28.16	Ar-Ar	Carten and Snee (1995)	Tertiary	Oligocene						0.168							726,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., Walker, B.M., Geraghty, E.P. and Gunow, A.J., 1988, Comparison of field studies of Henderson porphyry Mo deposit Colorado, with experimental and theoretical models of porphyry systems; in Taylor, R.P. and Strong, D.F., eds., Recent Advances in the Geology of Granite-related Mineral Deposits, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume39, p. 351-366.Carten, R.B. and Snee, L.W., 1995, Hydrothermal history and duration of ore formation at the Henderson porphyry molybdenum deposit, Colorado; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, No. 6, p. 281.
United States	Alaska	Horsfeld	Porphyry	Cu	62.05000	-141.23330	island arc				Cretaceous	Early	111	111		Hollister et al. (1975)	Cretaceous	Early					0.2								60,000,000	Goldfarb et al. (1986)	Goldfarb, R.J., Nelson, S.W., Berg, H.C. and Light, T.D., 1986, Distribution of the mineral deposits in the Pacific Border Ranges and Coast Mountains of the Alaskan Cordillera; in GeoExpo/86, Geological Association of Canada, p. 35.Hollister, V.F., Anzalone, S.A. and Richter, D.H., 1975, Porphyry copper deposits of southern Alaska and contiguous Yukon Territory; Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 68, no. 756, p. 104-112.
United States	Alaska	Illinois Creek	Porphyry	Au	63.75000	-158.25000	continental arc	granite suite	Khotol pluton		Cretaceous	Early	112	112	K-Ar	Patton et al. (1984)	Cretaceous	Early										1.501	2.4		5,760,000	Bundtzen et al. (1995)	Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, C., Henning, A.H. and Charlie, M.W., 1995, Alaska's mineral industry 1995; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 50, 62 p.Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Lanphere, M.A. and Jones, D.L., 1984, New age data for the Kaiyuh Mountains, west-central Alaska; U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 868, p.30-32.
United States	Washington	Kelsey	Porphyry	Cu	48.99500	-119.47810					Triassic-Jurassic					Lasmanis (1995)	Triassic-Jurassic						0.241								31,100,000	Lasmanis (1995)	Lasmanis, R., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in Washington State; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 77-102.
United States	Alaska	Kijik River	Porphyry	Cu	60.36666	-154.25000	continental arc				Tertiary	Early				Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Tertiary	Early					0.2	0.1							90,000,000	Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzsen, T.K., Brew, D.A. and Plafker, G., 1995, Metallogenesis and tectonics of porphyry copper and molybdenum (gold, silver) and granitoid-hosted gold deposits of Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 103-141.
United States	Wyoming	Kirwin	Porphyry	Cu	43.88334	-109.28330	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Hausel (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.505	0.013							196,000,000	Hausel (1993)	Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming; Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 70, 229 p.
United States	Arizona	Korn Kobb	Porphyry	Cu	32.46667	-110.65000	continental arc																0.41								25,400,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, Corner Bay acquires Arizona copper play; The Northern Miner, June 12 issue, p. 15.
United States	California	Lights Creek	Porphyry	Cu	40.20000	-120.61670		quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Early-Late	101	97.5	K-Ar	Evernden and Kistler (1970)	Cretaceous	Early-Late					0.34								350,000,000	Storey (1978)	Storey, L.O., 1978, Geology and mineralization of the Lights Creek Stock, Plumas County, California; Arizona Geological Society Digest, Volume 11, p. 49-58. Evernden, J.F. and Kistler, R.W., 1970, Chronology of emplacement of Mesozoic batholithic complexes in California and western Nevada; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 623, 42 p.
United States	Idaho	Little Boulder Creek	Porphyry	Mo	44.05000	-114.56670	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	63.7	59.3	K-Ar	Armstrong et al. (1978)		0.12							900,000,000	Anonymous (1970)	Anonymous, 1970, Metals Week, August 31 issue.Armstrong, R.L., Hollister, V.F. and Harakal, J.E., 1978, K-Ar dates for mineralization in the White Cloud-Cannivan porphyry molybdenum belt of Idaho and Montana; Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 94-96.
United States	Arizona	Lone Star	Porphyry	Cu	32.75834	-109.60000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Langton and Williams (1982)??	Tertiary	Eocene				Langton and Williams (1982)	0.45								5,670,000,000	Williams and Forrester (1995)	Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.
United States	Nevada	Macarthur	Porphyry	Cu	39.04750	-119.23970																	0.21								87,300,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, MacArthur permits in hand; The Northern Miner, January 3 issue, p. 3.
United States	Washington	Margaret	Porphyry	Cu	46.35417	-122.08330					Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	17.8	16.0	K-Ar	Evarts et al. (1987)	0.36	0.008				1.6	0.24		523,000,000	Lasmanis (1995)	Lasmanis, R., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in Washington State; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 77-102.Evarts, R.C., Ashley, R.P. and Smith, J.G., 1987, Geology of the Mount St. Helens area - record of discontinuous volcanic and plutonic activity in the Cascade arc of southern Washington; Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, p. 10155-10169.
United States	Alaska	Margerie Glacier	Porphyry	Cu	59.01667	-137.08330	continental arc				Tertiary					Brew and Morrell (1983)	Tertiary						0.2		0.01			4.5	0.27		145,000,000	Brew et al. (1979)	Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D. and Johnson, B.R., 1979, Summary of mineral resources, Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness study area, southeastern Alaska; United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 78-494.Brew, D.A. and Morrell, R.P., 1983, Intrusive rocks and plutonic belts of southeastern Alaska, U.S.A.; in Roddick, J.A., ed., Circum-Pacific Plutonic Terranes, Geological Society of America, Memoir 159, p. 171-193.
United States	Washington	Mazama	Porphyry	Cu	48.61472	-120.38190	island arc				Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	91	84.0	K-Ar	Riedell et al. (1996)	0.36	0.006					0.03		135,170,000	Danielson (1991)	Danielson, V., 1991, Centurion exploring Mazama; The Northern Miner, December 16 issue, p. 13.Riedell, K.B., Jones, B.K. and Cheney, E.S., 1996, Geology, geochemistry, and evolution of the Mazama porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold deposit, Okanogan County, Washington; in Coyner, A.R. and Fahey, P.L., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera, v. 3, Geological Society of Nevada, p. 1501-1520.
United States	Nevada	Mcgill	Porphyry	Cu	39.40000	-114.75000	continental arc																0.85	0.016							400,000,000	Sutulov (1978)	Sutulov, A., 1978, Resources - world survey; in Sutulov, A., ed., International Molybdenum Encyclopedia 1778 - 1978, Volume 1: Resources and Production, Intermet Publications, Santiago, Chile, p. 310-324.
United States	Arizona	Miami-Inspiration	Porphyry	Cu	33.39167	-110.88330	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	65.1	58.3	Ar-Ar	Kendrick et al. (2001)	0.75								1,170,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Kendrick, M.A., Burgess, R., Pattrick, R.A.D. and Turner, G., 2001, Halogen and Ar-Ar age determinations of inclusions within quartz veins from porphyry copper deposits using complementary noble gas extraction techniques; Chemical Geology, v. 177, p. 351-370.
United States	Washington	Middle Fork	Porphyry	Cu	47.50000	-121.33330		granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Tertiary	Miocene				Patton et al. (1973)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.5								13,500,000	Patton et al. (1973)	Patton, T.C., Grant, A.R. and Cheney, E.S., 1973, Hydrothermal alteration at the Middle Fork copper prospect, central Cascades, Washington; Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 816-830.
United States	Arizona	Mineral Park	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	35.36666	-114.15000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite	Ithaca Peak stock		Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	75.9	70.7	K-Ar	Mauger and Damon (1965)	0.38	0.04					0.003		93,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Mauger, R.L. and Damon, P.E., 1965, K-Ar ages of Laramide magmatism and copper mineralization in the southwest; Annual Progress Report, Atomic Energy Commission, Publication C00-689-50.
United States	Arizona	Montana Tunnels	Porphyry	Au	46.33333	-112.16670	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene	52	39	K-Ar, fission track	Sillitoe et al. (1985)	Tertiary	Eocene									0.67	12	0.96		61,000,000	Sillitoe et al. (1985)	Sillitoe, R.H., Grauberger, G.L. and Elliott, J.E., 1985, A diatreme-hosted gold deposit at Montana Tunnels, Montana; Economic Geology, v. 80, p. 1707-1721.
United States	Arizona	Morenci-Metcalf	Porphyry	Cu	33.08333	-109.36670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite		porphyry	Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	58.1	55.1	K-Ar	McDowell (1971)	0.43								6,078,240,000	Enders et al. (1997)	Enders, M.S., Titley, S. R. and Hertle, M. P., 1997, Thick supergene enrichment blankets - lessons from the Morenci District, Arizona; Mining Engineering, vol.49, no. 11, Supplement, 62 p.McDowell, F.W., 1971, K-Ar ages of igneous rocks from the western United States; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 2, p. 1-16.
United States	Colorado	Mount Emmons	Porphyry	Mo	38.88334	-107.06670	continental rift				Tertiary	Miocene					Tertiary	Miocene	18.7	16.5	K-Ar	Thomas and Galey (1982)		0.264	0.005						140,600,000	Thomas and Galey (1982)	Thomas, J.A. and Galey J.T., Jr., 1982, Exploration and geology of the Mt. Emmons molybdenite deposits, Gunnison County, Colorado; Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1085-1104.
United States	Nevada	Mount Hope	Porphyry	Mo	39.78333	-116.16670	continental rift				Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	40.8	38.8	K-Ar	Edwards and McLaughlin (1972)		0.1							459,000,000	Westra and Riedell (1996)	Westra,G. and Riedell, K.B., 1996, Geology of the Mount Hope stockwork molybdenum deposit, Eureka County, Nevada; in Coyner, A.R. and Fahey, P.L., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera, v. 3, Geological Society of Nevada, p. 1639-1666.Edwards, G. and McLaughlin, W.A., 1972, Shell List No. 1; K/Ar and Rb/Sr age determinations of California, Nevada and Utah rocks and minerals; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 3, p. 1-8.
United States	Washington	Mount Tolman	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	48.05695	-118.69220	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	53.0	49.4	K-Ar	Armstrong et al. (1982)	0.09	0.054							2,176,999,936	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554. Armstrong, R.L., Harakal, J.E. and Hollister, V.F., 1982, Eocene mineralization at Mount Tolman (Keller), Washington and Silver Dyke, Montana; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 33, p. 9-10.
United States	Washington	North Fork	Porphyry	Cu	47.67500	-121.64170					Tertiary	Miocene	10.6	9.8	K-Ar	Hollister and Baumann (1978)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.41	0.008				0.041	0.003		77,400,000	Lasmanis (1995)	Lasmanis, R., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in Washington State; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 77-102.Hollister, V.F. and Baumann, F.W., 1978, The North Fork porphyry copper deposit of the Washington Cascades; Mineralium Deposita, v. 13, p. 191-199.
United States	Alaska	Nunatak	Porphyry	Mo	59.06667	-136.13330	continental arc				Tertiary					Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Tertiary						0.16	0.067							2,030,000	Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzsen, T.K., Brew, D.A. and Plafker, G., 1995, Metallogenesis and tectonics of porphyry copper and molybdenum (gold, silver) and granitoid-hosted gold deposits of Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 103-141.
United States	Alaska	Orange Hill	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	62.20000	-142.85000	island arc				Cretaceous	Early	112	104	K-Ar	Richter (1976)	Cretaceous	Early					0.35	0.02				0.34	0.17		320,000,000	Nokleberg et al. (1987)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E. and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer deposits of Alaska; United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 1786, 104 p. Richter, D.H., 1976, Geologic map of the Nabesna A-4 Quadrangle, Alaska; United States Geological Survey , I-932, Scale 1:250000.
United States	Alaska	Pebble Copper	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	59.89833	-155.29440	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite-diorite suite			Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	89.8	85.8	Ar-Ar, Re-Os	Schrader et al. (2001)	0.27	0.015					0.3		2,740,000,000	Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (2005)	Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., 2005, http://www.northerndynastyminerals.com/ndm/PebbleDeposit.asp.Bouley, B.A., St. George, P. and Wetherbee, P.K., 1995, Geology and discovery at Pebble Copper, a copper-gold porphyry system in southwest Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 422-435.Schrader, C.M., Crowe, D., Turner, K. and Stein, H.J., 2001, 40Ar/39Ar and Re-Os geochronology of the Pebble Copper Cu-Au-Mo deposit, southwest Alaska; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 6, p. 418.
United States	Arizona	Pine Flat	Porphyry	Cu	34.50000	-112.33330	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	70	64	K-Ar	Anderson and Blacet (1972)	Tertiary	Early					0.36								22,500,000	Spatz (1995)	Spatz, D.M., 1995, Geology and zoning relationships at the Pine Flat porphyry copper deposit, Yavapai County, Arizona; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 347-363.Anderson, C.A. and Blacet, P.M., 1972, Precambrian geology of the northern Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 1336, 79 p.
United States	Utah	Pine Grove	Porphyry	Mo	38.33333	-113.58330	continental rift				Tertiary	Oligocene	24	24	K-Ar	Mutschler et al. (1981)	Tertiary	Oligocene						0.18							113,000,000	Keith (1985)	Keith, J.D., 1985, Personal communication to R.V. Kirkham.Mutschler, F.E., Wright, E.G., Ludington, S. and Abbott, J.T., 1981, Granite-molybdenite systems; Economic Geology, v. 76, p. 874-897.
United States	Nevada	Pine Nut	Porphyry	Mo	38.88334	-119.56670	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late				Carten et al. (1993)		0.06							181,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554.
United States	Arizona	Pinto Valley - Copper Cities	Porphyry	Cu	33.43333	-110.91670	continental arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary						Cretaceous-Tertiary		71.2	55.2	Ar-Ar	Kendrick et al. (2001)	0.44	0.009							317,500,000	Ta and Carter (1975)	Ta, M.L. and Carter, R., 1975, Pinto Valley copper mine - blueprint for insured productivity; Mining Engineering, June issue, p. 25.Kendrick, M.A., Burgess, R., Pattrick, R.A.D. and Turner, G., 2001, Halogen and Ar-Ar age determinations of inclusions within quartz veins from porphyry copper deposits using complementary noble gas extraction techniques; Chemical Geology, v. 177, p. 351-370.
United States	Arizona	Poston Butte	Porphyry	Cu	33.11666	-111.41670	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	63	61	K-Ar	Nason et al. (1982)	0.34								291,000,000	Niemuth (1998)	Niemuth, N.J., 1998, Arizona; Mining Engineering, May issue, p. 72.Nason, P.W., Shaw, A.V. and Aveson, K.D., 1982, Geology of the Poston Butte porphyry copper deposit; Pinal County, Arizona; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 375-385.
United States	Alaska	Pyramid	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	55.61666	-160.68330	continental arc				Tertiary	Miocene	6.6	6.2	K-Ar	Armstrong et al. (1976)	Tertiary	Miocene					0.4	0.025							114,500,000	Young et al. (1997)	Young, L.E., St. George, P. and Bouley, B.A., 1997, Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 306-333. Armstrong, R.L., Harakal, J.E. and Hollister, V.F., 1976, Age determination of Late Cenozoic porphyry copper deposits of the North American Cordillera; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 85, p. 239-244.
United States	Alaska	Quartz Hill	Porphyry	Mo	55.40000	-130.46670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Oligocene	31.3	29.5	K-Ar, Rb-Sr	Hudson et al. (1979)	Tertiary	Oligocene	27.8	26.0	K-Ar	Hudson et al. (1979)		0.076							1,600,000,000	Wolfe (1995)	Wolfe, W.J., 1995, Exploration and geology of the Quartz Hill molybdenum deposit, southeast Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 764-770. Hudson, T., Smith, J.G. and Elliott, R.W., 1979, Petrology, composition and age of intrusive rocks associated with the Quartz Hill molybdenite deposit, southeastern Alaska; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 16, p. 1805-1822.
United States	New Mexico	Questa	Porphyry	Mo	36.68333	-105.50000	continental rift				Tertiary	Oligocene-Miocene	24.9	22.2	K-Ar	Laughlin et al. (1969)	Tertiary	Oligocene-Miocene						0.144							277,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H.J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554. Laughlin, A.W., Rehrig, W.A. and Mauger, R.L., 1969, K-Ar chronology and sulfur and strontium isotope ratios at the Questa mine, New Mexico; Economic Geology, v. 64, p. 903-909.
United States	Arizona	Ray	Porphyry	Cu	33.16667	-110.98330	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Late					Tertiary	Paleocene	68.2	63.8	Ar-Ar, K-Ar	Kendrick et al. (2001); Banks and Stuckless (1973)	0.63								1,722,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Kendrick, M.A., Burgess, R., Pattrick, R.A.D. and Turner, G., 2001, Halogen and Ar-Ar age determinations of inclusions within quartz veins from porphyry copper deposits using complementary noble gas extraction techniques; Chemical Geology, v. 177, p. 351-370.Banks, N.G. and Stuckless, J.S., 1973, Chronology of intrusion and ore deposition at Ray, Arizona; Part II, fission-track ages; Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 657-664.
United States	Arizona	Red Hills	Porphyry	Cu	34.31222	-113.65970	continental arc																0.1								500,000,000	Williams and Forrester (1995)	Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.
United States	Texas	Red Hills	Porphyry	Cu	25.88333	-104.51667	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite		quartz monzonite	Tertiary	Paleocene	64.4	64.0	U-Pb	Gilmer et al. (2003)	Tertiary	Paleocene	60.5	59.1	Re-Os	Gilmer et al. (2003)	0.35								18,000,000	Silver (1999)	Silver, D.B., 1999, Finding the silver lining in Shafter, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 51, p. 28-32.Gilmer, A.K., Kyle, J.R., Connelly, J.N., Mathur, R.D. and Henry, C.D., 2003, Extension of Laramide magmatism in southwestern North America into Trans-Pecos Texas; Geology, v. 31, p. 447-450.
United States	Arizona	Red Mountain	Porphyry	Cu	31.40000	-110.58330	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	74.5	69.9	K-Ar	Simons (1972)	Cretaceous	Late					0.58								342,000,000	Williams and Forrester (1995)	Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.Simons, F.S., 1972, Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Patagonia Mountains and adjoining areas, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 658-E, 23 p.
United States	Arizona	Resolution	Porphyry	Cu	33.29167	-111.06667	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene				Manske and Paul (2002)	Tertiary	Paleocene					1.5								900,000,000	Manske and Paul (2002)	Manske, S.L. and Paul, A.H., 2002, Geology of a major new porphyry copper center in the Superior (Pioneer) district, Arizona; Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 197-220.Robertson, R., 2004, Rio Tinto reports major copper find in Arizona; The Northern Miner, January 9 issue, p. 1-2.
United States	New Mexico	Rialto	Porphyry	Mo	34.00000	-106.00000	continental rift				Tertiary	Oligocene	31.4	31.4	K-Ar	Moore et al. (1991)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.1	0.07							27,000,000	Carten et al. (1993)	Carten, R.B., White, W.H. and Stein, H J., 1993, High-grade granite-related molybdenum systems: classification and origin; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 521-554. Moore, S.L., Thompson, T.B. and Foord, E.E., 1991, Structure and igneous rocks of the Ruidoso region, New Mexico; Geological Society of New Mexico, v. 42, p. 137-145.
United States	Arizona	Sacaton	Porphyry	Cu	32.96028	-111.81310	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous-Tertiary					Cummings (1982)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.79					0.8			53,750,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Cummings, R.B., 1982, Geology of the Sacaton porphyry copper deposit, Pinal County, Arizona; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 507-521.
United States	Arizona	Saginaw Hill	Porphyry	Cu	32.14556	-111.07860	continental arc																0.4								9,000,000	Williams and Forrester (1995)	Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.
United States	Arizona	San Juan	Porphyry	Cu	32.77917	-109.65420	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene				Langton and Williams (1982)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.28								243,000,000	Phelps Dodge Corporation (1996)	Phelps Dodge Corporation, 1996, Annual Report.Langton, J.M. and Williams, S.A., 1982, Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining District, Graham County, Arizona; in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 335-352.
United States	Arizona	San Manuel-Kalamazoo	Porphyry	Cu	32.60000	-110.65000	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Cretaceous	Late	70.7	66.7	K-Ar	Creasey (1965)	Tertiary	Paleocene	63	59	Re-Os	McCandless et al. (1992)	0.67								1,280,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Creasey, S.C., 1966, Isotopic age of fresh and altered igneous rocks associated with copper deposits, southeastern Arizona; Geological Society of America, Special Paper 87, 39 p. McCandless, T.E. and Ruiz, J. 1992, Dating sulfide mineralization by molybdenite Re-Os geochronometry; the San Manuel-Kalamazoo base metal porphyry, southwestern Arizona; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. 299.
United States	Arizona	San Xavier	Porphyry	Cu	32.02694	-111.07970	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene					Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene	59.2	56.8	K-Ar	Shafiqullah and Langlois (1978)	0.53								161,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Shafiqullah, M. and Langlois, J.D., 1978, The Pima mining district, Arizona, a geochronologic update; in James, H.L., Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C. and Clemons, R.E., eds., Land of Cochise, Southeast Arizona, New Mexico Geological Society and Arizona Geological Society, Field Conference Guidebook 29, p. 321-327.
United States	Arizona	Sanchez	Porphyry	Cu	32.71667	-109.55000	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene				Langton and Williams (1982)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.29								206,000,000	Anonymous (1995)	Anonymous, 1995, The Northern Miner, April 10 issue, p. 3.Langton, J.M. and Williams, S.A., 1982, Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining district, Graham County, Arizona; in Advances in Titley, S. R., ed., Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 335-352.
United States	Arizona	Santa Cruz	Porphyry	Cu	32.88334	-111.90000	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late				Kreis (1995)	Cretaceous	Late					0.55								1,000,000,000	Worthington (1996)	Worthington, T., 1996, Asarco advances in situ copper project in Arizona; The Northern Miner, March 11 issue, p. C9.Kreis, H.G., 1995, Geology of the Santa Cruz porphyry copper deposit; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 364-365.
United States	New Mexico	Santa Rita	Porphyry	Cu	32.78333	-108.06670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene	60.7	56.5	K-Ar	McDowell (1971)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.85								705,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.McDowell, F.W., 1971, K-Ar ages of igneous rocks from the Western United States; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 2, p. 1-16.
United States	Nevada	Sfs	Porphyry	Cu	38.53333	-118.10000	continental arc																0.4								91,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Anonymous, 1982, Arizona; In Minerals Yearbook 1982, Volume III: Area Reports: International, United States Department of the Interior, p. 7.
United States	Alaska	Shotgun	Porphyry	Au	60.41000	-158.12000		granite suite			Cretaceous	Late	70.0	69.4	K-Ar	Rombach (2000)	Cretaceous	Late											0.9		32,800,000	Anonymous (1998)	Anonymous, 1998, High-grade resources at Mose; The Northern Miner, November 9 issue, p. 3.Rombach, C.S., 2000, Genesis and mineralization of the Shotgun deposit, southwestern Alaska; in Cordilleran Roundup, Vancouver, January 25-28, 2000, Abstracts, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, p. 52-53.
United States	Arizona	Sierrita	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	31.90111	-111.11670	continental arc	granodiorite-tonalite suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene	63.8	51.7	Re-Os	Jensen (1998); McCandless and Ruiz (1993); Ruiz and Mathur (1999)	0.28	0.03							1,000,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Ruiz, J. and Mathur, R., 1999, Metallogenesis in continental margins: Re-Os evidence from porphyry copper deposits in Chile; in Lambert, D.D. and Ruiz, J., eds., Application of Radiogenic Isotopes to Ore Deposit Research and Exploration, Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 12, p. 59-72. Jensen, P.W., 1998, A structural and geochemical study of the Sierrita porphyry copper system, Pima County, Arizona; unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 136 p.McCandless, T.E. and Ruiz, J., 1993, Rhenium-osmium evidence for regional mineralization in southwestern North America; Science, v. 261, p. 1282-1286.
United States	Arizona	Silver Bell	Porphyry	Cu	32.41667	-111.51670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene					Tertiary	Paleocene	63.5	62.9	Re-Os	Barra et al. (2005)	0.53								214,900,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Browne, Q. J. and Miller, M. A., 2002, Use of geologic parameters for development of low-grade copper reserves, Silver Bell Mine, Arizona; In Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit, 2002, Technical Program, Society of Mining Engineers, p. 68.Kendrick, M.A., Burgess, R., Pattrick, R.A.D. and Turner, G., 2001, Halogen and Ar-Ar age determinations of inclusions within quartz veins from porphyry copper deposits using complementary noble gas extraction techniques; Chemical Geology, v. 177, p. 351-370.Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.
United States	Wyoming	Silver Creek	Porphyry	Cu	43.96667	-109.65000	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene				Hausel (1997)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.27								24,300,000	Hausel (1993)	Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming; Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 70, 229 p.
United States	Colorado	Silver Creek (Rico)	Porphyry	Mo	37.69444	-108.04860	continental rift	granite suite			Tertiary	Pliocene					Tertiary	Pliocene	5.4	5.0	K-Ar	Cameron et al. (1986)		0.31							39,600,000	Barrett et al. (1985)	Barrett, L.F., Cameron, D.E. and Wilson, J.C., 1985, Discovery of the Silver Creek molybdenum deposit, Rico, Colorado (Preprint); Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, Volume 85, p. 1-10.Cameron, D.E., Barrett, L.F. and Wilson, J.C., 1986, Discovery of the Silver Creek molybdenum deposit, Rico, Colorado; Transactions of the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, v. 280, p. 2099-2105.
United States	Idaho	South Payette River	Porphyry	Mo	45.00000	-115.00000	continental arc																	0.03							54,000,000	Anonymous (1980)	Anonymous, 1980, Abella has two drills on Idaho moly project; The Northern Miner, October 9 issue, p. 28.
United States	Utah	Southwest Tintic	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	39.95000	-112.11670	continental arc				Tertiary	Eocene	34.7	34.3	Ar-Ar	Keith et al. (1991)	Tertiary	Eocene					0.28								540,000,000	Anonymous (1994)	Anonymous, 1994, Centurion reports reserves of 600 million tons at S. Tintic; The Northern Miner, October 17 issue, p. 3.Keith, J.D., Dallmeyer, R.D., Kim, C.S. and Kowallis, B.J., 1991, The volcanic history and magmatic sulfide mineralogy of latites of the central East Tintic Mountains, Utah; in Raines, G.L., Lisle, R.E., Schafer, R.W. and Wilkinson, W.H., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin, Geological Society of Nevada, p. 461-483.
United States	Nevada	Sullivan	Porphyry	Cu	38.78333	-117.95000	continental arc																0.34						0.87		15,300,000	Anonymous (1996)	Anonymous, 1996, Arimetco buys Paradise Peak operation; The Northern Miner, January 8 issue, p. 15.
United States	Washington	Sultan Basin	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	48.01667	-121.75000					Tertiary	Oligocene					Tertiary	Oligocene				Hollister (1979)	0.35	0.046	0.038						60,300,000	Anonymous (1976)	Anonymous, 1976, P.N.G. - Troubled background for talks; Mining Journal, January 16 issue, p. 3.Hollister, V.F., 1979, Porphyry copper-type deposits of the Cascade volcanic arc, Washington; Mineral Science Engineering, v. 11, p. 28.
United States	Idaho	Sultana	Porphyry	Cu-Au	43.91667	-113.66670	continental arc																0.42								15,000,000	Anonymous (1997)	Anonymous, 1997, Cambiex exploration acquires gold project in south Peru; The Northern Miner, August 25 issue, p. B7.
United States	Arizona	Sunnyside	Porphyry	Cu	31.46667	-110.75000	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene	64.1	55	K-Ar	Simons (1974)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.6	0.02				0.15			150,000,000	Graybeal (1996)	Graybeal, F.T., 1996, Sunnyside: a vertically-preserved porphyry copper system, Patagonia Mountains, Arizona; SEG Newsletter, July 1996 issue, p. 1.Simons, F.S., 1974, Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations I-762, 9 p.
United States	Washington	Sunrise	Porphyry	Cu-Mo	47.95000	-121.55000					Tertiary	Oligocene	34.7	30.7	K-Ar	Tabor et al. (1988)	Tertiary	Oligocene					0.319	0.043							64,600,000	Lasmanis (1995)	Lasmanis, R., 1995, Regional geological and tectonic setting of porphyry deposits in Washington State; in Schroeter, T.G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 77-102.Tabor, R.W., Booth, D.B., Vance, J.A., Ford, A.B. and Ort, M.H., 1988, Preliminary geologic map of the Sauk River 30 by 60 minute quadrangle, Washington; U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 88-692, 50 p.
United States	Arizona	Superior East	Porphyry	Cu	33.33333	-111.03333	continental arc		Schultze Granite	granite	Tertiary	Paleocene	60	56	K-Ar	Creasey and Kistler (1962)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.9								200,000,000	Sell (1995)	Sell, J.D., 1995, Discovery of a deep (3500 feet) unexposed porphyry copper deposit at Superior East, Pinal County, Arizona; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 20, p. 373-395.Creasey, S.C. and Kistler, R.W., 1962, Age of some copper bearing porphyries and other igneous rocks in southeastern Arizona; U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 450-D, p. 1-5.
United States	Alaska	Taurus	Porphyry	Cu-Mo-Au	63.65000	-141.30000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Tertiary	Paleocene	66.0	62.2	K-Ar	Young et al. (1997)	Tertiary	Paleocene					0.3	0.03				0.3			126,000,000	Anonymous (1992)	Anonymous, 1992, Lodestar to probe East Taurus; The Northern Miner, March 9 issue, p. 17.Young, L.E., St. George, P. and Bouley, B.A., 1997, Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 306-333.
United States	Idaho	Thompson Creek	Porphyry	Mo	44.31667	-114.54170	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late					Cretaceous	Late	92.1	85.1	K-Ar	Marvin et al. (1973)		0.108	0.005						272,000,000	Wozniak (1981)	Wozniak, E., 1981, personal communication to R.V. Kirkham.Marvin, R.F., Tschanz, C.M., Mehnert, H.H. and Mangum, J., 1973, Late Cretaceous age for molybdenite mineralization in Custer County, Idaho; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 7, p. 1.
United States	Arizona	Tohono (Lakeshore)	Porphyry	Cu	32.53333	-111.86670	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Cretaceous	Late					Tertiary	Paleocene	66.3	62.1	K-Ar	Johnston (1972)	0.83								72,500,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Johnston, W.P., 1972, K-Ar dates on intrusive rocks and alteration associated with the Lakeshore porphyry copper deposit, Pinal County, Arizona; Isochron/West: A Bulletin of Isotopic Geochronology, v. 4, p. 29-30.
United States	New Mexico	Tyrone	Porphyry	Cu	32.64028	-108.37220	continental arc				Tertiary	Paleocene-Eocene					Tertiary	Eocene	58.2	45.7	K-Ar	DuHamel et al. (1995)	0.54								659,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.DuHamel, J.E., Cook, S.S. and Kolessar, J., 1995, Geology of the Tyrone porphyry copper seposit, New Mexico; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 464-472.
United States	Arizona	Vekol	Porphyry	Cu	32.58333	-112.13330	continental arc				Cretaceous-Tertiary					Titley and Anthony (1989)	Cretaceous-Tertiary						0.56	0.014							95,000,000	Long (1995)	Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Titley, S.R. and Anthony, E.Y., 1989, Laramide mineral deposits in Arizona; in Jenney, J.P. and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 17, p. 485-514.
United States	Alaska	Vinasale Mountain	Porphyry	Au	62.66667	-155.66670	continental arc				Cretaceous	Late	69	69	K-Ar	Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Cretaceous	Late											2.14		16,000,000	Nokleberg et al. (1995)	Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzsen, T.K., Brew, D.A. and Plafker, G., 1995, Metallogenesis and tectonics of porphyry copper and molybdenum (gold, silver) and granitoid-hosted gold deposits of Alaska; in Schroeter, T. G., ed., Porphyry Deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America, Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Special Volume 46, p. 103-141.Bundtzen, T.K. and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska; in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L.D., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 242-286.
United States	Nevada	Weed Heights	Porphyry	Cu	39.00000	-119.21670	continental arc																0.36								78,300,000	Williams and Forrester (1995)	Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.
United States	Colorado	Winfield Peak	Porphyry	Mo	39.00000	-106.50000	continental arc				Eocene	Middle	40.2	37.6	K-Ar	Ranta (1974)	Eocene							0.024							1,800,000,000	Ranta (1974)	Ranta, D.E., 1974, Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Winfield (Laplata) District, Chafee County, Colorado; Ph.D. Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 209 p.
United States	Nevada	Yerington	Porphyry	Cu	39.00000	-119.20000	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Jurassic	Middle	169.8	168.1	U-Pb	Dilles and Wright (1988); Dilles and Einaudi (1992)	Jurassic	Middle					0.485								222,000,000	Einaudi (1982)	Einaudi, M. T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons; In Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, Edited by Titley, S. R., University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 139 - 183. Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.Carten, R.B., 1986, Sodium-calcium metasomatism: chemical, temporal, and spatial relationships at the Yerington, Nevada, porphyry copper deposit; Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1495-1519. Dilles, J.H. and Proffett, J.M., 1995, Metallogenesis of the Yerington batholith, Nevada; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 306-315.Dilles, J.H. and Wright, J.E., 1988, The chronology of Early Mesozoic arc magmatism in the Yerington District, Nevada, and its regional implications; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, p. 644-652.
Uzbekistan		Kal'makyr	Porphyry	Cu-Au	40.66667	69.58334	continental arc	quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Carboniferous	Late					Carboniferous	Late	320	273	K-Ar	Golovanov et al. (1988)	0.58	0.05				3	0.5		8,000,000,000	Seltmann et al. (2002)	Seltmann, R., Yakubchuk, A. and Shatov, V., 2002, Mineral potential of central Asia: What do we know?; In Mineral Potential of Asia, Forum, Vancouver, Canada, January 21, Metal Mining Agency of Japan.Golovanov, I.M., Nikolaeva, E.I. and Kazhikhin, M.A., 1988, Integral model for the forecasting of deeply buried mineralization in the Almalyk ore region (in Russian); Fan, Tashkent, 197 p.
Uzbekistan		Kokpatas	Porphyry	Au	42.23333	63.90000					Carboniferous-Permian						Carboniferous-Permian					Sokolov (1998)							3.5		175,000,000	Porter (1998)	Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the World's porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.Sokolov, A., 1998, The regional and local controls on gold and copper mineralisation in Central Asia and Kazakhstan; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM '98 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 181-190.
Uzbekistan		Sari Cheku	Porphyry	Cu	40.83333	69.83334		quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite			Carboniferous-Permian					Shayakubov et al. (1999)	Carboniferous-Permian						0.45						0.1		80,000,000	Shayakubov et al. (1999)	Shayakubov, T., Islamov, F., Golovanov, I., Kashirsky, S., Kremenetsky, A. and Minzer, E., 1999, Almalyk and Saukbulak Ore Fields; in Shayakubov, T., Islamov, F., Kremenetsky, A. and Seltmann, R., eds., Au, Ag, and Cu Deposits of Uzbekistan, International Field Conference of IGCP-373, SGA-IAGOD Symposium Excursion B6, International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), p. 75-90.
Venezuela	Bolivar	Brisas	Porphyry	Au	6.00000	-61.50000																	0.13						0.77		245,500,000	Anonymous (1999)	Anonymous, 1999, Gold Reserve revises plan for Brisas mine; The Northern Miner, October 25 issue, p. 10.
Venezuela	Bolivar	Las Cristinas	Porphyry	Au	6.12500	-61.50972					Paleoproterozoic	Early					Paleoproterozoic	Early				Bernasconi (1998)	0.12						1.16		255,400,000	Bernasconi (1998)	Bernasconi, A., 1998, Las Cristinas Au-Cu deposit, Km88 District, Venezuela; in Pathways 98: Extended Abstracts Volume, Cordilleran Roundup 1998, p. 36-38.
Zambia		Samba	Porphyry	Cu	-12.71667	27.83333		granodiorite-tonalite suite			Paleoproterozoic	Middle	1960	1960	U-Pb	Rainaud et al. (1999)	Paleoproterozoic	Middle					0.5								50,000,000	Rainaud et al. (1999)	Rainaud, C., Master, S. and Robb, L.J., 1999, A fertile Palaeoproterozoic magmatic arc beneath the Central African Copperbelt; in Stanley, C.J., ed., Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 1427-1430.
Zimbabwe		Ford	Porphyry	Au	-18.91667	29.75000					Archean					Sheets and Moore (1999)	Archean												3		3,000,000	Sheets and Moore (2000)	Sheets, R.W. and Moore, J.M., 2000, Geochemistry of the Ford Porphyry and porphyry-hosted Au mineralisation at Ndarama, Zimbabwe; Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 31, p. 69.Sheets, R.W. and Moore, J.M., 1999, Porphyry-hosted Archaean Au mineralisation at the Ford Mine, Zimbabwe; Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 72-73.

¹ Geological resource includes production plus measured, indicated and/or inferred reserves.

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