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18 SEG NEWSLETTER No 90 • JULY 2012
Rio Tinto – SEG Special Publication
Geology and Genesis of
Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World:
A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD SILLITOE
(Publication in late 2012)
Major deposits
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Geology and exploration progress at the
Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit,
Arizona: C. Hehnke (Rio Tinto) et al.
Updated geology of the Bingham Canyon
porphyry Cu-Au-Mo system, Utah:
J. Porter (Rio Tinto) et al.
Geology, alteration and metal deportment of
the Pebble porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit,
Alaska: J. Lang (HDI Mining) et al.
Updating the geologic setting
and Cu-Mo mineralization features of the Chuquicamata district,
northern Chile: S. Rivera (CODELCO) et al.
Geologic overview of the Escondida porphyry copper district,
northern Chile: M. Hervé (Minera Escondida Ltda.) et al.
Regional tectonic setting and evolution of the Los Pelambres
porphyry Cu-Mo and Cu-Au deposits, central Chile: J. Perelló
(Antofagasta Minerals) et al.
Protracted magmatic-hydrothermal history of the Rio Blanco-Los Bronces district, central Chile: Development of world’s greatest
known concentration of copper: J.C. Toro (Anglo American), P. Cuadra (CODELCO) et al.
Geologic overview of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposits, Mongolia: D. Crane (Ivanhoe Mining) et al.
Ertsberg/Grasberg porphyry copper-gold system: History of discovery
and the magmatic and structural evolution: M. Cloos (University of
Texas) et al.
Geology and geochemical zonation of the Olympic Dam iron oxide
Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: K. Ehrig (BHP Billiton) et al.
Geology of the Tenke-Fungurume sediment-hosted stratabound Cu-Co
district, DR Congo: W. Schuh (Freeport) et al.
Dzhezkazgan and associated sandstone copper deposits in Kazakhstan:
S.E. Box (US Geological Survey) et al.
Premier provinces
Cenozoic Tectonics and Porphyry Copper deposits of the Chilean Andes:
C. Mpodozis (Antofagasta Minerals) et al.
Geologic setting and hypogene mineralization of the Laramide porphyry
Cu province, southwestern North America: R. Leveille (Freeport) et al.
Tectonomagmatic settings, architecture, and metallogeny of the Central Asian Cu
province: A. Yakubchuk (Orsu Minerals) et al.
Mineral deposits and metallogeny of the Central African Copperbelt: M. Hitzman
(Colorado School of Mines) et al.
An overview of the European Kupferschiefer deposits: G. Borg (Halle University) et al.
The iron-oxide copper-gold systems of the Carajás mineral province, Brazil: R. P.
Xavier (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) et al.
Genetic themes
Cu-rich magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE deposits: D. Burrows (Vale) et al.
Magmatic controls on porphyry Cu genesis: A. Audetat (University of Bayreuth) et al.
Hydrothermal controls on Cu and Au distribution in porphyry systems:
K. Kouzmanov (University of Geneva) et al.
Photos courtesy of Rio Tinto.