Porphyry Copper–Gold Deposits Around the World.

(modified from Mutschler et al. 2000, USGS Open File)

Deposit /
Country
/ Deposit Type / Ore mt / Cu mt / Au (kg) / Ag (kg) / Cu grade / Au grade (g/t) / Ag grade (g/t) / References
Afton-Ajax etc. (Iron Mask batholith) / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 83,560,000 / 600,135 / 38,773 / 170,000 / 0.72% / 0.464 / 2.03 / Lang and Stanley (1995); Lang + (1995); McMillan + (1995); Ross + (1995); Schroeter (1995)
Agua Rica (Mi Vida) / Argentina / Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo (Ag) / 1,714,000,000 / 7,370,200 / 291,380 / 2,542,340 / 0.43% / 0.170 / 1.48 / Koukharsky and Mirre (1976); Rojas + (1998); Sasso and Clark (1998)
Ajo (New Cornelia) / United States / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag-Mo) / 742,152,000 / 4,276,300 / 131,920 / 931,200 / 0.58% / 0.178 / 1.25 / Dixon (1966); Gilluly (1946); Keith and Swan (1996); Long (1995); McDowell (1971); Niemuth (1994); Wilkinson + (1999)
Aktogai / Kazakhstan / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au-Ag) / 1,500,000,000 / 5,888,000 / 43,950 / 1,576,000 / 0.39% / 0.0293 / 1.05 / Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1997); Sokolov (1995); Zvezdov + (1993)
Aldebaran (Cerro Casale) / Chile / Subvolcanic porphyry Au (Cu) / 1,088,640,000 / 3,447,360 / 852,235 / - / 0.32% / 0.783 / - / Bema Gold and Placer Dome press releases (1999); Latin Amer. Min. Rec. (1995); Villa and Sillitoe (1991)
Allard stock (La Plata Mountains) / United States / Porphyry Cu (Ag) / 200,000,000 / 800,000 / x / 1,000,000 / 0.40% / - / 5.00 / Armstrong (1969); Cunningham + (1977, 1994), Eckel + (1949); Saunders and May (1986); Werle + (1984)
Andacollo / Chile / Porphyry Cu-Au / 339,000,000 / 1,985,900 / 112,250 / x / 0.59% / 0.331 / - / Freydier + (1997); Lincoln and Tellez P. (1996); Reyes (1991); Sillitoe (1991)
Assarel / Bulgaria / Porphyry Cu-Au / 360,000,000 / 1,584,000 / 72,000 / x / 0.44% / 0.200 / - / Bogdanev (1982); Herrington + (1998), Ivan Ralenekov (written comm.)
Atlas (Cebu) / Philippines / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 1,380,000,000 / 6,908,000 / 331,200 / 2,070,000 / 0.50% / 0.240 / 1.50 / Clark (1993); Porter (1998); Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)
Aydarly / Kazakhstan / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Ag-Au) / 1,110,000,000 / 4,218,000 / 14,140 / 2,170,000 / 0.38% / 0.0127 / 1.95 / Kazakh government source (unquotable, 1998); Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1997)
Babine Lake (Bell, Morrison, Granisle) / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 495,300,000 / 1,796,000 / 78,000 / 491,650 / 0.36% / 0.157 / 0.993 / Carter + (1995); Dirom + (1995); Long (1995); McMillan + (1995); Ogryzlo + (1995)
Bajo de La Alumbrera / Argentina / Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo / 780,000,000 / 4,056,000 / 522,600 / x / 0.52% / 0.670 / - / Carten + (1993); Casaceli (1993); Gemuts + (1996); Guilbert (1995); Sasso and Clark (1998); Sillitoe (1981,1991); Stultz (1985)
Bajo El Durazno / Argentina / Porphyry Cu-Au / 150,000,000 / 750,000 / 225,000 / x / 0.50% / 1.50 / - / Long (1995); Sillitoe (1977)
Basay-Muhong (Negros) / Philippines / Porphyry Cu-Au / 250,000,000 / 1,100,000 / 73,000 / 0.44% / 0.292 / - / Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)
Batu Hijau (Sumbawa) / Indonesia / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 1,644,000,000 / 7,255,200 / 571,980 / 900,000 / 0.44% / 0.348 / 0.547 / Andrew (1995); Meldrum + (1994); Mitchell + (1998); Clode (1999)
Berg / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Mo (Ag-Au) / 250,000,000 / 1,000,000 / 12,500 / 1,250,000 / 0.40% / 0.0500 / 5.00 / Heberlein (1995); McMillan (1991); McMillan + (1995)
Bingham (West Mountain) / United States / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo-Ag-Pb-Zn) / 3,227,747,000 / 28,456,600 / 1,603,519 / 17,756,583 / 0.88% / 0.497 / 5.50 / Babock + (1995); Einaudi (1982); Gunter and Austin (1997); Keith + (1996, 1997 ,1997); Long (1995); Long + (1998); McCandless and Ruiz (1993); Moore and McKee (1983); F.E. Mutschler, unpub. data (1996); Tooker (1990); Waite + (1998)
Bisbee (Warren) / United States / Porphyry Cu (Au-Ag-Zn-Pb) / 605,997,000 / 5,603,150 / 79,715 / 3,698,980 / 0.92% / 0.132 / 6.10 / Bartos (1989); Bryant and Metz (1966); Einaudi (1982); Graeme (1981); Keith and Swan (1996); Long (1995); Niemuth (1994); E.G. Wright, oral commun. (1998)
Bond Creek-Orange Hill / United States / Porphyry Cu-Mo (Au) / 820,000,000 / 2,620,000 / 55,000 / 110,000 / 0.32% / 0.0671 / 0.134 / Long + (1998); Nokelberg + (1987); Sinclair (1995); Young + (1997)
Bor / Serbia / Porphyry Cu-Au / 540,000,000 / 3,600,000 / 100,000 / 200,000 / 0.67% / 0.185 / 0.370 / Clark (1993); Herrington + (1998); Jankovic (1982)
Boschekul / Kazakhstan / Porphyry Cu (Au-Ag-Mo) / 1,000,000,000 / 6,700,000 / 49,000 / 1,610,000 / 0.67% / 0.049 / 1.61 / Kaufman (1992); Kazakh government source (unquotable, 1998); Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1997); Porter (1998)
Buckingham / United States / Porphyry Mo-Cu (Ag-Au), grd (lo-F) / 1,300,000,000 / 440,980 / 5,400 / 3,110,000 / 0.03% / 0.00415 / 2.39 / Ivosevic and Theodore (1996); Theodore + (1992)
Butte / United States / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Ag-Zn-Au) / 5,216,840,000 / 35,112,000 / 217,000 / 44,706,000 / 0.67% / 0.0416 / 8.57 / Bartos (1989); Dilles + (1999); Dilles, J.H., (written comm.), Long (1992); Martin + (1999); Meyer + (1968); Miller (1978);Snee + (1999); Tooker (1990)
Cadia Hill/Cadia East / Australia / Porphyry Cu-Au / 486,000,000 / 1,187,800 / 282,330 / 0.24% / 0.581 / - / Freebrey (1998); Newcrest Mining Staff (1998)
Cananea / Mexico / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au-Ag-Zn) / 7,143,000,000 / 30,000,000 / 82,120 / 4,106,000 / 0.42% / 0.0115 / 0.575 / Ayala F. and Chavez (1999); Barton + (1995); Bushnell (1988); Casaceli (1992); Einaudi (1982); Fitch (1993); Keith and Swan (1996); Long (1995); McCandless and Ruiz (1993); Meinhert (1982)
Casino / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo / 559,000,000 / 1,424,100 / 174,450 / x / 0.25% / 0.312 / - / Bower + (1995); Sinclair (1995)
Castle Dome-Pinto Valley / United States / Porphyry Cu (Mo) / 1,371,000,000 / 4,446,400 / 2,000 / 105,000 / 0.32% / 0.00146 / 0.077 / Keith and Swan (1996); Long (1995); Long + (1998); Peterson (1954); Peterson + (1951)
Central district Chino mine (porphyry); / United States / Porphyry Cu (Zn-Mo-Au-Pb) / 1,406,460,000 / 8,724,500 / 16,065 / 419,820 / 0.62% / 0.0114 / 0.298 / Einaudi (1982); Einaudi + (1981); Hernon and Jones (1968); Jones + (1967); Kerr + (1950); Laskey (1936); Lindgren + (1910); Long (1995); Long + (1998); McDowell (1971); Phelps Dodge Ann. Repts. (1992, 1993); Rose and Baltosser (1966); Schmitt (1939)
Cerro Colorado / Panama / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au-Ag) / 1,890,000,000 / 12,474,000 / 136,125 / 9,581,385 / 0.66% / 0.0720 / 5.07 / Clark (1993); Gilmour (1982); Long (1995); Nelson (1995); SEG Newsletter #37, p. 19 (1999)
Deposit / Country / Deposit Type / Ore mt / Cu mt / Au (kg) / Ag (kg) / Cu grade / Au grade (g/t) / Ag grade (g/t) / References
Cerro Corona / Peru / Porphyry Au-Cu / 100,000,000 / 600,000 / 120,000 / 0.60% / 1.20 / - / Noble and McKee (1999); Petersen and Vidal (1996); SEG Newsletter, no. 22 (1995)
Cerro Petaquilla-Botija / Panama / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au) / 1,200,000,000 / 7,200,000 / 40,000 / x / 0.60% / 0.0333 / - / Ferencic (1970); V.F. Hollister, unpub. rept. (1990); Kesler + (1977); Long (1995); Nelson (1995)
Changmenshan / China / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 227,000,000 / 1,725,200 / 56,750 / 2,247,300 / 0.76% / 0.250 / 9.90 / Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1998)
Chuquicamata (includes Chuqui Norte (Radomira Tomic), Exotica, Mansa Mina) / Chile / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au) / 15,052,000,000 / 106,379,800 / 200,000 / x / 0.71% / 0.0133 / - / Carten + (1993); Clark (1993); Long (1995); Ossandon and Zentilli (1997); Sillitoe (1991), Sillitoe + (1996), Zentilli + (1994); Zentilli + (1997); Marcos Zentilli, written commun. (1998)
Copper Creek / United States / Porphyry Cu (Mo) / 75,342,000 / 565,500 / 30 / 6,850 / 0.75% / 0.00040 / 0.091 / J.O. Guthrie, unpub. rept. (1993); McCandless and Ruiz (1993); Titley (1993)
Cumo / United States / Porphyry Mo-Cu (Ag-W), grd (lo-F) / 1,258,000,000 / 930,920 / 2,516,000 / 0.07% / - / 2.00 / Carten + (1993); Kirkham and Sinclair (1996); Rostad (1978)
Dalneye / Uzbekistan / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag-Mo) / 544,800,000 / 3,214,320 / 375,912 / 1,748,800 / 0.59% / 0.690 / 3.21 / Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1997)
Dexing / China / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo-Ag) / 1,500,000,000 / 6,450,000 / 240,000 / 2,850,000 / 0.43% / 0.160 / 1.90 / Clark (1993); Gilmour + (1995); Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1998); Zhai + (1997)
Dinkidi / Philippines / Porphyry Au-Cu / 110,000,000 / 550,000 / 132,000 / 0.50% / 1.20 / - / Kamenetsky + (1999)
Dizon (Luzon) / Philippines / Porphyry Au-Cu (Ag) / 187,000,000 / 663,850 / 139,502 / 374,000 / 0.36% / 0.746 / 2.00 / Kirkham and Sinclair (1996); Sillitoe (1989)
Donlin / United States / Plutonic porphyry Au / 100,000,000 / 357,100 / x / - / 3.57 / - / Bundtzen and Miller (1997); Freeman (1998, 1999)
Douvray / Haiti / Porphyry Cu-Au / 200,000,000 / 1,062,000 / 54,000 / 0.53% / 0.270 / - / USGS (unpublished data)
Dublin Gulch / Canada / Plutonic porphyry Au / 90,000,000 / 108,000 / - / - / - / Hitchens and Orssich (1995); Kirkham and Sinclair (1996); Smit + (1996)
Duobaoshan / China / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 507,840,000 / 2,386,850 / 71,098 / 1,015,680 / 0.47% / 0.14 / 2.00 / Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1998)
El Arco / Mexico / Porphyry Cu-Au / 650,000,000 / 3,900,000 / 130,000 / x / 0.60% / 0.200 / - / Coolbaugh + (1995); Hollister (1978); Long (1995)
El Pachon (continuous w/ Los Pelambres CILE-13) / Argentina / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Ag-Au) / 890,000,000 / 5,429,000 / 13,920 / 3,200,000 / 0.61% / 0.0156 / 3.60 / Atkinson + (1996); Casaceli (1993); Gemuts + (1996); Little (1994); Sillitoe (1991)
El Salvador (includes Damiana) / Chile / Porphyry Cu (Au-Mo-Ag) / 866,000,000 / 12,218,200 / 100,000 / 1,260,000 / 1.41% / 0.115 / 1.45 / Clark (1993); Colley + (1989); Cornejo + (1997); Gustafson and Hunt (1975); Gustafson and Quiroga (1995); Long (1995); Munchmeyer (1996); Watanabe + (1999)
El Teniente (Braden) / Chile / Porphyry Cu (Mo) / 11,844,900,000 / 108,965,720 / 28,000 / 3,000,000 / 0.92% / 0.00236 / 0.253 / Camus (1975); Clark (1993); Freydier + (1997); Howell and Malloy (1960); R.V. Kirkham, written commun. (1999); Kirkham and Sinclair (1996); Long (1995); Skewes + (1999)
Ely (Robinson, Ruth) / United States / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo-Ag) / 753,707,270 / 4,616,630 / 204,880 / 605,200 / 0.61% / 0.272 / 0.803 / BHP Ann. Rept. (1995); Gilmour (1982); Einaudi (1982); James (1990); Long (1995); Maher (1996); Shaver and Jeanne (1996)
Emigrant district / United States / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 164,838,000 / 430,170 / 81,340 / 503,000 / 0.26% / 0.493 / 3.05 / Johnson + (1993)
Fish Lake / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 1,148,000,000 / 2,525,600 / 470,600 / 2,296,000 / 0.22% / 0.410 / 2.00 / Caira + (1995); Dawson + (1991)
Fort Knox, Ryan Lode, etc. (Fairbanks district) / United States / Plutonic porphyry Au / 303,014,000 / 338,000 / - / 1.12 / - / Bakke (1995); Freeman (1998); Long + (1998); McCoy + (1997)
Frieda River / Papua New Guinea / Porphyry Cu-Au / 1,103,000,000 / 6,730,000 / 353,650 / x / 0.61% / 0.321 / - / Andrew (1995); Bainbridge + (1998); Corbett and Leach (1993, 1998); Hall + (1990)
FSE / Lepanto (Luzon) / Philippines / Porphyry Cu-Au / 685,000,000 / 5,485,000 / 969,500 / 363,000 / 0.80% / 1.42 / 0.530 / Andrew (1995); Arribas + (1995); Corbett and Leach (1993, 1998); Disini + (1998); Hedenquist + (1998)
Galore Creek / Copper Canyon / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 316,400,000 / 2,158,300 / 163,445 / 2,488,140 / 0.68% / 0.517 / 7.86 / Allen + (1976); Bottomer and Leary (1995); Enns + (1995); McMillan + (1995)
Gibraltar / Canada / Porphyry Cu (Au-Mo) / 965,000,000 / 3,088,000 / 67,550 / 193,000 / 0.32% / 0.0700 / - / Bysouth + (1995); Grunsky + (1996); McMillan (1991)
Goonumbla (North Parkes) / Australia / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 130,500,000 / 1,505,700 / 71,610 / 282,200 / 1.15% / 0.549 / 2.16 / Heithersay + (1990); Heithersay and Walshe (1995); Muller + (1994)
Grasberg-Ertsberg / Indonesia / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag) / 3,408,610,000 / 38,317,000 / 3,662,000 / 8,556,500 / 1.12% / 1.07 / 2.51 / Cloos (1997); MacDonald and Arnold (1994); McDowell + (1996); Meinert + (1997); Mertig + (1994); Van Leeuwen (1994); Widodo + (1998)
Guinaoang (Luzon) / Philippines / Porphyry Cu-Au / 500,000,000 / 2,000,000 / 200,000 / 0.40% / 0.400 / - / Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)
Heddleston / United States / Porphyry Cu (Ag-Au-Mo) / 302,000,000 / 1,097,000 / 16,000 / 1,564,000 / 0.36% / 0.0530 / 5.18 / Long (1992); Long + (1998); Miller + (1973)
Highland Valley (Highmont, JA) / Canada / Porphyry Cu (Mo-Ag) / 1,937,000,000 / 8,082,260 / 6,104 / 3,838,200 / 0.42% / 0.00315 / 1.98 / Casselman + (1995); Long (1995); McMillan + (1995)
Hillsboro (Copper Flat) / United States / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo-Ag) / 61,700,000 / 221,550 / 11,362 / 105,642 / 0.36% / 0.184 / 1.71 / Dunn (1982); Long (1992, 1995); Long + (1998); North and McLemore (1988)
Hinoba-an (Negros) / Philippines / Porphyry Cu-Au / 440,000,000 / 1,804,000 / 59,840 / x / 0.41% / 0.136 / - / Sillitoe and Gappe (1984)
Deposit / Country / Deposit Type / Ore mt / Cu mt / Au (kg) / Ag (kg) / Cu grade / Au grade (g/t) / Ag grade (g/t) / References
Hushamo/Expo / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo) / 457,000,000 / 1,188,200 / 155,380 / x / 0.26% / 0.340 / - / Dasler + (1995); McMillan + (1995)
Island Copper / Canada / Porphyry Cu-Au (Mo-Ag) / 377,000,000 / 1,455,500 / 71,630 / 527,800 / 0.39% / 0.190 / 1.40 / Clark and Arancibia (1995); Dasler + (1995); McMillan + (1995)
Jin Dui Cheng / China / Porphyry Mo (Cu), grd (lo-F) / 907,000,000 / 272,100 / 0.03% / - / - / Carten + (1993)
Kadzharan / Armenia / Porphyry Cu-Au / 181,000,000 / 1,176,500 / 118,000 / 0.65% / 0.652 / - / Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1996); USGS (unpublished data)
Kal'makyr / Almalyk / Uzbekistan / Porphyry Cu-Au (Ag-Mo) / 2,700,000,000 / 10,875,000 / 1,375,000 / 5,625,000 / 0.40% / 0.509 / 2.08 / Berger + (1994); M.A. Kaufman, oral commun. (1992); Metal Mining Agency of Japan (1997); Zvezdov + (1993)