2. Minerals
2.1 Deposits
There are some seventeen characteristic types of copper deposits, which fall into four main groups listed below in descending order of importance.
SCROLL TO TOP2.1.1 Disseminated deposits associated with late-orogenic intrusions
Porphyry copper deposits account for 81.2% of the world's copper production (Growson, 1997). Mineralization occurs at the top of the granodiorite-monzonitic intrusion that forms the porphyry. It is in recent orogenies that the summit parts are best preserved. This...
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