AGE OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD
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55S
20S
10S
25S
15S
40S
30S
45S
50S
35S
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15N
75N
40N
10N
45N
30N
50N
25N
55N
35N
70N
60N
65N
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5W
65E
45E
60E
70E
95E
20E
90E
35E
85E
55E
80E
50E
30E
10E
75E
40E
25E
15E
120E
135E
125E
130E
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115E
110E
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145E
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Russia
Canada
China
Greenland
Brazil
Australia
United States
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Zaire
Argentina
Algeria
Sudan
Libya
Mongolia
Mali
Mexico
Peru
Sweden
Chad
Finland
Niger
Egypt
Norway
Chile
Angola
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Bolivia
Ukraine
France
Iraq
Spain
Ethiopia
Pakistan
South Africa
Nigeria
Colombia
Poland
Namibia
Italy
Mauritania
Zambia
Svalbard
Germany
Kenya
Venezuela
Somalia
Iceland
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Botswana
Mozambique
Byelarus
Morocco
ThailandYemen
Japan
Turkmenistan
Oman
Syria
Indonesia
Romania
Madagascar
Laos
Congo
Paraguay
Cameroon
Vietnam
Myanmar (Burma)
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
Gabon
Ghana
Latvia
Guinea
Tanzania, United Republic of
Nepal
Kyrgyzstan
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Ecuador
Ivory Coast
Ireland
Guyana
Austria
Serbia
Central African Republic
Senegal
Bulgaria
TajikistanGreece
Hungary
Cuba
Malaysia
New Zealand
Lithuania
Burkina Faso
Benin
Papua New Guinea
Estonia
Western Sahara
Eritrea
Cambodia
Malawi
Portugal
Jordan
North Korea
Georgia
Suriname
Croatia
Liberia
Bangladesh
Slovakia
Nicaragua
Azerbaijan
Honduras
Czech Republic
South Korea
Togo
GuatemalaPhilippines
Belgium
Panama
Moldova
Denmark
Switzerland
Netherlands
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Albania
Haiti
Armenia
Taiwan
Sierra Leone
French Guiana
Israel
Lesotho
Slovenia
Costa Rica
Fiji
Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Arab Emirates
Belize
Burundi
Kuwait
Rwanda
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Guinea�Bissau
Montenegro
Swaziland
Cyprus
El Salvador
Lebanon
Equatorial Guinea
New Caledonia
Gambia, The
Puerto Rico
West Bank
Brunei
Vanuatu
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Luxembourg
French Southern & Antarctic Lands
Reunion
Solomon Islands
Mauritius
of
Comoros
Andorra
Guam
Bahrain
Malta
Mayotte
Tonga
Singapore
Heard Island & McDonald Islands
Liechtenstein
Seychelles
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Pacific Islands (Palau)
American Samoa
Christmas Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bermuda
Monaco
Gibraltar
Marshall Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Macau
Maldives
Glorioso Islands
Juan De Nova Island
Spratly Islands
Paracel Islands
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DEPOSIT LOCATION
DEPOSIT AGE (My)
0–5.3
5.3–23.8
23.8–65.0
65.0–135
135–250
250–355
355–540
>540
Unknown
Quaternary–Pliocene
Miocene
Paleogene
Cretaceous
Jurassic–Triassic
Permian–Carboniferous
Devonian–Cambrian
Precambrian
AGE OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS
(SEE DETAILED MAPS FOR CLUTTERED AREAS)(SEE DETAILED MAPS FOR CLUTTERED AREAS)(SEE DETAILED MAPS FOR CLUTTERED AREAS)
OF THE WORLD
1,000 500 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000Miles
1,400 500 0 1,400 2,800 4,200 5,600Kilometers
PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WORLDDATABASE, MAPS, AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
by Donald A. Singer, Vladimir I. Berger, and Barry C. Moring
2002