Porphyry copper deposits

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9 ай бұрын

Porphyry is a specific type of magmatic rock that forms chiefly within mountain belts. Some porphyry intrusions carry metals and porphyry deposits are the single most important deposit type for copper. Many porphyry deposits are also very important resources for particularly gold and molybdenum. This video by Dr Taija Torvela summarises how, and where, porphyry deposits form, and describes the principle of a process called alteration and how it affects the country rocks around a porphyry. Understanding the principles of porphyry deposit formation and alteration zoning is very important for exploration of porphyry deposits.
This video is part of the KZfaq channel ‪@ourmetallicearth‬
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@TonkiNZ 2 ай бұрын

Great video - I worked in Papua New Guinea in 1971 looking for porphyry deposits ... wish I had your video then ! Wandering around in the jungle not quiet sure what I was lookng for !

@ourmetallicearth 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! :)

@JosephBolding-gs1tn Ай бұрын

Tell me more about ur journey please

@geologistaman7229 7 ай бұрын

Keep them coming, Taija. I have watched hundreds of geology-related videos, but your style stands out clearly.

@ourmetallicearth 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, that's great to hear! :)

@muzikhed 7 ай бұрын

I love these educational videos with a scientifc person out in the field showing examples of rock and giving detailed explanation of the geo processes.

@dannedifyoudo 5 күн бұрын

Wow amazing video. Gonna watch all of yours now.

@juanvasquez9561 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this gift!..I live in arizona and all the geology is almost the same but hotter!🤠🤘🌵

@umbotube 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Taija, for the effort, the clarity, and the overall result. Very well made!

@ourmetallicearth 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Grumpyoldman037 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting! It gives me a much clearer view of the natural processes involved.

@muhabduh8464 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the video🙏, now I'm working as a young Geologist & still learning about the PCD especially in Tombulilato District(Cabang Kiri, Sungai Mak & Kayubulan) Indonesia.

@baTonkaTruck 4 ай бұрын

This is so well produced, explained, and filmed, absolutely top-tier educational material. I really appreciate how you showed close-up examples of the rocks, not just chemistry or blurry photos. It's linking together the theory/science with looking at real, actual rocks, that's what's lacking in a lot of online geology content, and you do this very well.

@ourmetallicearth 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you like it!

@DavidRoberts01341 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I live and work in the area and have been looking for an easy to understand explanation of Glasdir and its copper deposit for years. If you go up the hill from the Glasdir mill ruins, you can find the huge canyon of the mine itself and look down into it. It's quite a contrast to the narrower veins of the gold and other metal mines, in the area.

@timkirkpatrick9155 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, a great summary over view to refresh my 50yr old geology education.

@joaquinsolissilva6206 7 ай бұрын

Amazing video, definitely sharing it !

@ourmetallicearth 7 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@AsgharAli-dz4nq 7 ай бұрын

It's a brilliant video, thanks

@khalidmohamed6888 8 ай бұрын

Much appreciated Taija... Lovely to see you again teaching... Well made 👍🏼

@ourmetallicearth 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@carlossolana2449 7 ай бұрын

very didactic my teacher couldn't have explained it better

@jacksprat9972 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video. Your did an A+ job. This was really a very effective virtual field trip and it was good to see the alteration zone mineral assemblages first hand.

@martinovando 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your presentation and your knowledge!! and greetings from Chile!!

@davidl.howser9707 6 ай бұрын

Such clarity found in these explanations when attempting to locate a copper deposit. Most impressive. I learned so much. Thank you for the gift. Thank you. : )

@knottynuffakers7529 6 ай бұрын

I also ride along in those videos. For you to climb and risk injury, to bring me right into your world of Geology. A wonderful job. Looking forward for more.

@user-yl9ui2tk3r 6 ай бұрын

Your videos on types of deposits are really useful for young specialists in the exploration area. Thank you for providing these. It would be perfect if you could share some articles or other scientific sources.

@fiegenfiegen 7 ай бұрын

Awfully intresting! Clearly the minerals present today show what happened in the past. Thank you!

@choppering 3 ай бұрын

Yo’re doing Very Good videos in a easy way to understand. Thanks

@hashemameli3666 7 ай бұрын

Hello Professor, I really enjoyed your scientific and eloquent words, as few people pay attention to the alterations and the geographical and geological condition of the mines. I praise you.

@MostafaMohamed-gc7qq 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Taija very much for your effort and impressive work. Love it

@shahsauood4052 5 ай бұрын

Mam i am really thankful to you, i was wondering a lecture about porphyry deposits but i did not find before this lecture really help me about porphyry deposits thank very much

@johnortega8495 7 ай бұрын

Great video ❤ and style.

@Miningpastpresentfuture 7 ай бұрын

Great explanation I am going to share this with some past coworkers. I was happy to hear you say that small mining can help supply more copper for the future. Unfortunately the mining industry has forgotten about small mines and governmental permitting has made it very difficult to get enough financing in advance to get all of the engineering studies and environmental surveys to get permits.

@AndreasMitchell 8 ай бұрын

Hey, this is good informative content. Good personable presentation style. Sound recording could be clearer. I will happily watch more such content.

@ourmetallicearth 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! I will watch out for the audio quality for my next videos, I guess some devices won't play back as clearly as others.

@JosephBolding-gs1tn Ай бұрын

Love it

@waltertodd4479 6 ай бұрын

Best video on porphyry copper deposits!

@dominicestebanrice7460 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you!

@octavioclarin4935 7 ай бұрын

This is great!

@blackdiamondsailor 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thank you!

@jfvanschalkwyk 7 ай бұрын

Great video .. I am working on porphyry copper systems and enjoy the simple way in which this presentation is done...!

@ourmetallicearth 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@fazlerehman8891 3 ай бұрын

you have delivered lecture very simple method and easy understand that you can explain ❤❤❤❤

@desert-walker 7 ай бұрын

Interesting I live in Tucson Arizona. I have copper everywhere I go lol everywhere I hike I see nothing but copper and copper mines everywhere.😊

@wolkenbummler 8 ай бұрын

Taija, I really like your videos, partly because I am living on the slope of a porphyr hill and because my familly was involved (some generations ago) in small scale manganese and copper mining. Thank you very much for the clear explanations.

@ourmetallicearth 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, very glad you enjoy them! There are a lot of small historic mines pretty much everywhere, it's always interesting to find out about local industrial history.

@jackprier7727 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for very clearly explaining clearly the big picture, many things I had wondered about--

@Fusako8 8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your next copper video!

@ourmetallicearth 8 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

@michaelkaiser4674 7 ай бұрын

5X5 Datil NM USA rock on Taija

@geologylifeandhealingbyseb2937 8 ай бұрын

boVery nice presentation and very important information about PCD, Thank you for your video and please continue doing, Yes, yes!!, ye!!!

@nicevideomancanada 3 ай бұрын

Wow, another great video. How do you do it ;-)

@ourmetallicearth 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jamesraymond1158 8 ай бұрын

Interesting video but I had much trouble understanding it, mainly because porphyry is not defined and there is no mention of common copper minerals like malachite or azurite at the beginning of the video. The word is confusing because it is similar to porphyrins, which are complex organic compounds., which made me think it contains porphyrins. It would have helped to start with the definition: Porphyry is unrelated to porphyrin. It is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz . It comes from the Greek porphura meaning purple, because these rocks often have a purple color.

@SteveTheFazeman 6 ай бұрын

I was hoping that the origin and subsequent use of the term porphyry was defined in this video. But that's alright. As my oldest brother used to say, "Look it up yourself!"🤓

@cma4023 7 ай бұрын

The rock looks a heck of a lot like giant petrified wood grain, oozing ancient sap now mineralized.

@markharder3676 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Taija. I've heard of Cu porphyry deposits, but never seen one in the flesh. Is the proposed Pebble Mine (copper, gold) a porphyry deposit?

@ourmetallicearth 6 ай бұрын

Yes it's a Cu-Au-Mo porphyry

@hashemameli3666 7 ай бұрын

Professor, the question I had is about the carbonate and silica veins, do they contain precious metals, usually these types of veins that I encounter in my mine are full of gold.

@ourmetallicearth 7 ай бұрын

These ones don't contain much precious metals, neither did the original breccia pipes, a little bit of gold and silver but not much. So in this case the source contained pretty much only base metals. There are some gold rich veins nearby though that have been long considered to be orogenic, but we at Leeds think they might in fact be related to the porphyry system.

@factchecker9358 7 ай бұрын

Copper use in EVs will fall as 48v architecture expands to more models after the engineering testbed of the cybertruck. Other OEMs will follow or fail from uncompetitive costs going forward over the next six years. That time span is much less than the planning horizon for major copper mine projects. Overbuilding in the Chinese housing market is another overhang with less transparent data. Copper inventories in China are also an unknown along with the state secrets of their strategic oil reserve.

@Cynthia-rt2mz 7 ай бұрын

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@canadiangemstones7636 5 ай бұрын

Looniest comment of the year.

@doctorj6626 4 ай бұрын

What caused the grey coloration of the rock at 21:33? If its rich in sulfides why is it not oxidizing to shades of brown, yellow etc?

@ourmetallicearth 3 ай бұрын

Parts of the outcrop are a fairly fresh surface, as this is a road cutting. So it hasn't been exposed to the elements for that long so the more massive sulphides haven't rusted yet

@doctorj6626 3 ай бұрын

Thank you@@ourmetallicearth

@bulwynkl 7 ай бұрын

I have a question - How big are these deposits? 10'ss of m wide? km wide?

@ourmetallicearth 7 ай бұрын

They can get really big. The stockwork mineralisation can be at a km-scale across for big porphyry systems, that's why they can be economic even at fairly low metal grades. The breccia pipes are smaller but richer, typically some 10s of metres across. The North Wales porhyry intrusion complex is in the order of 10 km long and a few km wide, it doesn't really have a well developed stockwork but there are several breccia pipes in the order of some 10s of m across that were historically mined, Glasdir being one of them.