Articles Tagged "porphyry deposits"

Iron-Oxide Copper Gold Deposits

Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits are important and highly valuable concentrations of copper, gold and uranium. With an tendancy for being tremendous in size, relatively simple metallurgy and relatively high grade IOCG deposits can produce extremely profitable mines.

Copper Mining in Canada

Canada is the third largest copper producer in the world, after Chile and the USA. In Canada, copper is always produced in conjunction with another metal, most often as a co-product with nickel, zinc, lead, gold and molybdenum.