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<meta content="Four economic porphyry copper-gold deposits, Endeavour 22, 26, 27, and 48, occur within the Late Ordovician
Goonumbla Volcanic Complex of central-west New South Wales, Australia. Together these deposits
have a combined ore reserve of 63.6 million metric tons (Mt) at 1.1 percent copper and 0.5 g/t gold. Mineralization
is centered in narrow, pipelike quartz monzonite porphyry (QMP) intrusive complexes.
We have recognized at least nine intrusive phases within the Endeavour deposits. These are, in order of emplacement,
as follows: a premineral equigranular monzodiorite; early-mineral, equigranular to weakly porphyritic
biotite quartz monzonite (BQM) stocks and dikes; synmineral K-feldspar QMP (K-QMP) pipes and
dikes; late-mineral augite-biotite–K-feldspar QMP (KA-QMP) intrusions and biotite QMP (B-QMP) dikes; and
postmineral basaltic trachyandesite dikes, augite monzonite porphyry dikes, and basaltic dikes.
Early-stage biotite-magnetite and propylitic alteration of the host volcanic rocks and K-feldspar alteration of
the BQM occurred at each deposit during the intrusion of the BQM stocks and early-mineral B-QMP dikes.
Transitional-stage unidirectional solidification textures and other related anisotropic textures formed mostly
during the emplacement of K-QMP and KA-QMP intrusions. Main-stage sulfide mineralization at all four deposits
is spatially and temporally associated with the K-QMP and, to a lesser extent, KA-QMP intrusions and
their associated K-feldspar and sericite-hematite alteration assemblages, and is characterized by multiple generations
of stockwork and sheeted quartz, K-feldspar, bornite, chalcopyrite, and gold-bearing veins. Late-stage
sericite-quartz-copper-sulfide-carbonate-hematite alteration and vein assemblages formed prior to the emplacement
of the postmineral intrusions. Weak to moderate postmineral propylitic alteration assemblages were
the last alteration event related to the QMP intrusive complexes. Intrusive activity and associated biotite alteration
occurred between 446 and 437 Ma, based on 40Ar/39Ar analyses of biotite and hornblende.
Based on microthermometric analyses of fluid inclusions from early-, transitional-, main-, and late-stage
veins, the Endeavour deposits formed at depths between 1,000 and 1,700 m below the paleosurface, with a
lithostatic pressure regime prevailing throughout the early, transitional, and main stages and near-hydrostatic
pressures during the late-stage sericitic events. The first three stages were dominated by high-temperature
(460°–>550°C) magmatic-hydrothermal brines with salinities of ~55 to 60 wt percent NaCl ± KCl equiv. Although
the late-stage fluids were cooler (350°–400°C) and less saline (~40 wt % NaCl equiv), their compositions
are consistent with the magmatic-hydrothermal origin indicated by previous oxygen and hydrogen isotope
studies, confirming that the Endeavour porphyry deposits are representatives of the orthomagmatic end member
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Goonumbla Volcanic Complex of central-west New South Wales, Australia. Together these deposits
have a combined ore reserve of 63.6 million metric tons (Mt) at 1.1 percent copper and 0.5 g/t gold. Mineralization
is centered in narrow, pipelike quartz monzonite porphyry (QMP) intrusive complexes.
We have recognized at least nine intrusive phases within the Endeavour deposits. These are, in order of emplacement,
as follows: a premineral equigranular monzodiorite; early-mineral, equigranular to weakly porphyritic
biotite quartz monzonite (BQM) stocks and dikes; synmineral K-feldspar QMP (K-QMP) pipes and
dikes; late-mineral augite-biotite–K-feldspar QMP (KA-QMP) intrusions and biotite QMP (B-QMP) dikes; and
postmineral basaltic trachyandesite dikes, augite monzonite porphyry dikes, and basaltic dikes.
Early-stage biotite-magnetite and propylitic alteration of the host volcanic rocks and K-feldspar alteration of
the BQM occurred at each deposit during the intrusion of the BQM stocks and early-mineral B-QMP dikes.
Transitional-stage unidirectional solidification textures and other related anisotropic textures formed mostly
during the emplacement of K-QMP and KA-QMP intrusions. Main-stage sulfide mineralization at all four deposits
is spatially and temporally associated with the K-QMP and, to a lesser extent, KA-QMP intrusions and
their associated K-feldspar and sericite-hematite alteration assemblages, and is characterized by multiple generations
of stockwork and sheeted quartz, K-feldspar, bornite, chalcopyrite, and gold-bearing veins. Late-stage
sericite-quartz-copper-sulfide-carbonate-hematite alteration and vein assemblages formed prior to the emplacement
of the postmineral intrusions. Weak to moderate postmineral propylitic alteration assemblages were
the last alteration event related to the QMP intrusive complexes. Intrusive activity and associated biotite alteration
occurred between 446 and 437 Ma, based on 40Ar/39Ar analyses of biotite and hornblende.
Based on microthermometric analyses of fluid inclusions from early-, transitional-, main-, and late-stage
veins, the Endeavour deposits formed at depths between 1,000 and 1,700 m below the paleosurface, with a
lithostatic pressure regime prevailing throughout the early, transitional, and main stages and near-hydrostatic
pressures during the late-stage sericitic events. The first three stages were dominated by high-temperature
(460°–>550°C) magmatic-hydrothermal brines with salinities of ~55 to 60 wt percent NaCl ± KCl equiv. Although
the late-stage fluids were cooler (350°–400°C) and less saline (~40 wt % NaCl equiv), their compositions
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Endeavour copper-gold porphyry deposits, Northparkes, New South Wales: intrusive history and fluid evolution</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Lickfold, V.</span> and <span class="person_name">Cooke, D.R.</span> and <span class="person_name">Smith, S.G.</span> and <span class="person_name">Ullrich, T.</span> (2003) <xhtml:em>Endeavour copper-gold porphyry deposits, Northparkes, New South Wales: intrusive history and fluid evolution.</xhtml:em> Economic Geology, 98 (8). pp. 1607-1636. ISSN 0361-0128</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2060/1/Lickfold.Cooke.etal.ECONGEOL.2003.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2060/1/Lickfold.Cooke.etal.ECONGEOL.2003.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />1108Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="2599" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/98.8.1607">http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/98.8.1607</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Four economic porphyry copper-gold deposits, Endeavour 22, 26, 27, and 48, occur within the Late Ordovician
Goonumbla Volcanic Complex of central-west New South Wales, Australia. Together these deposits
have a combined ore reserve of 63.6 million metric tons (Mt) at 1.1 percent copper and 0.5 g/t gold. Mineralization
is centered in narrow, pipelike quartz monzonite porphyry (QMP) intrusive complexes.
We have recognized at least nine intrusive phases within the Endeavour deposits. These are, in order of emplacement,
as follows: a premineral equigranular monzodiorite; early-mineral, equigranular to weakly porphyritic
biotite quartz monzonite (BQM) stocks and dikes; synmineral K-feldspar QMP (K-QMP) pipes and
dikes; late-mineral augite-biotite–K-feldspar QMP (KA-QMP) intrusions and biotite QMP (B-QMP) dikes; and
postmineral basaltic trachyandesite dikes, augite monzonite porphyry dikes, and basaltic dikes.
Early-stage biotite-magnetite and propylitic alteration of the host volcanic rocks and K-feldspar alteration of
the BQM occurred at each deposit during the intrusion of the BQM stocks and early-mineral B-QMP dikes.
Transitional-stage unidirectional solidification textures and other related anisotropic textures formed mostly
during the emplacement of K-QMP and KA-QMP intrusions. Main-stage sulfide mineralization at all four deposits
is spatially and temporally associated with the K-QMP and, to a lesser extent, KA-QMP intrusions and
their associated K-feldspar and sericite-hematite alteration assemblages, and is characterized by multiple generations
of stockwork and sheeted quartz, K-feldspar, bornite, chalcopyrite, and gold-bearing veins. Late-stage
sericite-quartz-copper-sulfide-carbonate-hematite alteration and vein assemblages formed prior to the emplacement
of the postmineral intrusions. Weak to moderate postmineral propylitic alteration assemblages were
the last alteration event related to the QMP intrusive complexes. Intrusive activity and associated biotite alteration
occurred between 446 and 437 Ma, based on 40Ar/39Ar analyses of biotite and hornblende.
Based on microthermometric analyses of fluid inclusions from early-, transitional-, main-, and late-stage
veins, the Endeavour deposits formed at depths between 1,000 and 1,700 m below the paleosurface, with a
lithostatic pressure regime prevailing throughout the early, transitional, and main stages and near-hydrostatic
pressures during the late-stage sericitic events. The first three stages were dominated by high-temperature
(460°–>550°C) magmatic-hydrothermal brines with salinities of ~55 to 60 wt percent NaCl ± KCl equiv. Although
the late-stage fluids were cooler (350°–400°C) and less saline (~40 wt % NaCl equiv), their compositions
are consistent with the magmatic-hydrothermal origin indicated by previous oxygen and hydrogen isotope
studies, confirming that the Endeavour porphyry deposits are representatives of the orthomagmatic end member
of the porphyry continuum.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">porphyry, copper, gold, alkalic, monzonite, geochronology</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/260100.html">260000 Earth Sciences > 260100 Geology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2060</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mrs Katrina Keep</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Oct 2007 03:53</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">23 Jan 2008 15:01</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2060;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2060">item control page</a></p>
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