Porphyry Copper Lab

Project 1: Hydrothermal Alteration Zoning (Silver Bell, AZ)

 Samples

SB-4

SB-11

SB-22

SB-32

SB-501

 

Project 2: Supergene Alteration (idealized deposit)

 Sample

 Rock
     Sample

  Rock

 1
  

7

 2
  

8 

 3
  

9

 4
  

10

5
  

11 

 6
  

 12

Veining:

 Sample

 Rock A

 Rock B

 Rock C

 

Hydrothermal Alteration:

epidote | chlorite | sericite | calcite

kaolinite | smectite | biotite | K-feldspar