160W 0

5S

5N

55S

20S

10S

25S

15S

40S

30S

45S

50S

35S

20N

15N

75N

40N

10N

45N

30N

50N

25N

55N

35N

70N

60N

65N

5E

5W

65E

45E

60E

70E

95E

20E

90E

35E

85E

55E

80E

50E

30E

10E

75E

40E

25E

15E

120E

135E

125E

130E

140E

115E

110E

100E

145E

105E

160E

175E

165E

150E

155E

170E

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

10W

20W

30W

40W

50W

60W

70W

80W

90W

100W

110W

120W

130W

140W

150W

160W

170W

Legend

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