SA09PC
005pCu1009
Peru Eocene–Oligocene Antapaccay
005
Peru
Cu
porphyry copper
General porphyry copper model (Singer and others, 2005)
Eocene to Oligocene mostly calc-alkaline plutons, including epizonal plutons intruding abundant volcanic-arc lava flows and breccias; equivalent to rocks in tracts SA10a,bPC and SA12PC.
Eocene-Oligocene
90-50-10
2.4
0.00036
36
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Charles G. Cunningham, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA08PC
005pCu1008
Chile-Peru Paleocene–Eocene Toquepala
Peru-Chile
Paleocene and Eocene mostly calc-alkaline plutons.  Includes the Toquepala volcanics and coeval porphyry plutons (Peru), and rhyolite domes, dacite pyroclastics, and associated calderas (Chile).
Paleocene-Eocene
6.0
0.00035
35
SA07PC
005pCu1007
Peru-Ecuador Cretaceous Almacen
Peru-Ecuador
Cretaceous plutons, mostly calc-alkaline diorites and tonalites, principally of the Coastal batholith and smaller batholiths.
Cretaceous
2.6
0.000054
5
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Charles G. Cunningham, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, David M. Sutphin, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini
SA06PC
005pCu1006
Peru-Ecuador middle–late Miocene La Granja
Assorted middle to late Miocene mainly calc-alkaline plutons.
middle-late Miocene
6.5
0.00051
51
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Charles G. Cunningham, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, David M. Sutphin, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA05PC
005pCu1005
Colombia-Ecuador Miocene Chaucha
Columbia-Ecuador
Miocene principally calc-alkaline plutons including granites, granodiorites, tonalites, and dacite porphyries.  Includes most of the Central Cordillera of Colombia.
Miocene
4.9
0.00027
27
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Joseph A Briskey, Charles G. Cunningham, Mariano Gajardo M., Donald A. Singer, David M. Sutphin, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA04PC
005pCu1004
Colombia Cretaceous Infierno Chilí
Columbia
Cretaceous mostly calc-alkaline plutons mainly of granodioritic and tonalitic composition. Large batholiths to the north were excluded because they are too deeply eroded.
1.2
0.00020
20
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Joseph A Briskey, Charles G. Cunningham, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, David M. Sutphin, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA03PC
005pCu1003
Colombia-Ecuador-Peru Jurassic San Carlos
Columbia-Ecuador-Peru
Jurassic mainly calc-alkaline granodioritic, dioritic, and tonalitic plutons, including the Mocoa batholith (Colombia).  Includes intruded Jurassic basaltic and andesitic lava flows (Ecuador and Peru).
Jurassic
5.3
0.00025
25
SA02PC
005pCu1002
Colombia Jurassic California
Columbia-Venezuela
Late Jurassic rhyolitic to intermediate composition volcanic rocks, principally trachytes, rhyolites, and andesites, and their subordinate plutonic equivalents.
1.5
0.00011
11
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Joseph A Briskey, Charles G. Cunningham, Donald A. Singer, David M. Sutphin, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA19PC
005pCu1019
Argentina, Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic, Bajo de la Leona
Argentina
Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic calc-alkaline plutons, including the Subcordilleran batholith and the Central Patagonian Batholith, which consists mostly of granodiorite, granite, and leucocratic granite.
Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic
0.000035
4
Eduardo O. Zappettini, Charles G. Cunningham, Carlos Mario Celada, and Donald A. Singer
SA18PC
005pCu1018
Chile Permian El Loa
Chile
Permian calc-alkaline plutons.  Tract is a northern continuation of tract SA16a,bPC and its location coincides largely with that of giant tract SA10a,bPC.
Permian
0.00012
12
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA17PC
005pCu1017
Chile Cretaceous Antucoya
Cretaceous calc-alkalic plutons, including batholiths.
3.4
0.000086
9
SA16abPC
005pCu1016
Argentina Permian San Jorge
Argentina-Chile
Distribution of Permian calc-alkaline generally dioritic to dacitic plutons defines two geographically separate sub-tracts, SA16aPC and SA16bPC, which are southern continuations of Permian tract SA18PC.
1.6
0.00019
19
SA15PC
005pCu1015
Argentina-Chile Late Cretaceous-middle Eocene Campana Mahuida
Heterogeneous assemblage of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, and middle Eocene mainly calc-alkalic granite, granodiorite, andesite, diorite, and dacite plutons too small to show at million scale.
Late Cretaceous-middle Eocene
3.9
0.000064
6
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., Eduardo O. Zappettini, and Joseph A Briskey.
SA14dPC
005pCu1014d
Argentina Miocene–Pliocene Nevados de Famatina
Mainly late Miocene to early Pliocene calc-alkalic plutons and consanguineous coeval to slightly older lavas, breccias, pyroclastic rocks, and volcanic domes.
late Miocene-early Pliocene
2.3
0.00078
78
Charles G. Cunningham, Klaus J. Schulz, Joseph A Briskey, and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA14cPC
005pCu1014c
Argentina Miocene–Pliocene Bajo de la Alumbrera
2.0
0.00034
34
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA14bPC
005pCu1014b
Chile Miocene–Pliocene El Teniente
Giant porphyry copper model (Singer, Briskey, Cunningham 2008)
0.84
0.00042
42
Alvaro Puig Godoy, Waldo Vivallo S., Charles G. Cunningham, Joseph A Briskey, Klaus J. Schulz, Alejandro Diaz, and Juan Pablo Lacassie.
SA14aPC
005pCu1014a
Argentina Miocene Paramillos
Mainly late Miocene to early Pliocene calc-alkalic plutons intruding folded and intensely thrust faulted Paleozoic country rocks.  Mostly too small to differentiate at million scale.
4.2
0.00037
37
Charles G. Cunningham, Klaus J. Schulz, Joseph A Briskey, and Eduardo O. Zappettini
SA13bPC
005pCu1013b
Argentina-Chile Miocene–Pliocene Los Pelambres
Miocene to Pliocene principally calc-alkaline plutons.  Separated from SA13cPC where deeper erosion of younger cover rocks aided exploration thereby reducing the probability of undiscovered deposits.
Miocene-Pliocene
3.0
SA13aPC
005pCu1013a
Argentina-Chile Miocene–Pliocene Cerro Casale
Miocene to Pliocene plutons; including continental volcanic rocks containing lava flows, volcanic breccias, and ash-flow tuffs in three bands trending northwest across this northeast-trending tract.
7.5
0.00017
17
Joseph A Briskey, Charles G. Cunningham, Klaus J. Schulz, and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA13cPC
005pCu1013c
Argentina-Chile Miocene–Pliocene
Miocene to Pliocene principally calc-alkaline plutons.  Separated from SA13bPC where more extensive cover by younger rocks hindered exploration thereby increasing the probability of undiscovered deposits.
0.00038
38
SA11PC
005pCu1011
Argentina Eocene–Oligocene Taca Taca Bajo
Assorted Eocene to Oligocene mostly calc-alkaline plutons.
0.00095
95
SA12PC
005pCu1012
Chile-Argentina Eocene–Oligocene La Fortuna
Chile-Argentina
Eocene to Oligocene principally calc-alkaline plutons, including epizonal plutons intruding volcanic-arc lava flows and breccias; equivalent to rocks in tracts SA09PC and SA10a,bPC.
0.00080
80
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Charles G. Cunningham, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA10abPC
005pCu1010
Chile Eocene–Oligocene Chuquicamata
Eocene to Oligocene mainly calc-alkaline plutons, including epizonal plutons intruding volcanic-arc lava flows and breccias; equivalent to rocks in tracts SA09PC and SA12PC.
3.1
0.00062
62
Carlos Mario Celada, Vladimir I. Berger, Charles G. Cunningham, Alejandro Diaz, Mariano Gajardo M., Carlos Portigliati, Alvaro Puig Godoy, Donald A. Singer, Waldo Vivallo S., and Eduardo O. Zappettini.
SA01PC
005pCu1001
Colombia Paleocene–Eocene Acandi
Colombia-Ecuador-Panama
Paleocene–Eocene mostly calc-alkaline plutons including tonalities, diorites, and granodiorites of the Mande batholith (Colombia), Acandi batholith (Colombia-Panama), Santiago batholith (Peru), and some outliers.
5.9
0.00023
23
SA13dPC
005pCu1013d
Chile-Argentina Miocene coastal
Miocene mainly calc-alkalic granodiorite, diorite, and tonalite plutons, including batholiths.  Plutons and batholiths apparently are consanguineous with the plutons in tracts SA13aPC, SA13bPC, and SA13cPC.
0.000021
2
Waldo Vivallo S., Eduardo O. Zappettini, Charles G. Cunningham
SA20PC
005pCu1020
Chile-Argentina Cretaceous Turbio
Cretaceous calc-alkaline batholiths and plutons composed mostly of biotite and hornblende-bearing granite, granodiorite, and tonalite.
1.8
0.000010
1
Carlos Mario Celada, Waldo Vivallo S., Donald A. Singer, Charles G. Cunningham, and Eduardo O. Zappettini.