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porphyry

Any igneous rock containing large crystals in a finer matrix.



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It has been noted that all major known mineralized Laramide porphyries (the host to most of the US copper porphyries) in southwestern New Mexico are located around the margins of the Burro Uplift.
The Tranca Loma and Camp porphyries occur on either side of Aurelian's Bonza-Las Penas epithermal gold-silver deposit.
Induced polarization survey shows similar sizes and geophysical responses for both Alizar and Arena porphyries.
 
 
 
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