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The Copper Heart of Volcanos
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| 2/10/2015
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Posted on 02/12/2015 10:48:03 AM PST by JimSEA
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This very much matches my experience at Magma Copper and the ore body mapping of Resolution Copper. For the first third of my life, I looked out at the volcanic plug that is Picket Post Mountain and went to work in a former hydrothermal zone above a porphyry intrusion.
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posted on
02/12/2015 10:48:03 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
PEX piping so much better than copper.
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posted on
02/12/2015 10:55:19 AM PST
by
petercooper
("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
To: JimSEA
I already associated copper with
white heat anyway
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posted on
02/12/2015 10:55:19 AM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: JimSEA
There are many copper deposits in the intermountain west areas of Idaho and Utah in areas that were volcanically active in the past.
The proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska is rich in several metals including copper and is thought to be an ancient volcanic belch that never quite erupted. Now its giving the EPA indigestion.
Ain’t geology grand?
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:04:54 AM PST
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
To: JimSEA
Fine, so we need more volcanos. Let's plunge an asteroid into the middle east or china. That should do it!
Copper for everyone!!!
/Sarcasm/wierdness mode off
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:04:57 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: JimSEA
As I recall, diamond mines are also associated with volcanoes, or at least with magma channels.
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:12:21 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: JimSEA
It used to be that there was a third thing associated with copper deposits. On the surface above the copper was semiprecious turquoise, and opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum.
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:20:09 AM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: petercooper
Does sunlight ruin copper like PEX?
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:33:59 AM PST
by
meatloaf
To: JimSEA
Is there any link between volcanoes and the formation of petroleum deposits?
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:50:33 AM PST
by
quadrant
(1o)
To: Yo-Yo
Kimberlite pipes found in very old cratons such as those found in Canada, South Africa, Russia and Australia. They are really interesting because they bring up very old and deep rocks we wouldn’t ordinarily see.
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:59:44 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: quadrant
Not directly as far as I know. Organic material is usually trapped beneath sedimentary layers like shales.
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posted on
02/12/2015 12:01:58 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Yes, that’s part of the hydrothermal activity and oxidation above the porphyry in faults, seams and joints. Bisbee, AZ is the classic example. I think there is still some turquoise “mining” in that region.
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posted on
02/12/2015 12:07:01 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
...went to work in a former hydrothermal zone above a porphyry intrusion. Well if you are going to talk dirty we will have to get the kids off the site.
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posted on
02/12/2015 12:26:00 PM PST
by
KC Burke
(I know my screen name says KC but I'm in AZ now!)
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
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posted on
02/12/2015 12:28:52 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: JimSEA
Magma CopperDidn't that happen in 1215 in England?
To: JimSEA
Who is worried about sulfur?
We have sulfur coming out of our ears from the enviro-nazi insisting that it has to be removed from diesel oil.
.
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posted on
02/12/2015 1:30:30 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: meatloaf
I’ve never had to expose any piping to sunlight. Does copper freeze and then burst when the temp drops below 32?
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posted on
02/12/2015 1:31:49 PM PST
by
petercooper
("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
To: petercooper
To each his own. Personally I like Ford fittings and polyethylene pipe.
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posted on
02/12/2015 1:38:18 PM PST
by
meatloaf
To: meatloaf
Copper still has it’s applications.
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posted on
02/12/2015 1:41:20 PM PST
by
petercooper
("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
To: 17th Miss Regt
It was a company formed in the 1900s for an AZ mine which was bought out and closed about 2000. Now a subsidiary of the company that bought them out (BHP ) is reopening the original Magma mine.
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posted on
02/12/2015 1:54:07 PM PST
by
JimSEA
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