Quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration (intense!) - protolith?

Au-Cu porphry, BC, Canada.
Multistage, overprinting alteration assembledges. Up to 30% polymetallic veining.
posted by jim on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - link to this photo
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Mon, September 15, 2008 - 10:03 PM
Wow! What sort of sampling are you doing there?
jim
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Tue, December 30, 2008 - 12:17 PM
We're working on a plan to keep teeny-boppers in cheap Kmart jewelry for the next 7-12 years...(gold-rich copper porphry system).

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