Episode 14 - Tops and Bottoms of Porphyry Deposits featuring Richard Sillitoe
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Richard Sillitoe and John Thompson talk about the evolution of the porphyry model from plate tectonics to lithocaps, mineral zoning, and the link to epithermal gold systems.  How has the classic ‘tops and bottoms of porphyry deposits’ model changed and...
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