MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES OF PORPHYRY COPPER ORE-BEARING STOCKWORKS AND THEIR FORMATION ENVIRONMENTS
Porphyry copper stockwork morphology and formation environments are discussed. It is shown that stockwork and orebody forms depend on morphology of ore-bearing porphyry intrusion apical parts and host environment petrophysical features. Presence of low-permeability strata in ore-magmatic system tops affects porphyry intrusion and associated ore-bearing stockwork form. Ore-hosting rock brittle or ductile deformability, along with fluid sa- turation, initial metal content and sizes of ore-bearing intrusive bodies, determines the scales of ore-generating hydrothermal system manifestation within porphyry copper deposits