CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN EAST ORE ZONE OF LONGBOHE COPPER ORE FIELD

The scale of the known copper ore reserve in east ore zone of Longbohe copper ore field has already been a large one. Its ore bearing host rock is a series of deepsea phase metasodic (copper bearing) basic volcanic rocks. The lithological and rock chemical characteristics are similar to that of the volcanic rocks in Dahongshan copper ore field and the metallogenic environment is alike. Therefore it is suggested that there are large scale of massive sulfide copper and iron deposits in deep part with a great exploration potential.