Development of Porphyry Copper Deposit Research

Porphyry copper deposit is the main resource of the copper product in the world.As a result,scientists pay much attention to its exploration and scientific research.The paper reviews recent study on porphyry copper deposit,such as the tectonic setting,the sources and the emplacement of porphyry,the transition between the magma and hydrothermal activity,as well as quartz-sulfide vein formed in different stages.Important study of porphyry copper deposit falls into two fields.One is tectonic setting and its structures,the other is the ore-forming process.The process of Cu-Mo-sulfide precipitation during the formation of porphyry copper deposit will be clear with the development of scanning electron microscopy-cathodoluminescence(SEM-CL) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(LA-ICP-MS) analytique technical in the future.