The effect of the geotectonic settings of volcano-plutonic belts on the metallogeny of the porphyry copper ore regions and clusters

The effect has been appreciated of the geotectonic settings of formation of volcano-plutonic belts on the ore-formation zonality of their related complex porphyry copper ore-magmatic systems (equivalent to ore regions and clusters). It is shown that combinations of different types of ore deposits, spatially and genetically associated with porphyry copper deposits within the volume of the unified systems, depend on the earth’s crust structure, on the position and nature of the ore-bearing magmatic chambers, as well as on the metallogeny of the belt basements. The identified specific characteristics of the complex multiformational metallogeny of the ore-magmatic systems should be taken into account in the forecast and prospecting for both porphyry copper deposits and their associated ore deposits of other ore-formation types.