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This document discusses two models for porphyry copper deposits. The first model views porphyry deposits as forming from normal arc rock processes, where factors like favorable tectonics, reactive host rocks, or focused fluid flow enhance the ore-forming process. The second model associates porphyry deposits with slab melts, which originally contain high amounts of copper. The document also discusses oxygen fugacity, which is an important factor for elemental behaviors but is not a precise term, and "redox

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Leticia Maria

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