SOLVING THE RIDDLE OF COPPEROne will not find the " holy grail " answer as to where copper comes from.
Try your own web search - good luck and what ever you do, don't get caught in the maze of minerology. The answer wil lnot be found there - minerology will discuss the sungular and realtionship aspect of minerals and the alteratioj of mixing alloys and the conversion of the mineral basing on interactions of acids and alkais but - one truly has to step outside the parameters and walk a different path to at leaast attempt to try and find the definitive answers to the origins of, native minerals.
It's either, all minerals already preexist, and are recycled via earths crust.
Or, they're manufactured via molten core lavas.
Or, they contunually convert - a constant transition on a time scale, only breifly know nto mankind - meaning we merely get a glimpse during ourlifetime before the ore body with minerals begin to transition due to decay or oxidation or sulphidation, or carbination.
The other day i had mentioned there's not much on the subject peetaining to - sulphides that oxidize - lol - all minerals can oxidize - but trying to find the proper sequence of the causative of oxidation besides oxygen is far more intensive than just settling with - oxygen breakdown.
Take for instance - there's info onlne that describes the effects of silver and its residue as,
sulphidation. I would have to disagree with this, and say, the silver that is showing signs of deteriation with black oxides is more like - oxidation not sulphidation.
Where am i headed with this topic ?
Jusr as the title states - solving the riddle of copper.
If one tries to searchout where copper is made, you'll run the rabbit hole that is far and wide as it is deep. Noone really knows where copper comes from.
A mystry metal, quite abundant, and found all over the world.
It's sedimentry, but also porophry, and sometimes found in loose sands.
it can be locked in, dykes and veins, and even hosrt country rock.
It's a soft metal, but not so soft which makes it an exteremely versatile metal, even conductive.
Copper's high conductivness - in my opinion - is a " key attribute " that provides the first clue inwhich can allow one to know its true origins.
Most all copper depsoits, have one theme that is synomanous.
Salt minerals are present.
Spoiler alert ?
In my opinion, copper is a derivative of, salt metals.
Salt metals are soft, mandable, and highly conductive.
They're crystalines, and due grow with water.
The most remarkkable trait of salt minerals is their ability to -
lattice bond with other minerals.
Salts in my opinion - is the smoking gun to solving the riddle of the origns of copper.
Take a look at this Native Copper specimen.
Closely analyze it's surface structures.
https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/natural-native-copper-isolated-on-white-picture-id509431330
Upon cloer scrutiny, one will see hues of white metals mixed about the copper metal.
This in my opinion, is molten salts mixed with other elements to form a hybrid metal then hardend.
Has anyone ever heard of finding an entire mine of, native copper ?
I have yet ot come across this.
There's only specimenrs of native copper which then assigns the specimen as,
an anomaly. Nture made - blast furnace copper. ( volcanic heated )
Bull River Mine.
Argilites = shales, andosites, xolcanics. carbons
Gareywacke = clay - consortium ( alos comprised of salts )
Veining = hydrothermal fluids - saly waters. crystalines
With in the Bull mine there are signs of, sedijmentry shales.
Keysign of, stratibound formation.
Ocen shales.
Ocean has a plthora of salts.
Old ocean sedimentry formation uplifted.
Throw in volcanous activity, and it spells - complex deciphering of which came first ?
Deposit evolving itself through degradation and oxidation only to reform and reassemble or, what if, volcanic action happened below the ocean - lava heat + salt waters could very wel lexplain away the advent of, hoe copper was formed.
After all, when one considers the pyroxines, and pyrite occurences along with copper findings,
these can be used as pathfinders for copper.
sulphide copper.= salt sulphur - sulphur is also yellow. ( sulphur + pyrite )
oxide copper = black - simple oxidation
carbonate copper.- carbonates are salts. ( causatic salts )
Using Bull River as the epicenter -
one could compass in one of three directions and find - other mineral showings.
OLD ABE - does show signs of feldspar - and copper.
But what's fascinating is - the iron showing that describes - siderite.
A carbonate ( lime ) reacting with the iron and forming the crytals of siderite.
A dull pyrite look, no lustre.
If it had luster - it would be a hard not ot say it was, chalcopyrite.
What's carbonate lime - yes... salt.
Copper King showing has some remarkable - exteemely wide dykes.
Dykes are salt crystalines.
Again - salt is the pathfinder clue.
Fledspar deposit - has a 480m pororphy showing.
This is is an extremely long intercept.
What are porophry deposits usually comprised of ?
Hydrothermal fluids.
Again, salt waters.
Feldspars and granites.
Waht's so great about feldspar ?
Yup- yet another salt mineral - potassium.
Salt shows itslef again and again.
Salt seems highly suspect - when copper shows itself.
Pyrite crystaline formations.
Oxide formations - latter effect.
Carbonate copper in crystalines.
Iron copper, in a form of chalcopyrite is a very interesting subject.
For instance - if we take pure synthetic man made ( copper pipe ) and try ot reverse engineer - alter its state naturally - why is it the copper - never turns to an azurite blue ? It wqil leither oxidize with black residue or form a green patina.
Which begs the question - does native copper come first or, do al lthe other transition states come first and copper metla ( native ) is an anomaly in nature ?
I would lean towards, native copper in nature is an anomaly ,due to its limited occurences, and run with - my own theory - sat minerals
Knowing the -correct transition phases of copper - in my opinion - will certainly aide in
the discovering of more copper depoists.
Salts seem ot have a clear and desicive realtionship to copper.
Salt metals are soft and so is copper,
The question becomes, what is the most likely element inwhich salt carbonate metals come in contact with that could spawn - copper ?
My hunch points to - iron, due to its petrography of hosting, sulphur.
Sulphur ccould be " one of " the ringer minerals that provide the coloration.
Could it be, two forms of salt, with an exotheram traction instead of hydrothermal ?
Ywo salt metals heated ot the point of, alloying ?
Potassium als ohas an inherant yellow value .
Sulphur, Potassium,
these two salts in water ocean form, meet extreme heat of volcanism ?
Salt waters evaporate and the extreme heat further works over the alloying of these two
salt minerals ?
What if it were moreso a manganese or magnesium salt ?
As you can see... salt is apparent and involved in many of the copper depoists.
The solving of hte riddle of copper, just mught be found with the mixing of salts in alloy metallurgy form that might create a breakthrough in actually - one day - farming our own copper. I don't think it;'s too far fetched. If thisole world goes on long enough, i predict there will be mineral farming - actually incubation of gorwing minerals.
Something ot tihnk about.
Some may disagree, but.then again, what if i were right ?
SUM IT UP ?
Could the other mines surrounding Bull Mine - be used as pathfinders to find the origin of the copper ? Salt showings on all sides. Heat source of argilites below - with quartz hydorthermal veining - feldspars on the other side and siderite opposite.
One stpe closer to solving the copper riddle.
Work in progress.
Cheers.....