Tract ID | 142pCu8701 | ||||||||||
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Country | Afghanistan-China-Kyrgyzstan-Pakistan-Tajikistan | ||||||||||
Commodity | Cu | ||||||||||
Study area name | Central Asia Orogenic Belt | ||||||||||
Tectonic setting | continental margin | ||||||||||
Deposit type | porphyry copper | ||||||||||
Grade-tonnage model | General porphyry copper model (Singer and others, 2008) | ||||||||||
Geologic age |
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Identified Cu resources | 1,400,000metric tons | ||||||||||
Known prospects | 11 | ||||||||||
Mean Cu (t/sq km) | 79t/sq km | ||||||||||
Map scales used | 1M |
Assessment date | 2012 |
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Estimators | Alexeiev, D. (Russian Academy of Sciences); Bookstrom, Arthur A.(USGS); Frost, Thomas P. (USGS); Hammarstrom, Jane M. (USGS); Light, Thomas D. (USGS); Ludington, Steve (USGS); Mihalasky, Mark, J. (USGS); Panteleyev, Andre (XDM Geological Consultants) |
Assessment depth | 1km |
Quantitative assessment | Yes |
Number of deposits | Confidence level |
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3 | 50% |
20 | 10% |
30 | 5% |
30 | 1% |
Mean estimated deposits | 7.95 | ±9.38 | (1.18%) |
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Probability of mean | 0.32 |
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Probability of no copper | 0.16 |
Known deposits |
Total deposits |
Area (sq km) |
Deposit density per 100,000 sq km |
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1 | 8.95 | 403,215 | 2 |
Copper | 32,000,000 |
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Molybdenum | 850,000 |
Gold | 800 |
Silver | 10,000 |
Ore | 6,400 |
Confidence level | 50% | 10% | 5% |
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Tonnage | 11,000,000 | 91,000,000 | 130,000,000 |
Fraser country | China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Krygystan |
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Fraser type | 0% |
Fraser high | 0% |
Typical cost | 0% |
High cost | 1% |
Infrastructure setting | High cost |
Comments on depth | shallow |
Expected depth distribution | |
0 - 250m | 0.35 |
250m - 500m | 0.25 |
500m - 1km | 0.4 |
Economically recoverable resources | |
Copper | 17,000,000t |
Molybdenum | 340,000t |
Gold | 300t |
Silver | 5,000t |
Probability no econ recoverable | 0.37 |
Econ NPV | 2,900x $1M |
Exp dollars | 4.43x $1M/100,000 sq km |
Exp value class | Low |
General | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |
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Economic | Robinson and Menzie (2012) |
Name | Type | State | Country | Development | Details |
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Huangnan | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Kaerqueka | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Kalaguorumu | prospect | Xinjiang | China | Prospect | Details |
Langshuisimiaoping | prospect | Shaanxi | China | Prospect | Details |
Longweigou | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Saishitang | deposit | Qinghai | China | Producer | Details |
Shuangyangdabana | prospect | Xinjiang | China | Occurrence | Details |
Suolajier | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Tuoketuo | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Wulanwuzhuer | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Yingyugou | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |
Yaziguol | prospect | Qinghai | China | Prospect | Details |