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Middle Eocene to late Miocene island to continental arc of the Tethyan Metallogenic Belt.
| Tract ID |
142pCu9013 |
| Country |
Afghanistan-Iran-Pakistan |
| Commodity |
Cu |
| Study area name |
Tethys |
| Tectonic setting |
mixed |
| Deposit type |
porphyry copper |
| Grade-tonnage model |
General porphyry copper model (Singer and others, 2008) |
| Geologic age |
| Geologic feature age |
middle Eocene through late Miocene |
| Generalized age |
Tertiary-Paleogene |
| Oldest rocks age |
40.4Ma
|
| Youngest rocks age |
5.3Ma
|
| Age range |
35.1Ma
|
|
| Identified Cu resources |
26,100,000metric tons
|
| Known prospects |
22 |
| Mean Cu (t/sq km) |
629t/sq km
|
| Map scales used |
50K, 850K, 1M, 2M, 2.5M |
Results of the assessment
| Assessment date |
2012 |
| Estimators |
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Steve Ludington, John C. Mars, Michael L. Zientek, Lukas Zurcher. |
| Assessment depth |
1km
|
| Quantitative assessment |
Yes |
Estimated number of deposits
| Number of deposits |
Confidence level |
| 1 |
90% |
| 3 |
50% |
| 6 |
10% |
| 6 |
5% |
| 6 |
1% |
|
| Mean estimated deposits |
3.23 |
±1.88 |
(0.58%) |
| Probability of mean |
0.27 |
| Probability of no copper |
0.07 |
Estimated deposit density
Known
deposits |
Total
deposits |
Area
(sq km) |
Deposit density
per 100,000 sq km |
| 4 |
7.23 |
19,080 |
38 |
Mean estimated tonnage
| Copper |
12,000,000 |
| Molybdenum |
340,000 |
| Gold |
310 |
| Silver |
3,800 |
| Ore |
2,500 |
Undiscovered copper resource
| Confidence level |
90% |
50% |
10% |
5% |
| Tonnage |
250,000 |
5,600,000 |
29,000,000 |
48,000,000 |
Economic analysis
| Fraser country |
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan (Turkey*) |
| Fraser type |
0.7%
|
| Fraser high |
0.31%
|
| Typical cost |
1%
|
| High cost |
0%
|
| Infrastructure setting |
Typical |
| Comments on depth |
default |
| Expected depth distribution |
|---|
| 0 - 250m |
0.25 |
| 250m - 500m |
0.25 |
| 500m - 1km |
0.5 |
| Economically recoverable resources |
|---|
| Copper |
8,000,000t
|
| Molybdenum |
170,000t
|
| Gold |
160t
|
| Silver |
2,500t
|
| Probability no econ recoverable |
0.33 |
| Econ NPV |
2,300x $1M
|
| Exp dollars |
99.67x $1M/100,000 sq km
|
| Exp value class |
High |
Bibliographic references
| General |
Zürcher and others (in press) |
| Economic |
Robinson and Menzie (2012) |
Zürcher, Lukas, Bookstrom, A.A., Hammarstrom, J.M., Mars, J.C., Ludington, Steve, and Zientek, M.L., with contributions from Drew, L.J., Sutphin, D.M., Berger, B.R., Herrington, R.J., Billa, Mario, Kuscu, Ilkay, Moon, C.J., and Richards, J.P., in press, Porphyry copper assessment of the Tethys Region of western and southern Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 20105090?, xx p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/?/.Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Menzie, W.D., 2012, Economic filters for evaluating porphyry copper deposit resource assessments using grade-tonnage deposit models, with examples from the U.S. Geological Survey global mineral resource assessment (ver 1.2, March 2014): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 20105090H, 21 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/h/.
Deposits and prospects associated with this tract
| Name |
Type |
State |
Country |
Development |
Details |
| Amalaf |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Bukit Pashir |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Buzgawanan |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Occurrence |
Details |
| Darband Chah |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Dasht-e-Kain |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Dasht-i-Goran |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Ganshero |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Kabul Koh |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Kirtaka |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Koh-i-Dalil |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Machi |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| North Koh-i-Dalil |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Pharra Koh |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H10 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H12 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H13 |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H14 |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H15 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H27 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H3 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H35 |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H36 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H7 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H79 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H8 |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq H9 |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Saindak |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Producer |
Details |
| Sam Koh |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Sor Baroot |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Tanjeel |
deposit |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Ting-Dargun |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Ziarat Malik Karkam |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Ziarat Pir Sultan |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Ziarate |
prospect |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
| Reko Diq Group |
Group |
Baluchistan |
Pakistan |
Prospect |
Details |
