Gongpoquan, Porphyry copper prospect

Gongpoquan

Porphyry copper prospect in Gansu, China

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	1005
Tract name	Solonker (142pCu8501)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Gansu
Geographic location	97.2475, 41.6359 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	97.2475, 41.6359
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	334Ma
Age determination method	Rb-Sr
Age range	334 Ma
Age reference	Xu and others (2010)
Minerals	bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, galena, covellite, malachite, pyrite
Associated rocks	granodiorite porphyry, dacite porphyry
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Early Carboniferous

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Old mining district undergoing reevaluation. Some mining of Au.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Xu and others (2010); Zhang and others (2011); Yan and others (2007); Kamitani and others (2007); Warren J. Nokleberg (written commun., 2006)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Kamitani, Masaharu; Okumura, Kimio; Teraoka, Yoji; Miyano, Sumiko; and Watanabe, Yasusi, 2007, Mineral deposit data of mineral resources map of east Asia, with explanatory notes: Japan Geological Survey, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 19 p., 1 map on 2 sheets, scale 1:3,000,000, accessed April, 2011, at http://www.gsj.jp/Map/EN/docs/overseas_doc/mrm-e_asia.htm, and at https://www.gsj.jp/Map/EN/docs/overseas_doc/ExplanatoryNote.pdf.Xu Rong-ke, Lu Sheng-zhang, Li Xing-de, Zheng You-ye, Sun Xing-chun, Wei Zhi-jun, Shan Liang, Zhang Yu-lian, Lu Lin, Li Hong-mei, Liu Xin-yang, Liu Jun-an, and Liu Yuan-ping, 2010, Metallotectonic anatomy and metallogenic prognosis for ore-concentrated area of Gongpoquan copper deposit from Beishan area of Gansu province: Geology and Exploration, v. 46, no. 1, p. 93101. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Abstract also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-DZKT201001014.htm.)Yan Guangsheng, Qiu Ruizhao, Lian Changyun, Nokleberg, W.J., Cao Li, Chen Xiufa, Mao Jingwen, Xiao Keyan, Li Jinyi, Xiao Qinghui, Zhou Su, Wang Mingyan, Liu Dawen, Yuan Chunhua, Han Jiuxi, Wang Liangliang, Chen Zhen, Chen Yuming, Xie Guiqing, and Ding Jianhua, 2007, Quantitative assessment of the resource potential of porphyry copper systems in China: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 14, p. 2741. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1872-5791(07)60034-7.)Zhang, Chao; Ma, Chang-Qian; Liao, Qun-An; Zhang, Jin-Yang; and She, Zhen-Bing, 2011, Implications of subduction and subduction zone migration of the Paleo-Pacific plate beneath eastern North China, based on distribution, geochronology, and geochemistry of Late Mesozoic volcanic rocks: International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 100, p. 16651684. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-010-0582-6.)