Gezeg

Porphyry copper prospect in Bulgan, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 1060
Tract name Erdenet (142pCu8508a)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Mongolia
State or province Bulgan
Geographic location 102.7427, 48.686
Geologic map unit 102.7427, 48.686
Nearby data

Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range ~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny)
Age reference geologic inference
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Early Permian

Commodity and development information

Development status Occurrence
Major commodities Cu, Mo
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Warren J. Nokleberg (written commun., 2006) indicates it is a Cu-Mo porphyry, but only indicates Mo as the commodity. Possibly mineral point #264 of Dejidmaa and others (2002) who provide a location approximately 16 km N–NW.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Warren J. Nokleberg (written commun., 2006); Dejidmaa and others (2002)
Site reference Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)
Dejidmaa, G., Bujinlkham, B., Ganbaatar, T., Oyuntuya, N., Enkhtuya, B., Eviihuu, A., and Monkh-Erdene, N., 2002, Distribution map of mineral deposits and occurrences in Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mineral Resources Authority, Geologic Information Center, 540 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.