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Porphyry copper prospect in Ömnögovi, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 688
Alternate names Tsakhir
Tract name Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Mongolia
State or province Ömnögovi
Geographic location 102.9264, 43.1482
Geologic map unit 102.9264, 43.1482
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range ~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny)
Age reference geologic inference
Minerals chalcopyrite, magnetite, pyrite, sericite
Associated rocks breccia, feldspar porphyry, hornfels, monzodiorite, monzonite, sandstone, siltstone
Tectonic setting island arc
Stratigraphic age Early Permian

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Chip samples: 1.84% Au, 0.43 g/t Au, >300 ppm Mo. Trench sampling: 18 m at 1.84% Cu and 0.43 g/t Au; drill intercept of 50 m at 1.0% Cu and 0.3 g/t Au. Porphyry copper prospect in southern Mongolia, 330 km west of Oyu Tolgoi. Discovered 2005 by AsiaGold Resources, renewed drilling by Voyager Resources in 2011, 2012.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Singer and others (2008); Voyager Resources Ltd. (2011a); Business Wire (2005a); SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (2007)
Site reference Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)
Business Wire, 2005a, Asia Gold discovers porphyry copper-gold mineralization at Khongor prospect in the Gobi region of Mongolia: Asia Gold Corp. press release, October 18, 2005, 3 p., accessed February 29, 2012, at http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051018006116/en/Asia-Gold-Discovers-Porphyry-Copper-Gold-Mineralization-Khongor.Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.
SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., 2007, Mongolia—A new frontier: Southgobi Energy Resources Ltd., 5 p., accessed February 29, 2012, at http:/www.southgobi.com/s/QuikReport.asp?. [Web page no longer available.]
Voyager Resources Ltd., 2011a, Khongor presentation—April 2011: Voyager Resources Ltd. presentation, 18 p., accessed February 29, 2012, at http://www.voyagerresources.net/pdfs/KhongorPresentation13Apr11.pdf.