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Porphyry copper prospect in Gansu, China

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 8002
Tract name Solonker (142pCu8501)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country China
State or province Gansu
Geographic location 99.4466, 40.6331
Geologic map unit 99.4466, 40.6331
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range ~490–390 Ma (Caledonian orogeny) to ~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny)
Age reference geologic inference
Associated rocks adamellite porphyry, felsite
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Paleozoic

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Resource of 17.9 Mt at 1.17% Cu and 14 g/t Au. Medium-sized Cu deposit. Not explored as porphyry target.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Yin (2003); Yin and others (2009); Kamitani and others (2007)
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.Yin Xian-min, 2003, Research on the porphyry copper ore prospecting in Beishan area of Gansu Province: Acta Geologica Gansu [Gansu Geology], v. 12, no. 2, p. 1–5. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Abstract also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-GSDZ200302001.htm.)Yin Yong, Zhang Qi, Yin Xian-ming, and Zhao Yan-qing, 2009, Features of adakite in Beishan of Gansu province and significance for prospecting—Several examples of Cu, Mo, and Au deposit related to adakites: Acta Geologica Gansu [Gansu Geology], v. 18, no. 1, p. 6–11. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-GSDZ200901005.htm.)