Garqiong, Porphyry copper prospect

Garqiong

Porphyry copper prospect in Xizang, China

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8016
Alternate names	Gaerqiong
Tract name	Tethyan Gangdese (142pCu8706)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Xizang
Geographic location	80.3887, 33.3213 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	80.3887, 33.3213
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	112Ma
Age determination method	U-Pb zircon SHRIMP
Age range	112.0 ±2.3 Ma
Age reference	Qu and Xin (2006)
Associated rocks	granodiorite porphyry
Tectonic setting	mixed
Stratigraphic age	Early Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	112 Ma U-Pb date on intrusion.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Qu and Xin (2006); Xie and others (2009)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Qu Xiao-ming, and Xin Hong-bo, 2006, Ages and tectonic environment of the Bangong Co porphyry copper belt in western Tibet, China: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 25, no. 7, p. 792799. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Abstract also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-ZQYD200607005.htm.)Xie Guo-gang, Xie Lin, Cao Sheng-hua, Mo Xuan-xue, and Dong Guo-chen, 2009, Prospect evaluation and metallogenic features of the Bangong Lake Fe-Cu polymetallic mineralization belt in western Tibet, China: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, no .4,p. 538545. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Abstract also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-ZQYD200904018.htm.)