Wuzhuergashun, Porphyry copper prospect

Wuzhuergashun

Porphyry copper prospect in Nei Mongol, China

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8031
Alternate names	Lurgan, Elegen, Whu Shu Er Ga Shun
Tract name	Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Nei Mongol
Geographic location	99.0418, 42.3794 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	99.0418, 42.3794
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	332Ma
Age determination method	Re-Os molybdenite
Age range	332.0 ±9.0 Ma
Age reference	Nie and others (2005)
Minerals	chalcopyrite, molybdenite
Associated rocks	monzodiorite, granodiorite porphyry, granite, rhyodacite, andesite
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Early Carboniferous

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Became an Ivanhoe Mines/Inner Mongolia Bureau of Geology Cu-Au porphyry exploration project in 2005. Drill pads, trenches, and exploration workings visible.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Nie and others (2005); Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (2005)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., 2005, Ivanhoe Mines receives Chinese Central Government approval for Inner Mongolia gold, copper, and silver projects30-year business licence granted: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. press release, 3 p., accessed December 4, 2013, at http://www.turquoisehill.com/i/pdf/2005-01-18_NR.pdf.Nie Feng-jun, Qu Wen-jun, Liu Yan, Du An-dao, and Jiang, Si-hong, 2005, Re-Os isotopic age dating of molybdenite separates from Elegen porphyry Mo (Cu) mineralized area, northwestern Alxa, western Inner Mongolia: Mineral Deposits, v. 24, no. 6, p. 638647. [In Chinese, English abstract.] (Abstract also available at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-KCDZ200506006.htm.)