| GMRAP ID | 8032 |
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| Tract name | Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | China |
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| State or province | Nei Mongol |
| Geographic location | 113.691, 43.73 |
| Geologic map unit | 113.691, 43.73 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age determination method | Geologic inference |
| Age range | ~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny) |
| Age reference | geologic inference |
| Associated rocks | granodiorite porphyry, monzogranite porphyry, syenogranite porphyry, andesite, rhyolite |
| Tectonic setting | island arc |
| Stratigraphic age | Early Permian |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Major commodities | Cu, Mo, Au |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Widespread Cu, Au, and Mo geochemical anomalies. Calc-alkaline volcano-intrusive complex with widespread hydrothermal alteration; multiple intrusive phases. Evolving view: porphyry Cu-Mo lodes, to Porphyry Mo + skarn Cu (King Solomon Mines Ltd., 2009). |
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| Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References | King Solomon Mines Ltd. (2009); King Solomon Mines Ltd. (2011?) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |