| GMRAP ID | 8035 |
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| Tract name | Solonker (142pCu8501) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | China |
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| State or province | Nei Mongol |
| Geographic location | 106.328, 41.2226 |
| Geologic map unit | 106.328, 41.2226 |
| Nearby data |
| 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 | monzodiorite, quartz monzonite, monzonite, andesite |
| Tectonic setting | continental margin |
| Stratigraphic age | Paleozoic |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Major commodities | Cu |
| Minor commodities | Au |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Was producing 130 t ore per day, with an average grade of 1.2% Cu and 1 to 1.5g/t Au. Deep-seated porphyry Cu-Au deposit possible. Nearby Oblaga Cu-Au skarn small-scale mining in 1987. Recently abandoned. Was Ivanhoe prospect in 2003, but no mention since. Skarn related. |
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| Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References | Sen and others (2005); Williams and others (unpub. data) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |