| GMRAP ID | 8042 |
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| Tract name | Tethyan Gangdese (142pCu8706) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | China |
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| State or province | Xizang |
| Geographic location | 88.9311, 31.4006 |
| Geologic map unit | 88.9311, 31.4006 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age (Ma) | 116Ma |
| Age determination method | Re-Os molybdenite |
| Age range | 116.2 ±1.9 Ma; 115.7 ±1.3 Ma |
| Age reference | Zhao and others (2009) |
| Minerals | bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, galena, malachite, molybdenite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite |
| Associated rocks | granodiorite, quartz diorite, diorite, granite |
| Tectonic setting | mixed |
| Stratigraphic age | Early Cretaceous |
| Development status | Producer |
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| Major commodities | Cu, Mo |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | A skarn deposit, with indications of porphyry mineralization below; indicates extension of the Bangong-Nujiang porphyry belt. |
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| Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References | Zhao and others (2009) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |