Bunkhan Khudag, Porphyry copper prospect

Bunkhan Khudag

Porphyry copper prospect in Dornogovi, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8139
Alternate names	Gun Sain Khudag I, Ulaan Tolgoi Bulag
Tract name	Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Included sites	Gun Sain Khudag I, Ulaan Tolgoi Bulag
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mongolia
State or province	Dornogovi
Geographic location	107.9284, 44.1826 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	107.9284, 44.1826
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny)
Age reference	geologic inference
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Early Permian

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Two prospects were grouped with this prospect (Bunkhan Khudag). The original location for Bunkhan Khudag was (44.199999, 107.883332). The original location for both Gun Sain Khudag I and Ulaan Tolgoi Bulag was 44.199999, 107.933332. Was an Ivanhoe target with anomalous Au chip samples in 2004.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Nokleberg and others (1999); Dejidmaa and others (2002)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Dejidmaa, G., Bujinlkham, B., Ganbaatar, T., Oyuntuya, N., Enkhtuya, B., Eviihuu, A., and Monkh-Erdene, N., 2002, Distribution map of mineral deposits and occurrences in Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mineral Resources Authority, Geologic Information Center, 540 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

Nokleberg, W.J., Naumova, V.V., Kuzmin, M.I., and Bounaeva, T.V., eds., 1999, Preliminary publications book 1 from project on mineral resources, metallogenesis, and tectonics of northeast Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-165, 6 p. and digital data, CD-ROM. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-165/.)