Deed ust, Porphyry copper prospect

Deed ust

Porphyry copper prospect in Selenge, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8147
Tract name	Erdenet (142pCu8508a)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mongolia
State or province	Selenge
Geographic location	104.9423, 49.4399 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	104.9423, 49.4399
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	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Early Permian

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Porphyry Cu-Mo (Ag, Re). Deposit related to calc-alkaline and alkaline granitic intrusions. Porphyry and granitic pluton-hosted deposit.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Dejidmaa and others (2002); Nokleberg and others (1999)
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/.)