Mogoin Gol

Porphyry copper prospect in Bulgan, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 8187
Tract name Erdenet (142pCu8508a)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Mongolia
State or province Bulgan
Geographic location 103.7373, 49.2552
Geologic map unit 103.7373, 49.2552
Nearby data

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 Prospect
Major commodities Cu
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Geologic mapping continued by Xanadu in 2011, based on results to date indicating strong possiblilty of discovering additional mineralized porphyry copper. Previous exploration between 1999 and 2004 identified a large (> 7 square km) zone of porphyry-related advanced argillic alteration that is highly anomalous in Cu, Mo, Au, Ag and Ba.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Dejidmaa and others (2002); Xanadu Mines Ltd. (2011a); Xanadu Mines Ltd. (2011b)
Site reference Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)