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Porphyry copper prospect in
Ömnögovi, Mongolia
Names and other identifiers
| GMRAP ID |
8230 |
| Alternate names |
Ukhaa Khudag |
| Tract name |
Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506) |
| Included sites |
Ukhaa Khudag and Ukhaa Khudag II |
| Site status |
prospect |
Geographic location
| Country |
Mongolia |
| State or province |
Ömnögovi |
| Geographic location |
106.2, 44.0333
|
| Geologic map unit |
106.2, 44.0333 |
| Nearby data |
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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 |
Occurrence |
| Major commodities |
Cu |
| Minor commodities |
Ag, Mo |
| Gold-Moly ratio |
-9999 |
Reference information
| Comments |
Combined prospect site Ukhaa Khudag with Ukhaa Khudag II, which are approximately within 1.5 km of one another. Dike-like outcrops visible to the S and SE. |
| Study area name |
Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References |
Nokleberg and others (1999) |
| Site reference |
Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |
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/.)
