| GMRAP ID | 8234 |
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| Alternate names | Airport North Discovery, Ulaan Khud |
| Tract name | Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | Mongolia |
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| State or province | Ömnögovi |
| Geographic location | 106.9066, 43.1244 |
| Geologic map unit | 106.9066, 43.1244 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age (Ma) | 361.4Ma |
| Age determination method | U-Pb zircon |
| Age range | 361.4 ±3.7 Ma |
| Age reference | Khashgerel and others (2009) |
| Minerals | bornite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, pyrite |
| Associated rocks | quartz monzodiorite |
| Tectonic setting | island arc |
| Stratigraphic age | Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous |
| Development status | Occurrence |
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| Major commodities | Cu |
| Minor commodities | Mo |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Grades of 0.2% Cu, 0.2% Mo. Prospect ~15 km NNE of Oyu Tolgoi, 2 km² area Cu mineralization. Permian Khanbogd pluton appears to hornfels (gar, cpx, act, ep, chl, pyrrh) and cut off prospect at depth. |
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| Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References | Khashgerel and others (2009); Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (2010b); Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (2011) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |