Zuukhin gol, Porphyry copper prospect

Zuukhin gol

Porphyry copper prospect in Bulgan, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8242
Alternate names	Zoohiin gol, Zookhyngol, Zuilin gol
Tract name	Erdenet (142pCu8508a)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mongolia
State or province	Bulgan
Geographic location	104.2263, 49.2149 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	104.2263, 49.2149
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
Minerals	alunite, bornite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, galena, goethite, hematite, kaolinite, limonite, magnetite, malachite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrophyllite, sericite, sphalerite
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Early Permian

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Grade of 0.086% Cu. The name of the deposit, Zuukhin gol, is from JICA-JOGMEC (2004). Stockwork is 2.0 km by 2.2 km.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Nokleberg and others (1999); Dejidmaa and others (2002); Warren J. Nokleberg (written commun., 2006); JICA-JOGMEC (2004)
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.

JICA-JOGMEC, 2004, Report on the mineral exploration in the western Erdenet area, Mongolia consolidated report: Tokyo, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JICA-JOGMEC), 162 p., 2 plates.

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/.)