Khatsaych Uul

Porphyry copper prospect in Ömnögovi, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 8638
Tract name Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Mongolia
State or province Ömnögovi
Geographic location 106.5127, 42.8036
Geologic map unit 106.5127, 42.8036
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 island arc
Stratigraphic age Early Permian

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Active prospect 2004–2011; limited information.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Erdene Resource Development Corp. (2011a); Erdene Resource Development Corp. (2011b)
Site reference Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)