GMRAP ID | 8664 |
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Tract name | Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506) |
Site status | prospect |
Country | Mongolia |
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State or province | Ömnögovi |
Geographic location | 106.2236, 43.1235 |
Geologic map unit | 106.2236, 43.1235 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Age determination method | Geologic inference |
Age range | ~290 Ma (Variscan orogeny) |
Age reference | geologic inference |
Tectonic setting | island arc |
Stratigraphic age | Early Permian |
Development status | Prospect |
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Major commodities | Cu, Au |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | 4 km-long geophysical anomalies coincident with Cu-oxide minerals. Drilling encountered thick zones of argillic alteration and weak copper mineralization. |
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Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
References | Cinits and Parker (2007) |
Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |