| GMRAP ID | 8669 |
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| Tract name | Erdenet (142pCu8508a) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | Mongolia |
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| State or province | Bulgan |
| Geographic location | 103.7639, 49.1909 |
| Geologic map unit | 103.7639, 49.1909 |
| 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 | continental margin |
| Stratigraphic age | Early Permian |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Major commodities | Cu |
| Minor commodities | Mo, Au, Ag, Ba |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Up to 0.42% Cu in lithocap samples. Advanced argillic altered area is 7 km² and may represent a high-sulfidation lithocap above a porphyry Cu system. Andalusite in alteration assemblage implies deep exhumation. New exploration in 2012 by Xanadu Mines Ltd. Within Mogoin Gol license. |
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| Study area name | Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| References | Xanadu Mines Ltd. (2011b); Xanadu Mines Ltd. (2012a) |
| Site reference | Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015) |