Tourmaline Hills, Porphyry copper prospect

Tourmaline Hills

Porphyry copper prospect in Ömnögovi, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8685
Tract name	Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Included sites	Tourmaline, Kincora Extension, Southwest target
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mongolia
State or province	Ömnögovi
Geographic location	107.7509, 44.0953 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	107.7509, 44.0953
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
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Early Permian

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Former Ivanhoe property. A 2004 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. investor information release uses different property names for this area. The names and locations of new owners Kincora Copper Ltd. are used here, but includes some geologic information from the 2004 Ivanhoe document. The Southwest target is located 44.040248 N latitude, 107.680396 E longitude, indicated by Ivanhoe based on soil geochemistry.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Woodhouse and Bozada (2011); Kincora Copper Ltd. (2012); Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (2004a)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., 2004a, Ivanhoe discovers important new gold-copper porphyry district in southern MongoliaNew porphyry district now named Bronze Fox: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. press release, November 19, 2004, 7 p., accessed December 4, 2013, at http://www.turquoisehill.com/i/pdf/2004-11-29_NR.pdf.Kincora Copper, 2012, Kincora Copper Limited announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares in Golden Grouse LLC: Kincora Copper Ltd. press release, March 15, 2012, 1 p., accessed March 15, 2012, at http://www.kincoracopper.com/news/2012/kincora-copper-limited-announces-it-has-reached-agreement-acquire-100-outstanding-shares-g.Woodhouse, Warren, and Bozada, Muzaffer, 2011, Bronze Fox project, Mandakh subprovince, Dornogobi province, Mongolia: Micromine Proprietary Ltd. National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report prepared for Brazilian Diamond Canadian Venture Exchange, [126] p., accessed February 18, 2012, at http://www.kincoracopper.com/sites/default/files/Micromine_NI43101-lite_0.pdf.