Zurumtai, Porphyry copper prospect

Zurumtai

Porphyry copper prospect in Ömnögovi, Mongolia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8703
Tract name	Oyu Tolgoi (142pCu8506)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mongolia
State or province	Ömnögovi
Geographic location	101.732, 43.2857 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	101.732, 43.2857
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
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Grab samples: up to 5.5% Cu and 0.19 g/t Au. Copper oxide mineralization. Drilling in 2005; exploration license 4519x. Location is about 30 km or more W of the Asia Gold and BHP Billiton JV property (Peréz, 2007). Location possibly incorrect.
Study area name	Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References	Asia Gold Corp. (2005); Peréz (2007)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)

Asia Gold Corp., 2005, Asia Gold starts drilling program to test copper-gold targets in the Gobi region, Mongolia: Asia Gold Corp. press release, August 25, 2005, 3 p., accessed February 29, 2012, at http://www.southgobi.com/i/pdf/2005-08-25_NR.PDF.Peréz, J.L., ed., 2007, Exploring our EnvironmentExtended Abstracts, in International Applied Geochemistry Symposium (IAGS), 23d, Oviedo, Spain, June 1419, 2007, Proceedings: Oviedo, Spain, University of Oviedo, 231 p. (Also available at http://www.appliedgeochemists.org/images/stories/IAGS_2007/Extended_Abstracts.pdf.)