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Andab Jadid

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Porphyry copper prospect in Azarbayjan-e-Sharqi, Iran

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9183
Alternate names Andab-Jadid
Tract name Azerbaijan—Caucasus-Iran (142pCu9014c)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Iran
State or province Azarbayjan-e-Sharqi
Geographic location 47.2167, 38.3333
Geologic map unit 47.2167, 38.3333
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range Oligocene–Miocene
Age reference geologic inference
Associated rocks lutite porphyry
Tectonic setting postconvergence
Stratigraphic age Oligocene–Miocene

Commodity and development information

Development status Occurrence
Major commodities Cu, Mo
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Cu-Mo porphyry prospect; alkaline intrusion.
Study area name Tethys
References Iran Geological Survey (2012e); Pazand, Hezarkhani, Ataei and Ghanbari (2011); Samani (1998); U.S. Geological Survey (2012)
Site reference Zürcher and others (in press)
Aghazadeh, Mehraj; Castro, Antonio; Badrzadeh, Zahra; and Vogt, Katharina, 2011, Post-collisional polycyclic plutonism from the Zagros hinterland—The Shaivar Dagh plutonic complex, Alborz belt, Iran: Geological Magazine, v. 148, p. 980–1008. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756811000380.)Iran Geological Survey, 2012e, Minerals information of Iran: Iran Geological and Mineral Exploration Survey Web page accessed June 25, 2012, at http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_43/WebsiteId_17/Minerals.Distribution.html.Pazand, Kaveh; Hezarkhani, Ardeshir; Ataei, Mohammed; and Ghanbari, Yousef, 2011, Combining AHP with GIS for predictive Cu porphyry potential mapping—A case study in Ahar area (NW Iran): Natural Resources Research, v. 20, p. 251–262. (Also availableat http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11053-011-9149-x.)
Samani, Bahram, 1998, Distribution, setting and metallogenesis of copper deposits in Iran, in Porter, T.M., ed., Porphyry and hydrothermal copper and gold deposits—A global perspective, Australian Mineral Foundation Conference, Perth, November 30–December 1, 1998, Proceedings: Adelaide, PGC Publishing, p. 151–174.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2012, Mineral resource data system (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey database, accessed October 19, 2012, at http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/.