Gekgundur, Porphyry copper prospect

Gekgundur

Porphyry copper prospect in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9200
Tract name	Azerbaijan—Caucasus-Iran (142pCu9014c)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Azerbaijan
State or province	Naxçivan
Geographic location	46.0497, 38.9771 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	46.0497, 38.9771
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Oligocene–Miocene
Age reference	Kekelia and Kekelia (2001)
Tectonic setting	postconvergence
Stratigraphic age	Oligocene–Miocene

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments	Cu-Mo porphyry prospect.
Study area name	Tethys
References	Kekelia and Kekelia (2001)
Site reference	Zürcher and others (in press)

Kekelia, Sergo, and Kekelia, Maren, 2001, Metallogenic map of the Caucasus, Arcview 3.2 format, in Moon, C., ed., Elaboration and quantification of metallogenic evolution of Alpine fold systemThe Pontides-Lesser Caucasus sector of the Tethyan Eurasian metallogienic belt: International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS) Project 97-1416, CD-ROM.