Gora Karanlykh

Porphyry copper prospect in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9205
Tract name Azerbaijan—Caucasus-Iran (142pCu9014c)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Azerbaijan
State or province Naxçivan
Geographic location 45.8655, 39.3341
Geologic map unit 45.8655, 39.3341
Nearby data

Geologic information

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

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Mo-Cu-(Au) porphyry prospect.
Study area name Tethys
References Rundkvist (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 system—The 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.
Rundkvist, D.V., ed., 2001 [2002], Mineragenic map of Russian Federation and adjacent states (with the boundaries of former USSR): Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources, State Research and Development Enterprise (Aerogeologica), 49 p., Excel workbook, and 1 map on 18 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000, CD-ROM.