Paraghachay, Porphyry copper prospect

Paraghachay

Porphyry copper prospect in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9233
Alternate names	Paragachay, Paragachai
Tract name	Azerbaijan—Caucasus-Iran (142pCu9014c)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Azerbaijan
State or province	Naxçivan
Geographic location	45.9371, 39.0976 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	45.9371, 39.0976
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	27Ma
Age determination method	Re-Os molybdenite
Age range	27 Ma
Age reference	Moritz and others (2012)
Tectonic setting	postconvergence
Stratigraphic age	late Oligocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Past Producer
Major commodities	Cu, Mo, Au
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Cu-Mo-Au porphyry prospect; past producer; open pit.
Study area name	Tethys
References	Jamali and others (2010); Moritz and others (2012); U.S. Geological Survey (2012)
Site reference	Zürcher and others (in press)

Jamali, Hemayat; Dilek, Yildirim; Daliran, Farahnaz; Yaghubpur, Abdolmajid; and Mehrabi, Behzad, 2010, Metallogeny and tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic Ahar-Arasbaran volcanic belt, northern Iran: International Geology Review, v. 52, p. 608630. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206810903416323.)Moritz, R., Selby, D., Ovtcharova, M., Mederer, J., Melkonyan, R., Hovakimyan, S., Tayan, R., Popkhadze, N., Gugushvili, V., and Ramazanov, V., 2012, Diversity of geodynamic settings during Cu, Au and Mo ore formation in the Lesser CaucasusNew age constraints [abs.], in European Mineralogical Conference, 1st, Frankfurt, Germany, September 26, 2012, Proceedings: European Mineralogical Conference, v. 1, abstract EMC2012-745, 1 p. (Also available at http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EMC2012/EMC2012-745.pdf.)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/.