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Porphyry copper prospect in Qaraghandy oblysy, Kazakhstan

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 431
Tract name Late Paleozoic Balkhash-Ili magmatic arc (north) (142pCu8003b)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Kazakhstan
State or province Qaraghandy oblysy
Geographic location 75.67703, 49.218768
Geologic map unit 75.67703, 49.218768
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age determination method Geologic inference
Age range mid-Carboniferous–Late Carboniferous
Age reference Singer and others (2008)
Minerals arsenopyrite, azurite/malachite, biotite, bornite, carbonate, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, cubanite, cuprite, fahlore, galena, gold, hematite, limonite, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sericite, sphalerite, tourmaline
Associated rocks conglomerate, dacite, diabase, diorite porphyry, felsite porphyry, granite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry, sandstone, siltstone, syenite porphyry, rhyolite, tuff
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age mid-Carboniferous–Late Carboniferous

Commodity and development information

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

Reference information

Comments Small deposit with average grades: 0.43–0.53% Cu and 0.004–0.007% Mo; 946–980 g/t Re in molybdenite from concentrate. Location: pits, trenches, open cuts, and mine dumps evident on Google Earth (March 8, 2010); 8.5 km NE of Singer and others' (2008) location.
Study area name West Central Asia
References Kolesnikov and others (1986); Zhukov and others (1998); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference Berger and others (2014)
Kolesnikov, V.V., Zhukov, N.M., Solodilova, V.V., and Filimonova, L.E., 1986, Porphyry copper deposits of the Balkhash region: Alma Ata, Nauka Press, 199 p. [In Russian.]
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.
Zhukov, N.M., Kolesnikov, V.V., Miroshnichenko, L.M., Egembaev, K.M., Pavlova, Z.N., and Bakarasov, E.V., comps., 1998, Copper deposits of Kazakhstan, in Abdulin, A.A., and others, eds., Mineral resources of Kazakhstan: Almaty, Kazakhstan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, 136 p.