| GMRAP ID | 671 |
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| Tract name | Gangdese (142pCu8712) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | China |
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| State or province | Xizang |
| Geographic location | 87.468892, 29.655314 |
| Geologic map unit | 87.468892, 29.655314 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age (Ma) | 13.72Ma |
| Age determination method | Re-Os molybdenite |
| Age range | 13.72 ±0.62 Ma (Re-Os molybdenite); 13.3 ±0.2 Ma (U-Pb zircon SHRIMP) |
| Age reference | Zheng, Zhang and others (2007) |
| Minerals | azurite/malachite, carbonate, chalcopyrite, copper, cuprite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite |
| Associated rocks | granite porphyry, quartz porphyry, andesite, conglomerate, dacite, monzogranite, rhyolite pyroclastics, sandstone |
| Tectonic setting | postconvergence |
| Stratigraphic age | Miocene |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Major commodities | Cu |
| Minor commodities | Ag |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Tibet. Gangdese porphyry copper belt. Exposed. Conceptual resource of 120 Mt at 0.83% Cu, 0.3 g/t Au, and 2.65 g/t Ag. Although Singer (2008) listed this as a deposit, that resource was based on only 5 drill holes. Exploration. |
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| Study area name | Tibetan Plateau |
| References | Southern China Resources PLC (2007); Zheng, Duo, Cheng and others (2007); Singer and others (2008); Zheng, Zhang and others (2007) |
| Site reference | Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2012) |