Rzhavy, Porphyry copper prospect

Rzhavy

Porphyry copper prospect in Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug, Russian Federation

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	8367
Tract name	Kolyma (142pCu8512)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Russian Federation
State or province	Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Geographic location	165.1028, 65.7783 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	165.1028, 65.7783
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Jurassic–Cretaceous
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	chalcopyrite, gold, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite
Associated rocks	diorite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry
Tectonic setting	mixed
Stratigraphic age	Jurassic–Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

Development status	Unknown
Major commodities	Cu
Minor commodities	Mo
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Study area name	Northeast Asia
References	Nokleberg and others (1996b); Nokleberg and others (1998)
Site reference	Mihalasky, Ludington, Alexeiev, and others (2015)

Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin, R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch, R.D., Ratkin, V.V., Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Gorodinsky, M.E., Melnikov, V.D., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Petrachenko, R.I., Pozdeev,A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, Donald, Khanchuck, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Ya., and Sidorov, A.A., 1996b, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-513-A, 385 p. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/0513a/report.pdf.)Nokleberg, W.J., West, T.D., Dawson, K.M., Shpikerman, V.I., Bundtzen, T.K., Parfenov, L.M., Monger, J.W.H., Ratkin, V.V., Baranov, B.V., Byalobzhesky, S.G., Diggles, M.F., Eremin, R.A., Fujita, Kazuya, Gordey, S.P., Gorodinskiy, M.E., Goryachev, N.A., Feeney, T.D., Frolov, Y.F., Grantz, Arthur, Khanchuk, A.I., Koch, R.D., Natalin, B.A., Natapov, L.M., Norton, I.O., Patton, W.W. Jr., Plafker, George, Pozdeev, A.I., Rozenblum, I.S., Scholl, D.W., Sokolov, S.D., Sosunov, G.M., Stone, D.V., Tabor, R.W., Tsukanov, N.V., and Vallier, T.L., 1998, Summary terrane, mineral deposit, and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-136, CD-ROM. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-136.)