GMRAP ID | 9006 |
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Alternate names | Gedabek, Kedabeg, Novo-Gorelovskoe |
Tract name | Cimmeride Lesser Caucasus (142pCu9001) |
Site status | deposit |
Country | Azerbaijan |
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State or province | Azerbaijan |
Geographic location | 45.8603, 40.5867 |
Geologic map unit | 45.8603, 40.5867 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Deposit subtype | Cu-Au |
Age determination method | Geologic inference |
Age range | Jurassic–Cretaceous |
Age reference | Kekelia and Kekelia (2001) |
Minerals | andalusite, arsenopyrite, barite, biotite, bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, copper, covellite, cuprite, epidote, fluorite, gold, gypsum, hematite, K-feldspar, kaolinite, magnetite, marcasite, molybdenite, muscovite/sericite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, silver, sphalerite, tennantite/tetrahedrite, tenorite |
Associated rocks | plagiogranite, quartz diorite porphyry, andesite porphyry, andesitic tuff, diorite, gabbro, gabbro diorite, granite porphyry, hornfels, limestone, quartz diorite, rhyolite porhyry, rhyolitic tuff, skarn |
Tectonic setting | mixed |
Stratigraphic age | Jurassic–Cretaceous |
Development status | Producer |
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Major commodities | Cu, Mo |
Minor commodities | Au |
Tonnage (Mt) | 16Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.24% |
Au grade (g/t) | 1.4g/t |
Ag grade (g/t) | 12.2g/t |
Contained copper | 38,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | Cu-Au-(Mo) porphyry deposit; calcic calc-alkaline; new 2012 resource estimate of 48 Mt at 0.197% Cu, 0.825 g/t Au, and 6.65 g/t Ag; open pit; in production. |
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Study area name | Tethys |
References | Anglo Asian Mining PLC (2009); Anglo Asian Mining PLC (2011); Baba-Zade and others (1990); Bortnikov and others (1993); CAE Mining (2012); Kekelia and Kekelia (2001); Levine (2011b); Singer and others (2008); United Nations (2000); U.S. Geological Survey (2012) |
Site reference | Zürcher and others (in press) |