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Porphyry copper (Cu-Au) deposit in Artvin, Turkey

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9031
Alternate names Ardala, Ardala-Salinbaş
Tract name Pontide (Asia)—NE Turkey sub-tract (142pCu9004b)
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country Turkey
State or province Artvin
Geographic location 41.9562, 41.1315
Geologic map unit 41.9562, 41.1315
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Deposit subtype Cu-Au
Age (Ma) 52.5Ma
Age determination method unknown
Age range 52.5 Ma
Age reference Singer and others (2008)
Minerals albite, amphibole, anhydrite/gypsum, azurite/malachite, biotite, bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, covellite, copper, enargite, epidote, Fe-oxide, galena, hematite, illite, magnetite, marcasite, Mn-oxide, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sericite, sphalerite, tennantite/tetrahedrite
Associated rocks granodiorite porphyry, andesite, granite, metabasalt, greenschist, phyllite, quartzite, volcanoclastics, andesite porphyry, dacite porphyry, diorite, limestone, marl
Tectonic setting mixed
Stratigraphic age early Eocene

Commodity and development information

Development status Prospect
Major commodities Cu, Mo
Minor commodities Au
Tonnage (Mt) 80Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.5%
Au grade (g/t) 0.2g/t
Contained copper 400,000t
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Acid-sulfate Au-Ag and Cu-Mo porphyry deposit; calc-alkaline; 2013 combined Ardala-Salinba? project resource estimate stands at 26.87 Mt at 1.26 g/t Au, 4.78 g/t Ag, including 4.66 Mt at 0.22% Cu and 18 Mt at 0.0136% Mo; advanced exploration.
Study area name Tethys
References Akçay and Gündüz (2004); Ariana Resources PLC (2013); Arslan and Aliyazicioglu (2001); Eng?n and others (2000); Grima (2008); InfoMine Inc. (2012a); InfoMine Inc. (2013p); KEFI Minerals (2012); Kirkham and Dunne (2000); Leaman and Staude (2002); Mining Journal (2010); Moon and others (2001); Singer and others (2008); Soylu (1999); Yigit (2006); Yigit (2009)
Site reference Zürcher and others (in press)
Akçay, Mi?raç, and Gündüz, Ömer, 2004, Porphyry Cu–Au mineralisation associated with a multi-phase intrusion, and related replacement fronts in limestones in an island arc setting near the Gümü?hane village (Artvin) in the eastern Black Sea Province (Turkey): Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry, v. 64, p. 359–383. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2003.11.001.)Ariana Resources PLC, 2013, Maiden JORC resource at Sanlinbas and Ardala, north-east Turkey: Web page accessed August 6, 2013, at http://www.arianaresources.com/investors/news-releases/2013/316-maiden-jorc-resource-at-salinbas-and-ardala-north-east-turkey.Arslan, Mehmet, and Aliyazicioglu, Ilknur, 2001, Geochemical and petrological characteristics of the Kale (Gümüshane) volcanic rocks—Implications for the Eocene evolution of Eastern Pontide arc volcanism, northeast Turkey: International Geology Review, v. 43, p. 595–610. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206810109465035.)Eng?n, Tando?an, Özkan, Y.Z., ?ener, Fahrettin, and Toprak, Birsen, 2000, Metallogenic map of Turkey: Ankara, Turkey General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, 3 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000. (Also available at http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/maps.php?id=metallogeny.)Grima, Victoria, 2008, Good prospects for Turkey: Mining Journal, April 25, 2008, p. 17–25. (Also available at http://www.mining-journal.com/reports/good-prospects-for-turkey-25-04-08.)InfoMine Inc., 2012a, Ardala mining property in Turkey: InfoMine Inc. Web page accessed November 5, 2012, at http://www.infomine.com/index/properties/ARDALA.html.InfoMine Inc., 2013p, Mining company and property/mine database: InfoMine, Inc. database, accessed March 11, 2013, at http://www.infomine.com/index/properties/GUMUSHANE_DURUSU.html.KEFI Minerals, 2012, Turkey: KEFI Minerals Web page accessed January 4, 2012, at http://www.kefi-minerals.com/turkey.html.Kirkham, R.V., and Dunne, K.P.E., comps., 2000, World distribution of porphyry, porphyry-associated skarn, and bulk-tonnage epithermal deposits and occurrences: Canada Geological Survey Open File 3792a, 26 p. and 1 diskette. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/211229.)Leaman, Peter, and Staude, John-Mark, 2002, Metallogenic evolution of the western Tethys of Turkey and Iran, in Sugiuchi, N., ed., Mineral potential of Asia—A forum on Asian metallogeny and ore deposits, exploration and development potential, regulatory and investment climate, and management practicalities, Vancouver, Canada, January 21, 2002, Proceedings: Metal Mining Agency of Japan, p. 15–16, accessed September 13, 2012, at http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=B237BEFF620F81E2D5278DBD486EBBF7?doi=10.1.1.196.463&rep=rep1&type=pdf.Mining Journal, 2010, Turkey: Mining Journal Supplement, Special Publication—Turkey, 32 p. (Also available at http://www.mining-journal.com/__data/assets/supplement_file_attachment/0006/241287/Turkey2010_scr.pdf.)Moon, C.J., Gotsiridze, G., Gugushvili, V., Kekelia, M., Kekelia, S., Migineishvili, R., Otkhmezuri, Z., and Özgür, N., 2001, Comparison of mineral deposits between Georgian and Turkish sectors of the Tethyan metallogenic melt, in Piestrzynski, A., ed., Mineral deposits at the beginning of the 21st century: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) Biennial Meeting, 6th, Krakow, Poland, August 2001 [Proceedings], p. 309–312. (Also available at http://jeotermal.sdu.edu.tr/assets/uploads/sites/144/files/1-02052012.pdf.)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/.Soylu, Mesut, 1999, Modeling of porphyry copper mineralization of the Eastern Pontides: Ankara, Turkey, Middle East Technical University, Ph.D. dissertation, 127 p. (Also available at http://www.doganaydal.com/nesneler/kutuphanekitaplar/PORFIRI_CU_MODELLING_PONTID_M.SOYLU.PDF.)Yigit, Ozcan, 2006, Gold in Turkey—A missing link in Tethyan metallogeny: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 28, p. 147–179. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.04.003.)Yigit, Ozcan, 2009, Mineral deposits of Turkey in relation to Tethyan metallogeny—Implications for future mineral exploration: Economic Geology, v. 104, p. 19–51. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.104.1.19.)