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Oyu Tolgoi (Turquoise Hill) Cu-Au deposit, Erdenetsogt, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia

Latitude: 43°0'N
Longitude: 106°51'E
Porphyry copper deposit. Perhaps the world's largest as yet unmined copper and gold deposit, located near the southeastern border of Mongolia. Planned joint exploitation by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (Canada) and Rio Tinto PLC (London) will have the capacity to produce up to 500,000 tons copper and 330,000 ounces gold annually for up to 40 years.

Five ore bodies are known in a N-S trending, 7 km long belt.

References

- Yikang Liu and Yebing Xu (2003): The prospecting and main features of Oyu Tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au deposit in Mongolia. Geology and Prospecting 39(1), 1-4.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
- Mueller, A., Herrington, R., Armstrong, R., Seltmann, R., Kirwin, D.J., Stenina, N.G., and Kronz, A. (2010): Trace elements and cathodoluminescence of quartz in stockwork veins of Mongolian porphyry-style deposits. Mineralium Deposita 45, 707-727.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Alunite
Andalusite
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Arsenosulvanite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Corundum
Covellite
Diaspore
Dickite
Enargite
Epidote
Fluorite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Illite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
Rutile
Sphalerite
Svanbergite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Topaz
Zunyite


48 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Mongolia

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