Porphyry copper deposit containing 5 million tonnes of copper metal, 350,000 tonnes of molybdenum and 3,200 tonnes (100 million ounces) of silver.
Located about 60 km east of Lhasa.
References:
- Zongyao Rui, Zengqian Hou, Xiaoming Qu, Lisheng Zhang, Longsheng Wang, and Yulin Liu (2003): Metallogenetic Epoch of Gangdese Porphyry Copper Belt and Uplift of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 22(3), 217-225 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Xiangjin Meng, Zengqian Hou, Yongfeng Gao, Wei Huang, Xiaoming Qu, and Wenjun Qu (2004): Re-Os dating for molybdenite from Qulong porphyry copper deposit in Gangdese metallogenic belt, Xizang and its metallogenic significance. Geological Review 49(6), 665.
- Guang-Ming Li, Bo Liu, Wen-Jun Qu, Fang-Cheng Lin, Hong-Quan She, and Chen-You Feng (2005): The Porphyry-Skarn Ore-Forming System in Gangdese Metallogenic Belt, Southern Xizang: Evidence from Molybdenite Re-Os Age of Porphyry-Type Copper Deposits and Skarn-Type Copper Polymetallic Deposits. Geotectonica et Metallogenia [Dadi Gouzao Yu Chengkuangxue] 29(4), 482-490.
- Hongquan She, Chengyou Feng, Dequan Zhang, Guangming Li, Bo Liu, and Jinwen Li (2006): Study on the fluid inclusions from Jiama skarn copper polymetallic deposit and Qulong porphyry copper deposit in Gandese copper belt, Tibet. Acta Petrologica Sinica 22(3), 689-696 (in Chinese).
- Shunbao Gao and Youye Zheng (2006): Geochemical Controlling of Mineralization in Qulong Super-Large Porphyry Copper Deposit, Tibet. Geological Science and Technology Information 25(2), 41-46 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Qu Xiaoming, Zengqian Hou, Khin Zaw, and Li Youguo (2007): Characteristics and genesis of Gangdese porphyry copper deposits in the southern Tibetan Plateau: Preliminary geochemical and geochronological results. Ore Geology Reviews 31(1-4), 205-223.
- 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.
- Zengqian Hou, Zhiming Yang, Xiaoming Qu, Xianjin Meng, Zhenqing Li, Beaudoin, G., Zongyao Rui, and Yongfeng Gao (2009): The Miocene Gangdese porphyry copper belt generated during post-collisional extension in the Tibetan orogen. Ore Geology Reviews (in press). DOI 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.006
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Map Reference: 29°36'20"N , 91°40'0"E
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