Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia: Siluro-Devonian porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) and high-sulfidation Cu mineralization with a Cretaceous chalcocite blanket

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1407-1428

  Perelló, José ^a   Cox, Dennis ^b   Garamjav, Dondog ^b   Sanjdorj, Samand ^b   Diakov, Sergei ^c   Schissel, Donald ^c   Munkhbat, Tumur Ochir ^b   Oyun, Gonchig ^b  

^a BHP Minerals International Exploration Inc   (United States)

^b Building 2G ^*  (Mongolia)

^c BHP World Exploration   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LEVEES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

MINERALIZATION;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

COPPER; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA; OYU TOLGOI;

EID: 0035466523     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1407     Document Type: Article

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