Bayan Airag

MongoliaUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
2002

Overview

Massive, semi-massive, veins, three zones, North, Central, South zones. South Zone is 300 m south of North Zone. Up to 60 m wide. North Zone traced for over 1 km strike length, 10-63 m thick, from 70 m to 350 m below surface, 400 m down-dip, dips 55?N. Remobilized Au-Te-quartz veins occur around the margins of the North Zone. Associated supergene and buried gossan oxide zones. Feeder zone beneath massive sulfide body. Resources 19.7 million t @ 1.51% Cu, 0.36 g/t Au, 4.9 g/t Ag, open at depth and laterally.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

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Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS