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Oyu Tolgoi, Turquoise Hill, Hugo Dummett
Mongolia
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2007.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Oyu Tolgoi

    Selected References
Crane, D. and Kavalieris, I.,   2012 - Geologic Overview of the Oyu Tolgoi Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposits, Mongolia: in Hedenquist J W, Harris M and Camus F, 2012 Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World - A tribute to Richard H Sillitoe, Society of Economic Geologists   Special Publication 16, pp. 187-213.
Dolgopolova, A., Seltmann, R., Armstrong, R., Belousova, E., Pankhurst, R.J. and Kavalieris, I.  2013 - Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of the Hugo Dummett Cu-Au porphyry deposit (Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia): in    Lithos   v.164 pp. 47-64
Gao, J., Klemd, R., Zhu, M., Wang, X., Li, J., Wan, B., Xiao, W., Zeng, Q., Shen, PO., Sun J., Qin, K. and Campos, E.,   2017 - Large-scale porphyry-type mineralization in the Central Asian metallogenic domain: A review: in    J. of Asian Earth Sciences   Available on-line from October 18, 2017, 30p.
Gao, J., Qin, K., Zhou, M.-F. and Zaw, K.,  2018 - Large-scale porphyry-type mineralization in the Central Asian Metallogenic Domain: Geodynamic background, magmatism, fluid activity and metallogenesis: in    J. of Asian Earth Sciences   Online, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.08.023.
Hart-Madigan, L., Wilkinson, J.J., Lasalle, S. and Armstrong, R.N.,  2020 - U-Pb dating of hydrothermal titanite resolves multiple phases of propylitic alteration in the Oyu Tolgoi Porphyry District, Mongolia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.115, pp. 1605-1618.
Khashgerel B E, Rye R O, Hedenquist J W and Kavalieris I,  2006 - Geology and Reconnaissance Stable Isotope Study of the Oyu Tolgoi Porphyry Cu-Au System, South Gobi, Mongolia: in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 503-522
Khashgerel B E, Rye R O, Kavalieris I and Hayashi K,  2009 - The Sericitic to Advanced Argillic Transition: Stable Isotope and Mineralogical Characteristics from the Hugo Dummett Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Oyu Tolgoi District, Mongolia : in    Econ. Geol.   v104 pp 1087-1110
Khashgerel, B.-E., Kavalieris, I. and Hayashi, K.-I.,  2008 - Mineralogy, textures, and whole-rock geochemistry of advanced argillic alteration: Hugo Dummett porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Oyu Tolgoi mineral district, Mongolia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.43, pp. 913-932.
Kirwin D J, Forster C N, Garamjav D  2003 - The discovery history of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry copper-gold deposit, South Gobi, Mongolia: in   NewGenGold 2003, Conference Proceedings, Perth WA,  Louthean Media, Perth    pp 130-146
Kirwin D J, Forster C N, Kavalieris I, Crane D, Orssich C, Panther C, Garamjav D, Munkhbat T O and Niislelkhuu G,  2005 - The Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Porphyry Deposits, South Gobi, Mongolia: in Seltmann R, Gerel O and Kirwin D J, (Eds.), 2005 Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Mongolia with a Special Emphasis on Copper and Gold Deposits: SEG-IAGOD Field Trip, 14-16 August 2005, 8th Biennial SGA Meeting; CERCAMS/NHM, London,    IAGOD Guidebook Series 11,  pp 155-168
Perello J, Cox D, Garamjav D, Sanjdorj S, Diakov S, Schissel D, Munkhbat T-O, Oyun G  2001 - Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia: Siluro-Devonian Porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) and high-sulfidation Cu mineralization with a Cretaceous Chalcocite blanket: in    Econ. Geol.   v96 pp 1407-1428
Porter, T.M.,  2015 - The geology, structure and mineralisation of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposits, Mongolia: A review : in    Geoscience Frontiers   v.7, pp. 375-407.
Seltmann R and Porter T M,  2005 - The Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo Deposits of Central Eurasia: 1. Tectonic, Geologic & Metallogenic Setting and Significant Deposits: in Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.2 pp. 467-512
Seltmann, R., Dolgopolova, A. and CERCAMS team,  2012 - Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo Deposits of Central Eurasia: Geodynamics and Metallogeny: in   Existing Resources, New Horizons, KazGeo 2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 29-31 October 2012,   Conference Proceedings, 4p.
Seltmann, R., Porter, T.M. and Pirajno, F.,  2014 - Geodynamics and metallogeny of the central Eurasian porphyry and related epithermal mineral systems: A review: in    J. of Asian Earth Sciences,   v.79, pp. 810-841.
Shen, P., Pan, H., Hattori, K., Cooke, D.R. and Seitmuratova, E.,  2018 - Large Paleozoic and Mesozoic porphyry deposits in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geodynamic settings, magmatic sources, and genetic models: in    Gondwana Research   v.58, pp. 161-194.
Wainwright, A.J., Tosdal, R. M., Wooden, J.L., Mazdab, F.K., and Friedman, R.M.,  2011 - U-Pb (zircon) and geochemical constraints on the age, origin, and evolution of Paleozoic arc magmas in the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au district, southern Mongolia: in    Precambrian Research   v.19 pp. 764-787
Wainwright, A.J., Tosdal, R.M., Lewis, P.D. and Friedman, R.M.,  2017 - Exhumation and Preservation of Porphyry Cu-Au Deposits at Oyu Tolgoi, South Gobi Region, Mongolia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.112, pp. 591-601.
Wan, B., Xiao, W., Windley, B.F., Gao, J., Zhang, L. and Cai, K.,  2017 - Contrasting ore styles and their role in understanding the evolution of the Altaids: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.80,  pp. 910-922.
Yakubchuk, A., Degtyarev, K., Maslennikov, V., Wurst, A., Stekhin, A. and Lobanov, K.,  2012 - Tectonomagmatic Settings, Architecture, and Metallogeny of the Central Asian Copper Province: in Hedenquist J W, Harris M and Camus F, 2012 Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World - A tribute to Richard H Sillitoe, Society of Economic Geologists   Special Publication 16, pp. 403-432


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