Short Note

Econ. Environ. Geol. 2017; 50(4): 313-324

Published online August 31, 2017

https://doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2017.50.4.313

© THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

A Preliminary Survey Result of Cu Occurrence in Tsogttsetsii Area, Mongolia

In Joon Kim1*, Jae Ho Lee1, Chung-Ryul Ryoo1, Bum-Han Lee1,2, Kwang Min Jin1, Otgon-Erdene Davaasuren1,2, Chul-Ho Heo1,2 and Hyeong Tae Nam1,3

1Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Korea
2Department of Mineral & Groundwater Resources, University of Science and Technology
3Department of Geology, Konju National University

Correspondence to : ijkim@kigam.re.kr

Received: June 9, 2017; Revised: July 17, 2017; Accepted: August 8, 2017

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Tsogttsetsii area, an intrusive complex associated with Cu mineralization, is located in the South Gobi, Mongolia. We performed the cross geochemical and extended exploration survey in Tsogttsetsii area. Cu mineralization in Tsogttsetsii area is porphyry Cu type related with alkali granite intruded in Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. In the concentrated occurring to malachite appears extensively prophylitic alteration zone having a chlorite and epidote. As results of the survey, Cu contents of potable XRF and of chemical composition for altered rocks ranges 1.08 to 18.3% in the 30 points and 1.08 to 32.9% in the 13 points, respectively. Ore minerals identified in XRD analysis and polarizing microscope that samples of copper oxides were composed mainly of malachite, azurite, permingeatite and cuprite and the other minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrargyrite, dickite, calcite, chlorite and epidote. Mineralization can be considered occurring to selectively some granite of the surrounding aplite and faults in the only upper part coming up the hydrothermal solution of the remaining residual magma after the aplite intrusion.

Keywords Mongolia, South Gobi metallogenic belt, Tsogttsetsii area, copper

몽골 촉트체치 지역 동 산출지 예비조사결과

김인준1* ·이재호1 ·류충렬1 ·이범한1,2 ·진광민1 ·오트곤-에르덴 다바수1,2 ·허철호1,2 ·남형태1,3

1한국지질자원연구원, 2과학기술연합대학원대학교 광물 ·지하수자원학과, 3공주대학교 지질학과

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Short Note

Econ. Environ. Geol. 2017; 50(4): 313-324

Published online August 31, 2017 https://doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2017.50.4.313

Copyright © THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY.

A Preliminary Survey Result of Cu Occurrence in Tsogttsetsii Area, Mongolia

In Joon Kim1*, Jae Ho Lee1, Chung-Ryul Ryoo1, Bum-Han Lee1,2, Kwang Min Jin1, Otgon-Erdene Davaasuren1,2, Chul-Ho Heo1,2 and Hyeong Tae Nam1,3

1Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Korea
2Department of Mineral & Groundwater Resources, University of Science and Technology
3Department of Geology, Konju National University

Correspondence to:ijkim@kigam.re.kr

Received: June 9, 2017; Revised: July 17, 2017; Accepted: August 8, 2017

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Tsogttsetsii area, an intrusive complex associated with Cu mineralization, is located in the South Gobi, Mongolia. We performed the cross geochemical and extended exploration survey in Tsogttsetsii area. Cu mineralization in Tsogttsetsii area is porphyry Cu type related with alkali granite intruded in Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. In the concentrated occurring to malachite appears extensively prophylitic alteration zone having a chlorite and epidote. As results of the survey, Cu contents of potable XRF and of chemical composition for altered rocks ranges 1.08 to 18.3% in the 30 points and 1.08 to 32.9% in the 13 points, respectively. Ore minerals identified in XRD analysis and polarizing microscope that samples of copper oxides were composed mainly of malachite, azurite, permingeatite and cuprite and the other minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrargyrite, dickite, calcite, chlorite and epidote. Mineralization can be considered occurring to selectively some granite of the surrounding aplite and faults in the only upper part coming up the hydrothermal solution of the remaining residual magma after the aplite intrusion.

Keywords Mongolia, South Gobi metallogenic belt, Tsogttsetsii area, copper

몽골 촉트체치 지역 동 산출지 예비조사결과

김인준1* ·이재호1 ·류충렬1 ·이범한1,2 ·진광민1 ·오트곤-에르덴 다바수1,2 ·허철호1,2 ·남형태1,3

1한국지질자원연구원, 2과학기술연합대학원대학교 광물 ·지하수자원학과, 3공주대학교 지질학과

Received: June 9, 2017; Revised: July 17, 2017; Accepted: August 8, 2017

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