The Tsagaan Suvarga mine (Mongolian: цагаан суварга, white stupa) is a copper ore deposit and mine in development located in the Mandakh sum of Dornogovi aimag in the south of Mongolia.

Tsagaan Suvarga mine
Location
Tsagaan Suvarga mine is located in Mongolia
Tsagaan Suvarga mine
Tsagaan Suvarga mine
LocationMandakh sum
AimagDornogovi
CountryMongolia
Coordinates43°51′40″N 108°20′10″E / 43.86111°N 108.33611°E / 43.86111; 108.33611
Production
ProductsCopper
Owner
CompanyMongolyn Alt Corporation

The deposit is estimated at reserves of 240.1 million tonnes of ore grading 0.53% copper.[1] It is included in the Mongolian governments list of strategic important deposits.[2]

Tsagaab Suvarga copper molybdenum porphryr geologic maps

The geology consists of quartz veins, including chalcopyrite and molybdenite, within the Late Devonian Tsagaan-Suavarga granosyenite and granodiorite porphyry. All of which is overlain by Carboniferous volcanic and sedimentary rock.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Mineral deposits of Northern Asia". docstoc.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. ^ "Government of Mongolia resolved to register 7 mine deposits into the list of strategic importance". infomongolia.com. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. ^ Badarch, Gombosuren; Dejidmaa, Gunchin; Gerel, Ochir; Obolenskiy, Alexander; Prokopiev, Andrei; Timofeev, Vladimir; Nokleberg, Warren (2010). "Chapter 6 Devonian through Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) Metallogenesis and Tectonics of Northeast Asia, Metallogenesis and Tectonics of Northeast Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1765" (PDF). USGS Publications. USGS. Retrieved 3 September 2023.