A series of porphyry-type Cu-(Mo)-(Au) deposits including some giant world-class deposits
such as Kounrad, Aktogai, Kal'makyr, Oyu Tolgoi and Chalukou occur in the Central Asian …

Tellurium (Te) is a rare metalloid in the chalcogen group of the Periodic Table. Tellurium is
regularly listed as a critical raw material both due to its increased use in the solar industry …

Porphyry deposits are natural suppliers of most copper and significant gold to our society.
Whereas the Cu-richest (Au-poor) porphyries are related to Andean-type subduction and …

A current mineral exploration focus is the development of tools to identify magmatic districts
predisposed to host porphyry copper deposits. In this paper, we train and test four, common …

Abstract The South Tien Shan was formed by the late Paleozoic (Hercynian) collision
between the Precambrian continents of Karakum and Tarim in the south and the early …

Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) or Altaids contains several large porphyry
Cu (-Au-Mo) and Au (-Cu) deposits. These deposits are genetically associated with …

Identifying new whole-rock geochemical fertility indicators for porphyry and skarn productive
systems is a geological challenge due to a large variety of tectonic settings, magmatic …

Abstract The late Paleozoic Chinese Tianshan is characterized by large volumes of arc-
related magmatic rocks, and numerous associated orogenic Au and porphyry Cu (single …

The Tianshan is one of the largest gold provinces on Earth and hosts several giant gold
deposits, while most giant gold deposits are distributed in the western and central segments …

The Adyrtor multiphase pluton is situated in the easternmost part of the 'Main Structural Line
of Tien Shan', or the 'Nikolaev Line', and intrudes the Paleoproterozoic metamorphic …