| Deposit ID | 10400949 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oyu Tolgoi |
| Alternate or previous names | Turquoise Hill |
| Geographic coordinates: | 106.84306, 43.00833 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Omnogovi(province)
Mongolia(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mongolia | Omnogovi |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| (1) | 106.84306, 43.00833 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 2001 |
| Discoverer | Ivanhoe Mines, Canada |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rio Tinto |
| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ivanhoe Mines (Turquoise Hill) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Government of Mongolia |
| Year | 2013 |
Mining Engineering, 2013, v. 65, no. 6, p. 10.
Oyu Togoi Mine, 2013: Wikpedia, accessed June 6, 2013 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyu_Tolgoi_mine
Oyu Tolgoi, 2013, website accessed June 6, 2013 at http://ot.mn/en
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 2013-06-06 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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