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GRADUATE COURSE IN EARTH SCIENCE
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Sudut area: general topography

 

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General view of the Sudut mining area

Purevjav Narantuya (Mongolia)

Email: s079215 @matsu.shimane-u.ac.jp,
narka_s @yahoo.com

Thesis title:  Geology and geochemical characterization of the Sudut area, Uvurkhangai province, Mongolia.
Supervisor:  Dr. Hiroto Ohira (2007-2009).

Mongolia has extensive and largely untapped mineral resources. Owing to poor infrastructure, only about 30% of the country’s natural resources have been explored thoroughly. The Sudut district contains one of the largest gold anomalies in Mongolia territory, with gold concentrations of 1-3g/t. Baruun sudut, Zuun sudut and Kharguit are the other larger gold deposits found in Mongolia.

The mining sector is expected to play an important role in the country’s future economic development. Consequently, mineral exploration is a very important factor in this context. The Government has also adopted several long-term programs to explore and develop oil and metallic and non-metallic minerals resources, including coal, copper, fluorspar, gold, and silver.

Therefore, my research is mainly based on geochemical investigation using modern geochemical methods, to explore the Sudut economic mineralization zone for gold.

The aims of my study are to:

  1. To carry out advanced statistical and GIS analysis of the existing regional data in the Sudut area, to identity potential mineralization zones and to construct a regional geochemical map
  2. Carry out fluid inclusion analysis of Sudut quartz veins to give some constraints on their genesis (e.g. temperature of emplacement, salinity)
  3. Analyze new sandstone samples to better establish regional background levels of key elements of economic interest

Outcomes:
Generation of geochemical maps of the study area to identify potential gold mineralization zones, and to characterize distribution of possible pathfinder elements.


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