Porphyry type deposits associated with adakite magmas: Case study of porphyry Cu-Au and Cu-Mo deposits in mongolia

Major porphyry type deposits are spatially and temporally associated with adakitic magmas. Such magmas show high Sr/Y, high Al
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, and high La/Yb geochemical signature. Case study of late Devonian Oyu Tolgoi and Carboniferous Shuteen deposits show that porphyry Cu-Au are associated with oxidized, high Sr/Y mafic-inermediate adakitic magma. Magma associated with Erdenet and Bayan Uul porphyry Cu-Mo deposits has shown high Sr/Y signature through a combination of fractionation, crustal melting and assimilation. Long-lived magmatic-hydrothermal system is potential for large porphyry deposits.