Knowledge of porphyry Cu (Mo) ore belts in the Central Asian metallogenic domain and their establishment

Abstract：Knowledge of the porphyry Cu (Mo) ore belts in the Central Asian metallogenic domain originates from the division of the peri-Balkhash-Ili volcanic-intrusive belt in Kazakhstan and confirmation by the geophysical field. Through the definition of the Kazakhstan-Junggar ring-shaped magnetic anomaly zone, the authors lay a geophysical foundation of the porphyry Cu (Mo) ore belts of the Central Asian metallogenic domain and recognize their coupling relation to the volcanic-intrusive belts at peripheries of the Kazakhstan-Junggar block. On that basis, an embryo of the porphyry Cu (Mo) ore belts in the Kazakhstan-China-Mongolia Central Asian metallogenic domain is established.