January 2006 Issue 88

The Tien Shan Belt: Golden Heart of Central Asia

T. M. (Mike) Porter*
Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. 6 Beatty St., Linden Park, SA, 5065, Australia Email: mike.porter@portergeo.com.au

Introduction The Tien Shan Belt extends for over 2500 km, from western Uzbekistan, through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan to western China, and represents the central part of the Altaid Orogenic Collage (Sengr et al., 1993; Sengr and Natalin, 1996; Yakubchuk, 2004) of central Eurasia (Fig. 1). Gold mineralization occurs in two principal settings within the Tien Shan Mineral Belt, namely as i) porphyry and epithermal systems developed within magmatic arcs, and ii) orogenic-type gold deposits that are structurally controlled, and temporally and spatially associated with late Palaeozoic, syntectonic to early postcollisional, highly evolved, I-type granodioritic to monzonitic intrusives in fore- and back-arc terranes (Cole and Seltmann, 2000; Yakubchuk et al., 2002; Mao et al., 2004). The porphyry and epithermal systems include the vast Almalyk Complex of porphyry Cu-Au deposits (>5 Gt @ 0.5% Cu, 0.4 g/t Au) comprising the connected Kalmakyr and Dalnee deposits to the south-east of Tash-

kent, Uzbekistan, and meso- to epithermal deposits such as Kochbulak (which contained around 135 tonnes of Au at grades averaging 12 g/t Au, 120 g/t Ag) some 30 km northeast of Kalmakyr-Dalnee. The orogenic-type gold deposits include the incomparable Muruntau (originally containing 5400 tonnes, or 175 Moz, of gold at an open pit recovered grade of 3.4 g/t Au), the nearby Amantaitau (primary and oxide resources of 700 tonnes, or 22.5 Moz, of Au at grades of 7.5 g/t Au), Daugyztau (180 tonnes of Au), Zarmitan (340 tonnes Au), Jilau (90 tonnes of Au), Kumtor (550 tonnes, or 17.5 Moz, of Au at grades of 2 to 6 g/t Au) and others (see Fig. 1). These deposits are the subject of TienShan 2006, an International

Study Tour being conducted by Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. in mid September 2006. This professional development course is open to anyone, from anywhere in the world. For more information go to http:// www.portergeo.com.au. Tectonic Setting The contiguous Altaid and Transbaikal-Mongolian Orogenic Collages, of which the Tien Shan Belt is part, are made up of fragments of Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary basins, island arcs, accretionary wedges and tectonically bounded terranes, and are the product of a complex sequence of processes resulting from subduction, collision, transcurrent movement and continuing tectonism. In broad terms, these collages

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Fig. 1. Tectonic framework and distribution of gold ore deposits in the south-western section of the Tien Shan Mineral Belt. After Yakubchuk et al., (2002); Mao et al., (2004) and others.

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2005 2005-2006 GAC MINERAL DEPOSITS DIVISION EXECUTIVE LIST

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Ross Sherlock (2003-2006)
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Gema Olivo (2003-2006)

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Reg Olson (Awards)
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represent a Palaeozoic subduction-accretion complex on the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean margin of the proto-Eurasian continent that was active from the Neoproterozoic to the end of the Permian. Over much of this period, the protoEurasian continent was separated from the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean by the broad Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin, and by Palaeozoic magmatic arcs and micro-continental slivers of Precambrian rocks between the back-arc basin and the ocean (see Seltmann and Porter, 2005, for more detail). The Tien Shan Belt is composed of three main elements, the North, Central and South Tien Shan, each separated by a major suture/structural zone (Fig. 1). The North Tien Shan is composed of Proterozoic basement and Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic magmatic arc rocks of the Baikalides and pre-Uralides developed on the margin of the proto-Eurasian continent. To the south of the Nikolaev Line, the Central Tien Shan comprises remnants of the Late Devonian to Carboniferous Valerian-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc, formed by subduction of oceanic crust of the Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin below the earlier arcs and micro-continental slivers separating the back-arc basin from the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean. The South Tien Shan represents the south-western limb of the giant Kazakh Orocline and is found to the south of the Southern Tien Shan Suture. It was formed by compression related to the closure of the Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin during the Permian and collision between the contiguous Karakum and Altai-Tarim micro-continents to the south with the main proto-Eurasian mass to the north. This led to intense deformation of the sedimentary pile within the Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin, development of nappe structures, and north-verging under-thrusting of the Karakum and Altai-Tarim micro-continents below the Valerian-Beltau-Kurama arc (Yakubchuk et al., 2002). Gold-Bearing Deposits of the Tien Shan Belt While the orogenic-type gold deposits of the Tien Shan are not directly related to porphyry systems, they are a product of the same larger scale metallogenic evolution and set of tectonic processes as the gold-rich porphyry and epithermal deposits of the Tien Shan Belt. Moreover, although belonging to two different terrane settings, the giant Cu-Au porphyries of the Almalyk district in the Valerianov-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc of the Middle Tien Shan, and the giant orogenic Au deposits hosted by the black-shale series of the Central Kyzylkum slate belt of the South Tien Shan Khanty-Mansi accretionary complex, have some striking similarities. These hint at crust-mantle interaction and dominance of a deep-seated regime during emplacement, referred to as the "Chatkal-Kurama hot spot" (I.M. Golovanov, pers. comm.; Dalimov et al., 2003). They are temporally close (315 to 285 Ma, Seltmann et al., 2004), their isotope signatures reveal the incorporation of a moderate mantle component (Chiaradia et al., 2005), and geophysical patterns from the middle crust in the region exhibit zones of low reflection indicating the existence of extended mafic bodies just beneath both giant ore-magma systems (S. Cherkasov, pers. comm.). The orogenic gold deposits of the Tien Shan Mineral Belt, as listed above, include some of the largest economic gold accumulations in the world, and span the time scale from Lower to Late Palaeozoic. The greatest concentration of significant orogenic gold deposits however, is in the southwestern part of the belt, in the South and Middle Tien Shan of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. These deposits are associated with Permian magmatism emplaced during the final- to early post-collisional stages of orogenesis, within a sutured back-arc setting containing carbon-rich sedimentary sequences (Cole and Seltmann, 2000; Yakubchuk et al., 2002; Mao et al., 2004). The orogenic gold deposits of the South Tien Shan are controlled by structures related to the Southern Tien Shan Suture Zone that separates the Middle and South Tien Shan terranes. They are hosted by the back arc accretionary complex deposited in the basin that had separated the Valerianov-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc and the Karakum and Altai-Tarim micro-continents (Fig. 1). The suture zone is defined by ophiolites and borders the strongly deformed fold and thrust belt of the South Tien Shan that has been extensively intruded by Permian granitoids and hosts most of the significant orogenic-style gold deposits (Mao et al., 2004). Most of the orogenic-gold deposits within the Tien Shan are located at mesozonal crustal levels, within Late Palaeozoic granitoid intrusives or their contact metamorphic aureoles, and yield radiometric dates of mineralization coincident with the magmatism. However, few can be shown to have a direct genetic link with the associated intrusives. Never-the-less, geochemical, isotope and fluid-structural models have implicated highly evolved Late Palaeozoic, syntectonic I-type granitoids as the source of metals and/or fluids for spatially associated orogenic gold deposits within the belt. The gold-quartz vein systems produced appear to represent only part of a larger magmatichydrothermal system that often includes earlier scheelite (Au) skarn mineralization (e.g., Zharmitan in Uzbekistan and Jilau in Tajikistan, while Muruntau, also in Uzbekistan, exhibits some similarities). In these examples, Au and W occur together with characteristic enrichments of As, Bi, Mo and Te deposited from CO2-rich fluids at temperatures of up to 400C and pressures of approximately 2 Kbar (Cole and Seltmann, 2000).

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The distribution of the granitoids and the associated gold deposits are both controlled by the same regional deep seated faults and shear zones that were the primary focus of regional fluid flow and of deformation. Mineralization appears to have been formed by CO2-rich fluids of deep crustal origin that episodically escaped from geopressured reservoirs along major high angle reverse faults and deposited gold in zones of local structurally enhanced permeability (Cole, 1998; 2002). Cole and Seltmann (2000) note that a general trend can be recognised in these granitoid related systems, where W, in the form of scheelite, dominates in mesozonal, more reduced settings, whereas Cu substitutes for W in the paragenesis of epizonal, more oxidized systems. They also observe that these same Late Palaeozoic (VariscanHercynian) granitoids are temporally, mineralogically, compositionally and isotopically similar, whether related to orogenic-style Au-W veins and associated skarn systems in the South Tien Shan fore-arc accretionary complex, or related to shallower porphyry Cu-Au systems in the magmatic arc of the Middle Tien Shan. They suggest a continuum, which would encompass classic Cu-Mo-Au porphyry, Cu-Au skarn and Au-Ag epithermal deposits in epizonal crustal environments/levels, passing down into W-Mo-Au with associated Bi-As-Te associations in skarn, lode and stockwork deposits (i.e., orogenic-style Au) at mesozonal depths.
References Chiaradia, M., Konopelko, D., Seltmann, R., & Cliff, R., 2005. Lead sources in ore deposits and magmatic rocks of the Tien Shan and Chinese Altay, in Mao, J.W. et al., eds., Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, p. 1301-1304. Cole, A., 1998. Gold mineralisation in the southern Tien Shan, Central Asia: tectonic setting, characteristics and regional exploration criteria. Program and Abstracts, Geological Society of London, Mineral Deposits Studies Group Annual Meeting, v. 22, p. 27. Cole, A., 2002. The Great Silk Road paved with gold. International Mining and Minerals, No. 48, pp. 13-15. Cole, A. & Seltmann, R., 2000. The role of granitoids during Variscan orogenic gold mineralization in the Tien Shan and Ural mountain belts of central Eurasia, in Bouchot, V. & Moritz, R., eds., Orogenic Gold Deposits in Europe, Editions BRGM, v. 297, p. 110-111. Dalimov, T.N., Ganiev, I.N., & Ishbaev, Kh.D., 2003. The Chatkal-Kurama "hot spot" and history of magmatic evolution.- Geologiya i Mineral'nyie Resursy (Geology and Mineral Resources), Tashkent, v. 5 (5), pp. 3-14 (in Russian). Mao, J., Konopelko, D., Seltmann, R., Lehmann, B., Wen Chen, Yitian Wang, Eklund, O., & Usubaliev, T., 2004. Postcollisional age of the Kumtor gold deposit and timing of Hercynian events in the Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. Economic Geology, v. 99, p. 1771-1780. Seltmann, R. & Porter, T.M., 2005. The Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo Deposits of Central Eurasia: 1. Tectonic, Geologic & Metallogenic Setting and Significant Deposits, in Porter, T.M., ed., Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective; PGC Publishing, Adelaide, v. 2, p. 467-512. Sengr, A.M.C., Natalin, B.A., & Burtman, V.S., 1993. Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Paleozoic crustal growth in Eurasia. Nature, v. 364, p. 299-307. Sengr, A.M.C. & Natalin, B.A., 1996. Palaeotectonics of Asia: Fragments and synthesis, in Yin, A. & Harrison, M., eds., The Tectonic Evolution of Asia, Cambridge University Press, p. 486-640. Yakubchuk, A., 2004. Architecture and mineral deposit settings of the Altaid orogenic collage: a revised model. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 23, p. 761-779. Yakubchuk, A.S., Cole, A., Seltmann, R., & Shatov, V., 2002. Tectonic setting, characteristics and regional exploration criteria for gold mineralization in central Eurasia: The southern Tien Shan province as a key example, in Goldfarb, R. & Nielsen, R., eds., Integrated Methods for Discovery: Global Exploration in Twenty-First Century, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication No. 9, p. 177-201.
*This article is an edited extract from Seltmann and Porter (2005).

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DATA METALLOGENICA BUILDING THE GLOBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORE DEPOSITS

Dr. Alan Goode Project Director, Data Metallogenica AMIRA International Level 2, 271 William St Melbourne, Australia alan.goode@amira.com.au

Over the past 7 years, AMIRA International with the help of over 100 sponsors (mining companies, government organisations and professional societies) from around the globe has been building the foundations of a community world encyclopedia of ore deposits through its project Data Metallogenica (www.datametallogenica.com). There is already an impressive amount of material available on the website (over 6 gigabytes), much of it unique, which is being continuously augmented with new material. Data Metallogenica (DM) is self-funding through sponsorships and annual subscriptions but is not-for-profit. The primary objectives of Data Metallogenica are to be: A primary web portal for high-level information on global ore deposits. An information source and rock reference base for experienced geologists, analysts and regulators. A training resource for younger geologists in companies. An education and research resource for students and teachers at universities. A permanent and easily accessible repository of much fragile and transient data held by individuals and companies an ultimate world encyclopaedia of mineral deposits. A fast integrated link to detailed and supporting quality data sets elsewhere, including commercial providers, government surveys and university research groups. North American sponsors include professional organisations such CIM, PDAC, AME BC and SEG, government groups such as the GSC, USGS, and several Canadian provincial geological surveys (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), and major companies such as Barrick, Cameco, Newmont, Phelps Dodge and Teck Cominco. The original nucleus of DM is a major collection of representative samples from over 3000 deposits in over 70 countries acquired from Professor Peter Laznicka (formerly University of Manitoba), and has since increased to total over 70,000 samples. These have been photographed at very high quality and placed on the DM website. While the collection is still growing, major current emphasis is now being placed on adding deposit descriptions and data galleries of maps, sections, and field and petrographic photographs. These are being provided by companies and individuals, with the aim of making DM a globally accessible repository of all types of technical data on ore deposits, past, present and future. Recent additions are listed on the News page of the website. A recent innovation has been the addition of full text PhD theses, with increasing numbers being offered by students keen to share their knowledge with others. Examples of theses currently being loaded include: Textural evolution of the Hellyer Massive Sulphide Deposit (Gary McArthur, 1996) The setting, geometry and timing of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems in the vicinity of the Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia (Steve Garwin, 2000) Metallogenesis of the Jales Au District, Northern Portugal (Diogo Rosa, 2001) Geology and Genesis of the Bulyanhulu Gold Deposit, Sukumaland Greenstone Belt, Tanzania (Claire Chamberlain, 2003) Magmatic and Hydrothermal Evolution of the Cripple Creek Gold Deposit, Colorado, and Comparisons with Regional and Global Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems Associated with Alkaline Magmatism (Eric Jensen, 2003) Structural and Geochemical Evolution of the Rosario Copper-Molybdenum Porphyry Deposit and Related Copper-Silver Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile (Glen Masterman, 2003)

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The Upper Critical and Lower Main Zones of the eastern Bushveld Complex (Charlie Seabrook, 2005) The geology, timing of mineralisation, and genesis of the Menninnie Dam Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (Mike Roache, 1996) this intrusive-related deposit is coeval with the Olympic Dam mineralisation event Geology and Genesis of the Mammoth Cu Deposit, Mt Isa Inlier, Australia (Darryl Clark, 2003) In the meantime, a separate AMIRA project (P874 Australian Geoscience Thesis Database) has commenced with the support of 14 sponsors and the contributing university departments the aim is to develop a complete Australian geoscience thesis database, including short summaries of each thesis related to mineralization. Almost 10,000 titles are already listed. This neglected data resource will become easily accessed via the Internet. Although access will initially be confined to sponsors, the database will later be included in DM, and thesis listings from universities in other countries will also be progressively added (several contributions from North American universities are already on hand). Together with the full text theses, this will provide a valuable information resource for all exploration and mining companies as well as researchers around the world. Data Metallogenica would greatly appreciate any form of support from the readers of GANGUE, including data such as PowerPoint presentations or descriptions of individual deposits or mineral districts, digital theses, or simply financial support through annual subscription or sponsorship to allow this work to continue. Bona-fide individuals can subscribe for as little as US$75 per year. Given the current foundation of information, DM represents a wonderful and timely opportunity to preserve knowledge from past as well as current and future mineral deposits around the globe for the benefit of the whole mining industry and its associated education institutions. An excellent start has been made but there still remains a very great deal to do.

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Exploration and Mining Geology

CIMs quarterly journal
Volume 14 (2005) of EMG is now available! Future volumes will include special volumes on mineral deposits of the Bathurst Mining Camp, pegmatites, and Proterozoic gold deposits. Volumes 11, 12, 13, and 14 are available to members of MDD at a special affiliated rate of $CDN 75/ $US 55. Special offer: order Volume 12 and receive Volume 11 at no additional cost! To purchase these volumes, contact Jo-Anne Watier at CIM (Tel.: 514-939-2710 ext 1311; email: jwatier@cim.org).

Volume 14, Nos. 1-4, January October 2005

(Published April 2006)

Table of Contents

A Review of Rare-Element (Li-Cs-Ta) Pegmatite Exploration Techniques for the Superior Province, Canada, and Large Worldwide Tantalum Deposits
J.B. Selway, F.W. Breaks, and A.G. Tindle

The Nature and Distribution of Tantalum Mineralization in Pegmatite Dikes, Lilypad Lakes Property, Fort Hope, Northwestern Ontario
R.P. Taylor, J.C. Pederson, D.S. Bubar, I.C. Campbell, K. Rees, and J. A. Morgan

The Aubry Pegmatites: Exploration for Highly Evolved Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum Pegmatites in Northern Ontario
P.M. Dimmell and J.A. Morgan

Une Corrlation Gntique entre les Roches Granitiques, et les Dpts luvionnaires, Colluvionnaires et Alluvionnaires de Columbo-Tantalite d'Issia, Centre-Ouest de la Cte d'Ivoires
B.A. Allou, H-Z Lu, J. Guha, J. Carignan, J., Naho, K. Pothin, and R. Yobou

Zircon-Rich Ta-Nb-REE Mineralization in the McKeel Lake Pegmatite-Aplite System, Welsford Intrusion, Southwestern New Brunswick
J.K. Seidler, D.R. Lentz, D.C. Hall, and N. Susak

Re-Os Model Age Constraints on the Genesis of the Moss Molybdenite Pegmatite-Aplite Deposit, Southwestern Grenville Province, Quyon, Quebec, Canada
D.R. Lentz and R.A. Creaser

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Announcement
The Canadian Institute of Mining's Barlow Memorial Medal for the best economic geology paper in 2005/2006 was awarded to Garth Kirkham, Hendrik Falck, and James Siddorn. The award winning paper was entitled, An integrated 3-D Model of the Yellowknife Camp: A tool for efficient development, which was published in Volume 12 of Exploration and Mining Geology (Nos. 1-4, p. 49-59). This award was established in 1916 as a memorial to Alfred Ernest Barlow, President of the Institute from 1912-1919, and distinguished for his contributions to our knowledge of Precambrian geology.

Left: James Siddorn and Garth Kirkham with the CIM Barlow Memorial award; right: Hendrik Falck, co-author of the award-winning paper.

Congratulations guys!!

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Readings in Historical Metallurgy: Changing Technology in Extractive Metallurgy

Author: Fathi Habashi

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MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, & FIELDTRIPS

2006

August 21-24 - 12th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Understanding the Genesis of Ore Deposits - to meet the Demands of the 21st Century, Moscow, Russia; http://www.iagod.sgm.ru/; contact: iagod@sgm.ru September 10-15 - CIM Geological Society Field Conference; Uranium: Athabasca Deposits and Analogues, Saskatoon, SK; http://www.saskuranium2006.ca; contact: dan_brisbin@saskuranium2006.com September 18-29 - Modular Course in Mineral Exploration in Volcanic Terrains, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON; http://earthsciences.laurentian.ca; contact: DES@nickel.laurentian.ca October 1-4 - COM 2006 The Conference of Metallurgists, Montreal, PQ; contact: metasoc@cim.org October 22-25 - Geological Society of America Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA; http://www.geosociety.org/meetings December 6-15 - Modular Course in Exploration Geochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON; http://earthsciences.laurentian.ca; contact: DES@nickel.laurentian.ca

2007

January 29-February 1 - Mineral Exploration Roundup 2007, The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC; http://www.amebc.ca/roundupoverview.htm; contact: roundup@amebc.ca March 4-7 - PDAC 2007 International Convention, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON; http://www.pdac/conv/index.html April 29-May 2 - 2007 CIM Conference and Exhibition, Palais de Congrs de Montral, Montreal, PQ; contact: jmdemers@cim.org May 23-25 - GAC/MAC Annual Meeting 2007, Yellowknife, NWT; http://www.nwtgeoscience.ca/gac_mac August 20-24 - 9th Biennial SGA Meeting, Dublin, Ireland; http://www.e-sga.org/sga.html September 24-30 - Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geological Evolution, and Ore Deposits, Tucson, Arizona; http://www.agssymposium.org/

Information for Contributors:

The Gangue began as a quarterly publication assembled by the Mineral Deposits Division of GAC, which was distributed to its members in hard copy form. In 2005, MDD and the Geological Society of CIM decided to join forces and jointly publish the Gangue. The Gangue is currently distributed to members of MDD and CIM-GeolSoc as an online publication. The Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada is Canadas foremost society for promoting the study of mineral deposits by supporting local and national meetings, symposia, short courses and field trips. We sponsor the publication of research relating to ore deposits and metallogeny, and recognize the contributions of outstanding Canadian economic geologists by annually awarding the Duncan Derry and William Harvey Gross medals and the Julian Boldy Certificate.

The objective of this newsletter is primarily to provide a forum for MDD and CIM-Geological Society members and other professionals to voice new ideas, describe interesting mineral occurrences or expound on deposit models. Articles on ore deposits, deposit models, news events, field trips, book reviews, conferences, reprints of presentations to companies, mining groups or conferences, or other material which may be of interest to the economic geology community are welcome. Manuscripts should be submitted by email in WP or WORD format. A printed version should be mailed or FAXed. Illustrations should be camera-ready (ideally as CDR digital files); photos should be of good quality. Short items dealing with news events or meetings can be submitted by FAX, postal mail or email. Contributions may be edited for clarity or brevity.

For Information & Submissions: Kay ThorneTHE GANGUE NB DNR-Minerals PO Box 6000, Room 150 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Email: Kay.Thorne@gnb.ca Tel: (506) 453-2206 Fax: (506) 453-3671

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