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Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea
Malachite
Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Photo: 2009, K. Wood
Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Photo: 2009, K. Wood
Latitude: 5°12'S
Longitude: 141°8'E
Longitude: 141°8'E
Located near the W. Irian frontier.
Copper-gold porphyry deposit.
Owned by a joint venture of BHP, Amoco & 3 German companies. 410 million tons of ore reserves, including 34 million tons of gold ore @ 2.86 grams/ton (1984).
Mineral List
33 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.
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References
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 41.
- Hettler, J., Irion, G., and Lehmann, B. (1997): Environmental impact of mining waste disposal on a tropical lowland river system: a case study on the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea. Mineralium Deposita 32, 280-291.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
- Hettler, J., Irion, G., and Lehmann, B. (1997): Environmental impact of mining waste disposal on a tropical lowland river system: a case study on the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea. Mineralium Deposita 32, 280-291.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_Tedi_Mine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_Tedi_environmental_disaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_Tedi_environmental_disaster
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