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Chalcopyrite from
Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:145780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:145780:3
GUID (UUID V4):e118fd5f-9b3d-41c9-9e03-6e20ddce3abd
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
23.0km (14.3 miles) ā“˜Nong River Cu deposit, Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
26.7km (16.6 miles) ā“˜Mount Futik Cu deposit (Mount Olgal), Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
91.0km (56.6 miles) ā“˜Frieda deposit (Frieda River deposit), Frieda river complex, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea G. O. ARā€¢,Tono ^Nā€¢) T. J. GRIFFIN Abstract The remote Star Mountains...Mountains region of Papua New Guinea is a copperprovince containing the Mount Fubilan depositand ten other...depositand Introduction THE westernpart of Papua New Guineacontainsa their alteration is reported by...consortium led by The BrokenHill Prothe Mount Fubilan (Ok Tedi) and FriedaRiver de- sessed prietary Company...the Star Jonesand Turner (1972) reportedthe resultsof Mountains(Tifalmin and Nong River) and Mount exploration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Au-Cu Mineralization at the Ok Tedi Deposit, Papua New Guinea: Trace Element Geochemistry and High-Precision...porphyry emplacement and Au-Cu ore formation at Ok Tedi, the Earthā€™s youngest giant porphyry-skarn deposit...before selected grains were removed from the sample mount, chemically abraded, spiked, and dissolved for high-precision...magma reservoir, from which the intrusions at Ok Tedi were successively extracted. Inherited zircon populations...porphyries, including the Sydney monzodiorite and Fubilan porphyry, into three time-resolved pulses separated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRADE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIANT OK TEDI Cu-Au DEPOSIT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Michiel Van Dongen,1,2,ā€  Roberto...Australia Abstract The Ok Tedi porphyry Cu-Au deposit in Papua New Guinea is a world-class mineral...geologically short time span of ~200 k.y. On the mine scale, heterogeneous metal grades (0ā€“2.5% Cu) reflect...We present a case study of the Ok Tedi Cu-Au deposit (Papua New Guinea) that highlights the relationships...classical models for the origin of such deposits. Ok Tedi is considered one of the worldā€™s largest Au-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 796-809 Historyof theOk Tedi PorphyryCopperProspect, Papua New Guinea I. THE YEARS 1966 TO 1976...BUMSTE^r) Abstract The Ok Tedi porphyry copper-gold deposit in western Papua New Guinea xvas discovered and...1972-1975 while Kennecott and the governmentof Papua New Guinea sought agreement on terms which would apply...explorationand developmentof a major mineral in the Gulf of Papua is roughly 870 km. Annual deposit. The eventsor...hunchesthat lead to acquisirainfall in the Mr. Fubilan area is between 10,000 tion of a mineralproperty
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and rapid formation of the Ok Tedi porphyry Cuā€“Au deposit, Papua New Guinea M. van Dongen a,āŽ, R.F. Weinberg...intermediate intrusive complex of the Ok Tedi area in Papua New Guinea. This area is part of a Late Mioceneā€“Pliocene...existing Kā€“Ar results, constrain the formation of the Ok Tedi deposit to < 0.5 Myr. Oxygen isotope composition...analysis on samples from the Ok Tedi Cuā€“Au deposit. Our results show that the Ok Tedi magmatic rocks are extremely...which forms the southern part of Papua New Guinea, resulted in the Papua New Guinean orogen, developed since
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lowland river system: a case study on the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea Received: 30 June 1996 / Accepted:...km long Ok Tedi/Fly River system receives about 66 Mt/year of mining waste from the Ok Tedi copper-gold...copper-gold porphyry mine. Mine input has increased the suspended sediment load of the Middle Fly River about...population in mine-derived material. Very high deposition rates (around 4 cm/y) of mine-derived sediment...Fly River water, about 600 km downstream of the mine site, has concentrations of 17 Ā‹ 3 lg/l dissolved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1019-1033 The Mount Fubilan (Ok Tedi) PorphyryCopperDeposit, Territory of Papua and New Guinea ROBERT W....ted in extremenorthwestPapua on the islandof New Guinea. It is situatedwithin a westnorthwest-trending...5Ćø12'27"southlatitudeon the southern slopesof the Star Mountainsnear the headwatersof 1020 ROBERT W... Iā€¢1O00 ' z Ɵ MOUNT FUBILAN DEPOSIT under construction at Tabubil. NEW GUINEA ._. 6o00' ''ā€¢, ... , 6o00 '-- KIUNGA Ɵ The Mt. Fubilan depositwas discovered during a first-passhelicopter-supported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
samples from the giant Ok Tedi porphyry copper-gold deposit, Papua New Guinea, and found that REEs were...introduce the geology of the giant Ok Tedi porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Papua New Guinea, and establish the likely...Background of the Ok Tedi Deposit The Ok Tedi deposit is situated in western Papua New Guinea (Fig. 1) close...located south of the axis of the east-westā€“trending Papua New Guinean orogen. Deformation in the orogen has...northern margin of the Australian plate on which Ok Tedi is situated (Hill et al., 2002). The fold-and-thrust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRADE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIANT OK TEDI Cu-Au DEPOSIT, PAPUA NEW GUINEAā€”A DISCUSSION Peter J. Pollardā€ ...picture of copper and gold grade distribution at Ok Tedi based on diamond drill hole and blast hole information...present, and porphyrystyle mineralization within the Fubilan monzonite porphyry because it is encapsulated within...silicified siltstone. It is also argued that the Fubilan monzonite porphyry is an altered equivalent of...observations of the geology and mineralization at Ok Tedi that reveal a very different picture of the relationships
Book
WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI Ok Tedi Evolution of a Third World Mining Project ee te ps. oud i AF...wid ee Reet hays Ct - < oT} the e reat | Ok Tedi Evolution of a Third World Mining Project by William...Remote Mine in a Young Nation 1. A MOUNTAIN sTIRS: 2. MAN AND NATURE IN THE STAR MOUNTAINS: Development...the BHP Consortium ..... THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE: Ok Tedi Agreement DP CASIDUNYSPCHOU tc yar tee ee ees on...Implementation ...... 125 9. SPREADING RIPPLES: The Impact of Ok Tedi__.......... 144 TUS SMEBASURING A MOUNTAIN:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralizationof Gold and PorphyryCopper Depositsin the New GuineaHighlands 1ā€¢. W. PAGE AND IAN McDoUGALL Abstract...porphyry coppermineralizationin the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The igneousrocks associated with thesedepositsare...far discovered in Papua New Guinea occursin the west at Mount Fubilan, near the Ok Tedi River, where the...relativelyyouthfultectonicsettingof the mineral depositsin the New Guinea region was emphasizedby Thompsonand Fisher (1967)...intrusiverockswhich are an importantfeatureof the geologyof New Guinea, especiallyin the Highlands. In most areas s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
d IntrusivePorphyries in the StarMountainsof Papua New Guineaand Irian Jaya ā€¢R. W. PAGE Abstract The...bodiesassociatedwith porphyry coppernfineralization in the Star Mountains area have been further investigated. These...age. New age data from the monzonitesand dioritesin the vicinity of the Mount Fubilan(Ok Tedi) porp...associated with the Fubilan porphyries. Comparison of the agesof nfineralized porphyriesin the Star MountainsIntrusives...high-level,acid-intermediate intrusions in the New Guinea-Solomon Islands region have attractedconsiderable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andBarrenIntrusions of theWesternHighlands,PapuaNew Guinea D. R. MASON Abstract Electron probemajor elementanalysesare...ting and barren intrusionsin the Western Highlands,Papua New Guinea. Amphibole crystals from mineralized...intrusions from the Western Highlands trendsin ferromagnesian of PapuaNew Guinea,part of the southwest...forms the mountainous backbone of mainland Papua New Guinea. It consistsof volcanic and vol- canogen...batholiths, theFriedaRiverComplex, andtheOk Tedi (Mount Fubilan)Complex (Fig. 1). Extensive fieldsurveys
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IntrusiveRocksandPorphyryCopperOccurrences of the PapuaNew Guinea-Solomon IslandsBegion: A Reconnaissance Study D...and younger intrusive igneousrocks from the Papua New Guinea-SolomonIslands region, representingbarren...whole range of suite chemistriesoccursin the New Guinea Mobile Belt (continentalmargin) and Outer Melanesianisland-are...highestK suiteoccursin the continentalsetting (Ok Tedi Complex) and the lowestK suite occursin an island-arcsetting...York I ā€¢ PAPUA NEW GUINEA ā€¢ā€¢ o Fro. 1. Tectonic subdivision of the Papua New Guinea area and neighboring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
British Columbia, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea, Sabah and Puerto Rico. Gold is normally present...Bou(Jo(nvillels. DIZON, 15. CABANG KIRI, Sulgwes( MARIAN, 16. OK TEOI, PQpua-NewGuinea 50 ZC Ā®5 S O -1(30 IO0-1SO...deposits. Copper grades are hypogene except at Ok Tedi (16) where important supergene enrichment has taken...molybdenum present in peripheral annuli, and Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea, are reported to possess significant molybdenum...Alumbrera in the Faral16n Negro district, Catamarca province, northwest Argentina, an oval dacite porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization during the mid-1960s on the islands of New Guinea and Bougainville establishedthe potential of...be telescoped. Introduction Guadalcanal(2); New Guinea Highlands (6); Misima (1); and Fiji (2). Two...the New GuineaHighlands(Mount Fubiwestern Pacific representrelative newcomersto the lan (Ok Tedi) andFreidaRiver)...prospects on the islandsof New Guinea, portance stems from the fact that they are quite New Britain, Bougainville...Guadalcanal, and on youthful (Miocene or younger) by western hemiManus. I am not aware of publishable data for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
telluride) have been found as inclusions in chalcopyrite. Pd and Pt are present in concentrations above...Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Location and names of...(Table 1). Most samples carry high contents of chalcopyrite and pyrite. In larger or smaller Platinum-group...(Indonesia); 30 Mamut (Malaysia); 31 Ok Tedi; 32 Panguna (Papua New Guinea); 33 Biga (Philippines) amounts...Grasberg* MALAYSIA Mamut/l* Mamut/2* PAPUA NEW GUINEA Ok Tedi/l* Ok Tedi/2* Panguna/1 + Panguna/2 + PHILIPPINES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hgmmcā€¢: Abstract Porphyry coppersystemsin Papua New Guinea and contiguousareasreveal distinctive intrusiongeometriesand...to their time of formation and to the tectonic province in which they occur. Porphyry systemsof Miocene-Oligoceneage...occur in the mobilebelt of Papua New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and on New Britain. In these older deposits...mainland New Guinea and in some of the volcanic terrain of nearby islands. On mainland New Guinea, they...some 250 km inland from the northern edge of New Guinea. In contrastwith the older porphyry centers,the
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ... Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows an aerial view...the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies...Resources Development Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea The Australasian Institute of Mining and...Mines ā€” 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight 1974 1975 and Papua New Eds D.M. Traves and D.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Portionof the YanderaPorphyry Copper Prospect,Papua New Guinea G. WATMUFF Abstract Copper mineralizationat...detailed geological and alteration mapping, Papua New Guinea Central Highlands is located completedin 1974...arc. 829 830 G. I/VA TMUFt ā€¢ NEW I 'ā€¢' PAPUA '%' 'ā€¢ ā€¢ xā€¢ GUINEA studyare. ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢. o BISMARK...illic alteration with associated pyrite and chalcopyrite. and, commonly, the original (110) cleavage...microscopicfracture fihns of biotite to 2 cm wide, 1972,on New Guineadeposits).The unusualfeature dark gray, so
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...Batong-Buhay 12. Far South East 13. Atlas Papua New-Guinea 14. Panguna Lawrence and Savage (1975); Eastoe... Arsenopyrite X X Burma 57. Moniwa X Papua New Guinea 58. Frieda River A References Starostin...margin Canada: Casino (Sutherland Brown, 1976),' OK (Sutherland Brown, 1976) United States: Bagdad (Anderson...(Peterson, 1962), Morenci (Titley and Hicks, 1966) ,2 New Cornelia (Titley and Hicks, 1966), 2 Poston Butte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supergeneenrichmentof porphyrycopperdeposits.We utilize a new program developedto modelsimultaneously advectivesolutetransportin...supergeneenrichmentsystemsat Butte, Montana,andOk Tedi, locatedin westernPapuaNew Guinea,areusedto providegeochemical, lithologic...sourceregionor leachedzone University, P.O. Box 6666, New Haven, Connecticut 06511. 036I-0I28/89/920/506-2353...alizingfluidchemistryandprecipitatedmineral chalcopyrite, assemblages evolveasœunctions oœ time andposition...interactions.However, it must be emphasizedthat pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralization. The blanketzone hasaddionly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Canada Sasanodeposit Yoshiokamine, SW Japan Victoria mine, Nevada DouglasHill and CastingCopper mines(Yerington...(numbers refer to localities on Fig. 1) 1. Empire mine, B.C., Canada (Sangster, 1969;Haug, 1976) 2. Larap...Daiquiri, Cuba (Lindgren and Ross, 1916) 4. Strawberry mine, California (Nokleberg, 1981) 5. Sangdong, Korea(John...Fork mine, Bingham mining district, Utah (Atkinson and Einaudi, 1978) 10. Mt. Fubilan (Ok New Mexico...Itenyurginsk, Chukotka, Tedi), Papua- USSR New (Aleksandrov, 1974) Guinea (Barnford,1972) Endoskarns(sensulato)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ores mined underground and oxidic surface ores. New observations such as bimodal distributions of the...redistributions should be kept in mind during planning and mine operation. Investigations of unconventional PGE...Hamburg, Germany Elacite, Bulgaria, and Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea, contain between 827 and 1860 ppb Pd +...(1.5% and 0.4%) respectively. Investigations for new deposits in both conventional and unconventional...Bregu i Bibes, Albania Mamut, Malaysia Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea Elacite, Bulgaria Sum Mean Cu, Ni, Co
Report (issue)
deposits, the copper occurs predominantly in chalcopyrite; other important copper ore minerals may include...and arsenides in an assemblage of magnetite, chalcopyrite, and bornite in the porphyry deposit at Elatsite...study of the Questa porphyry molybdenum deposit in New Mexico suggests that the ore fluid was probably derived... 2005), central Iran (Shahabpour, 1999), and New Guinea (Gow and Walshe, 2005). Local Porphyry copper...than areas of less-IP-reactive clay minerals, chalcopyrite, and bornite. Spectral IP has been used to classify
 
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