Pyrophyllite from Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Sea Manus Basin Desmos caldera ⓘ Onsen Site	Gena, K. (2013). Deep sea mining of submarine hydrothermal deposits and its possible environmental impact in Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 6, 226-233. Gena, K., Mizuta, T., Ishiyama, D., & Urabe, T. (2001). Acid‐sulphate Type Alteration and Mineralization in the Desmos Caldera, Manus Back‐arc Basin, Papua New Guinea. Resource Geology, 51(1), 31-44.
ⓘ PACMANUS hydrothermal field	Vanko, D. A., Bach, W., Roberts, S., Yeats, C. J., & Scott, S. D. (2004). Fluid inclusion evidence for subsurface phase separation and variable fluid mixing regimes beneath the deep‐sea PACMANUS hydrothermal field, Manus Basin back arc rift, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 109(B3).
East New Britain Province ⓘ Mount Sinit deposits	Lindley, I. D. (1998). Mount Sinivit gold deposits. Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits, 821-826.
Milne Bay Province D'Entrecasteaux Islands Goodenough Island (Nidula) ⓘ Garnet placer	Baldwin, Suzanne L., Schönig, Jan, Gonzalez, Joseph P., Davies, Hugh, von Eynatten, Hilmar (2021) Garnet sand reveals rock recycling processes in the youngest exhumed high- and ultrahigh-pressure terrane on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (3) doi:10.1073/pnas.2017231118
Morobe Province ⓘ Wafi River Cu-Au deposit	Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
ⓘ Wafi-Golpu project	Rinne, Marc L., Cooke, David R., Harris, Anthony C., Finn, David J., Allen, Charlotte M., Heizler, Matthew T., Creaser, Robert A. (2018) Geology and Geochronology of the Golpu Porphyry and Wafi Epithermal Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Economic Geology, 113 (1) 271-294 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4551
Sandaun Province Frieda river complex ⓘ Frieda deposit (Frieda River deposit)	Singer, Donald A., Berger, Vladimir Iosifovich, Moring, Barry C. (2005) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: database, map, and grade and tonnage models. Open-File Report 2005-1060. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20051060
ⓘ Nena Cu-Au deposit	Singer, Donald A., Berger, Vladimir Iosifovich, Moring, Barry C. (2005) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: database, map, and grade and tonnage models. Open-File Report 2005-1060. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20051060