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Basalt from
Conical seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea


Locality type:Seamount
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Conical seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1371110
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1371110:6
GUID (UUID V4):d529a7f3-e706-4a3a-8385-47f8971e5899
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mineralization Near Lihir Island, New Ireland Fore-Arc, Papua New Guinea SVEN PETERSEN, PETER M....mineralization have been recovered from the top of Conical seamount, a shallow (1,050-m water depth) submarine...km south of Lihir island, Papua New Guinea. Grab samples from the summit of Conical seamount contain the...veins at Conical seamount are distinct from sea-floor massive sulfide deposits and represent a new style...proximity of Conical seamount to the giant Ladolam epithermal gold deposit on nearby Lihir island also raises
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mineralization: Conical Seamount and the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Papua New Guinea J. BRUCE GEMMELL,†...Abstract Conical seamount is a submarine alkali basalt volcano situated 10 km south of Lihir Island in the...the Tabar-Feni island chain, Papua New Guinea. Polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Au-As-Sb) veins, pyritic stockwork...altered rocks discovered on the summit of Conical seamount represent a unique example of submarine gold...in the crater of an alkali stratovolcano on Lihir Island. Portions of the epithermal mineralization and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation: Examples from Lihir Island and Conical seamount, Papua New Guinea George D. Kamenova,T, Michael...February 2005 Abstract Lihir Island, part of the Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni island chain in the SW Pacific...offshore at Conical seamount in 1998 during RV SONNE cruise bSO133Q. The seamount and the island are composed...found on Lihir. Sr isotopic analyses of mineralized samples from the island and the seamount suggest that...thick sequence of marine sediments underlying the island. High-precision Pb isotopic analyses conducted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 809-818 (2001) ALACRANITE, As4S4: A NEW OCCURRENCE, NEW FORMULA, AND DETERMINATION OF THE CRYSTAL...the seafloor around Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea. Sampling of Conical Seamount resulted in the discovery... structure determination, Conical Seamount, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. SOMMAIRE Entre le 20 juillet...de l’île de Lihir, en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. L’échantillonnage du guyot dit Conical a mené à la découverte...d’arsenic, détermination de la structure, guyot Conical, île de Lihir, Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. * § Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
framework of Cu-Au endowment in the Tabar-to-Feni island chain, PNG Philipp A. Brandl, Mark D. Hannington...framework of Cu-Au endowment in the Tabar-to-Feni island chain, PNG, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi: https://doi...framework of Cu-Au endowment in the Tabar-to-Feni island chain, PNG Philipp A. Brandl1*, Mark D. Hannington1... Abstract The Southwest Pacific region, and Papua New Guinea in particular, is spectacularly endowed with...deposit on Lihir Island in the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni (TLTF) island chain, northeast of New Ireland. Its setting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gold mineralization at Conical Seamount and Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea D. Müller1, L. Franz2 ,...submarine Conical Seamount, located about 10 km south of the giant Ladolam gold deposit, Lihir Island, reveal...reported from the modern seafloor. Lavas from Conical Seamount are characterized by high K2O contents, high...from oceanic (island) arc-settings. The primitive character of the rocks from Conical Seamount implies a...contrasts with the more evolved rocks forming Lihir Island. Geochemical as well as mineral chemical data
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatism in an island arc environment: study of lavas and sub-arc xenoliths from the Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni...i island chain, Papua New Guinea George D. Kamenov Æ Michael R. Perfit Æ Paul A. Mueller Æ Ian R. Jonasson...xenoliths indicate that although the mantle wedge in the area was extensively metasomatized, it did not significantly...geochemical characteristics of the lavas in the area. G. D. Kamenov (&)  M. R. Perfit  P. A. Mueller...continental and island arc settings is related to the lowering of melting Abstract The Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni
Book (edition)
Control Number: 2015947403 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing...mineralization worldwide, which is reflected in numerous new case studies and research papers that have been published...Edition in 2000. This new updated and enlarged Fourth Edition incorporates new data and references from... Russia, and Turkey, including new maps and sections and v vi new plates of high-grade gold-copper...deposits hosted by potassic igneous rocks. Not only the new edition does incorporate the latest literature on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
post-collisional setting: the Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni žTLTF / island chain, Papua New Guinea Andreas Stracke ),1 ...29 May 1998 Abstract The Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni ŽTLTF. volcanic island chain occurs in a zone of lithospheric...Pacific and Indo-Australian plates northeast of Papua New Guinea. We present geochemical and Sr, Nd, and Pb...three recently discovered seamounts located at Lihir island. Major element data document an alkalic affinity...about 4 are typical of the values in calc alkaline island arc volcanics and support an origin from subduction-modified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
22, p. 91). According to estimates for White Island in New Zealand and Momotombo Volcano in Nicaragua [7]...Uzbekistan Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea Kochbulak, Uzbekistan Kyzylbulag, Azerbaijan Ladolam, Papua New...New Guinea 11 12 13 14 15 Mnogovershinnoe, Russia Porgera, Papua New Guinea PortoveloZaruma, Ecuador...gold–silver mineraliza tion, and the submarine Conical Seamount gold–base metal deposit in the region of active...PortoveloZaru ma); and islandarc VPB (Pueblo Viejo, Ladolam, Porgera, and Conical Seamount). With respect to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE CUMULATE, TUBAF SEAMOUNT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AXEL D. RENNO§ AND LEANDER FRANZ Institut...t cumulate from the TUBAF Seamount, near Lihir Island, in Papua New Guinea. The cumulate formed less...clinoatacamite, ore-forming processes, TUBAF Seamount, Papua New Guinea. SOMMAIRE Nous décrivons un exemple...magnésiohastingsite provenant du guyot de TUBAF, près de l’île de Lihir, en Papouasie – Nouvelle Guinée. Le cumulat se serait...magma chamber of the TUBAF Seamount, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. The sudden recharge of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minifie Ore Zone: Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea JACQUELINE L. BLACKWELL,† DAVID R....volcanosedimentary strata (part of an alkalic composite volcanic island), (2) a porphyry-style breccia dike, and (3) epithermal-style...is located on the tropical island of Lihir in the South Pacific Ocean. Lihir is part of the 250km-long...250km-long, NW-trending, Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni alkali volcanic 150 o E 500 km Pacific Plate 0 Ontong Java Plateau... Kilinailau North Bismarck Plate Manus Island New Ireland Tabar Manus Basin INDONESIA Introduction
Book (edition)
mineralization worldwide, which is reflected in numerous new case studies and research papers that have been published...Edition in 2016. This new updated and enlarged Fifth Edition incorporates new data and references from...Canada, Chile, China, Iran and the USA, including new maps and sections and additional colour plates of...major deposits hosted by potassic igneous rocks. The new edition does not only incorporate the latest literature.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.3 Oceanic (Island) Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits from the same district or geological province. Based on the general review and the case studies...Doyon-Bousquet-La Ronde) Okinawa Trough Conical Seamount 0° Manus Basin ( DESMOS, PACMANUS) Lau Basin...Basin Panorama Mount Morgan White Island Mt Read 60° 0 5000 km 0° 60° 120° 180° 240° 300°...and Lowenstern (1994) showed that in the White Island geothermal system, more than 1 Mt of Cu metal was...Hellyer; (12) Crandon. The grey box corresponds to the area of the plot where deposits <0.5 Mt of both Cu and
Report (issue)
concentrations of gold have recently been found in a new type of seafloor mineral deposit previously only...21°N in 19791,2 confirmed that the formation of new oceanic crust through seafloor spreading is intimately...spreading propagates into the continental crust of Papua New Guinea27. Today, more than 100 sites of hydrothermal...Fe-oxyhydroxides and secondary magnetite in the basalt 40. Partial reduction of seawater SO42- contributes...the oceanic basement43. Sulphide droplets in the basalt are considered to be the major source for metals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic xenoliths from the TUBAF Seamount (Bismarck Microplate, Papua New Guinea) Leander Franz a,⁎, Rolf L...isotope geochemistry Bismarck Archipelago/Papua New Guinea a b s t r a c t Petrologic, geochemical and...veins from the TUBAF Seamount in the Bismarck Archipelago NE of Papua New Guinea reveal different styles...a strong affinity to a supra-subduction zone or island arc setting. The REE pattern of the vein in the...modally metasomatised xenoliths contain veins in which new mineral assemblages have been generated by metasomatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal fields at a water depth of 760 m in a basalt-dominated submarine caldera in the Izu-Ogasawara...hydrothermal systems in other island arc settings. Its presence suggests that basalt-dominated submarine calderas...Massive sulfide . Chimney . Submarine caldera . Island arc Introduction Gold-rich sulfide deposits from...including mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, and island arcs (e.g., Hannington et al. 1986, 1988, 1999;...chimneys) in the HigashiAogashima knoll caldera, a basalt-dominated submarine volcanic center on the trench
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beneath the South East rift in the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea Sung-Hyun Park a,⁎, Sang-Mook Lee b,⁎, George...a c t The Manus Basin to the northeast of Papua New Guinea is an actively spreading/rifting back-arc...Manus-Kilinailau trench on the Pacific-plate side and the active New Britain trench on the Solomon-plate side. Spreading/rifting...in the SER lava is also quite similar to other island arc lavas, suggesting that substantial amount of...published data from New Britain Arc (NBA) and Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni (TLTF) island chain. The volcanism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Abstract The basalt-hosted Semenov-2 hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic...for covellite-B. Although the Semenov-2 field is basalt hosted, several geochemical features of the massive...reactions between various proportions of seawater and basalt or peridotite at 350°C shows that mineral assemblages...and tonalites dredged on sea floor in the Semenov area, which could be a potential source of Au-rich magmatic...typical of hydrothermal sulfide fields hosted by island-arc and back-arc structures (e.g., JADE field,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Timor–Tanimbar Island chain, eastern Indonesia, and the world's youngest coesite-bearing eclogite, Papua New Guinea...The geology and metamorphism of the TTMB on each island are summarized below, mainly following Kaneko et...The youngest A-type blueschist belt 2.1.1. Timor Island Four major tectonostratigraphic units can be distinguished...composed mainly of serpentinite, dunite, gabbro and basalt, and are underlain by the Timor metamorphic rocks...rocks. The metamorphic rocks occupy a large area in the central and northern part of Timor (Audley-Charles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the gangue minerals and common host rocks in the area, such as metasediments and Miocene rhyolites. The...processes and/or to the arrival of the Columbia River Basalt plume and the emergence of the Yellowstone hot...led to the formation of the Columbia River Basalt province and the Yellowstone hotspot track (Geist and...they constitute the second largest gold-producing area in world. Although both deposit types formed after...ores. This study focuses on several deposits in the area, listed in Table 1, with locations shown on Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mantle is abundantly sampled as xenoliths in ocean island magmas. Its occurrence has potentially important...significantly more fertile than residues of mid-ocean ridge basalt extraction (e.g. Japan; e.g. Arai et al., 2007)...proportion of mantle xenoliths sampled by ocean island volcanism (OI1 peridotites) has major element and...subduction peridotites to compare ultrarefractory ocean island xenoliths and peridotites representing oceanic...history. 2. Compositional characteristics of ocean island xenoliths In a recent paper, Simon et al. (2008)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the associated igneous rocks (~ 0‰ for, e.g., D basalt, serpentinized peridotite), which may reflect the... sulfur (δ34S ~ 0‰), including mid-ocean ridge basalt, mantle peridotites, and calc-alkaline volcanic...inherited lead from the subducted slab, including basalt and its sediment at BABs (Fouquet and Marcoux,...that are indistinguishable from that of the local basalt (e.g., Brévart et al., 1981; Vidal and D Clauer...have been sourced from both the mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) and the sediment (LeHuray et al., 1988;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Au and Ag grades difficult. However, important new data are coming to light on the actual concentrations...different types of seafloor hydrothermal have provided new clues to the causes of Au enrichment, with important...modeling is used to assess Au enrichment in (i) basalt-hosted systems at mid-ocean ridges, (ii) ultramafic...volcanic substrates, including mid-ocean ridge basalt, ultramafic intrusive rocks, and more evolved volcanic...substrate are major underlying controls in all cases. Basalt-hosted deposits on the mid-ocean ridges are mainly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfides at the Palinuro Volcanic Complex, Aeolian Island Arc, Italy Sven Petersen,1,† Thomas Monecke,2 Anne...cone is 2131 PALINURO VOLCANIC COMPLEX, AEOLIAN ISLAND ARC, ITALY 14°00'E Adriatic Sea Southern Apennines...likely occurred during relatively recent times. Basalt to basaltic andesite samples recovered from Palinuro...the location of the working area. The black rectangle indicates the area where a high-resolution multibeam...and sulfide deposit. Black rectangle denotes drill area enlarged in (C). C. Close-up view of the bathymetry
 
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