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


Locality type:Seamount
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Conical seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150243
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150243:5
GUID (UUID V4):c9541265-603f-4e5f-a921-64072814c55d
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
14.5km (9.0 miles) TUBAF seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
20.2km (12.5 miles) Lienetz Pit, Ladolam Gold deposit (Lihir Mine), Luise Stratovolcano, Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
82.5km (51.3 miles) North Su, SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
82.6km (51.3 miles) SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
82.9km (51.5 miles) South Su, SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
83.1km (51.7 miles) Solwara 1 (Suzette), SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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 consist of sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, marcasite, and a variety of Cu-Pb-As-Sb sulfosalts...veins at Conical seamount are distinct from sea-floor massive sulfide deposits and represent a new style
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)
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...consisting of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, minor chalcopyrite and sulfosalts, along with intense clay and... 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
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)
alerting service Receive free email alerts when new articles cite this article - sign up in the box at...have been found in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea. If drilling proves that mineralization extends...Spiess et al . 1980) confirmed that the formation of new oceanic crust by sea-floor spreading is intimately...sulphides including pyrite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite eventually accumulate at and just below the...Lucky Strike Hole 504 B Galapagos Rift Axial Seamount Sea Cliff Middle Valley Endeavour 150° 120°
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)
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...557°C. Its chemical composition ranges between chalcopyrite and intermediate solid-solution (Iss). On the...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
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°...Lyell deposit were similar to magnetite-pyrite±chalcopyrite±apatite assemblages developed in chloritically...and Lowenstern (1994) showed that in the White Island geothermal system, more than 1 Mt of Cu metal was
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
Report (issue)
and often carry high concentrations of copper (chalcopyrite), zinc (sphalerite), and lead (galena) in addition...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...sulphides including pyrite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite eventually accumulate at and just below the...spreading propagates into the continental crust of Papua New Guinea27. Today, more than 100 sites of hydrothermal
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
Report (issue)
hydrothermal deposit on a submarine seamount (Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea); as sublimates on a burning...sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, amorphous silica (Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea); orpiment, sulfur... Germany. On Conical Seamount, ten km south-southeast of Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. From the Nishinomaki...Polyakov, and S.E. Borisovskii (1986) Alacranite - a new mineral. Zap. Vses. Mineral. Obshch., 115, 360-368...B. Percival (2001) Alacranite, As4S4: a new occurrence, new formula, and determination of the crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epithermal-style gold mineralization at Ladolam, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: a reconnaissance study Received: 10...resource at Ladolam (>1,300 metric tons of gold), Lihir Island, resulted from the transition of an early-stage...altered monzodiorite with disseminated pyrite ± chalcopyrite and poorly developed pyrite ± quartz stockwork...1007/s00126-001-0230-y. Keywords Alkaline Æ Gold Æ Ladolam Æ Lihir Island Æ Porphyry–epithermal transition Electronic...+49-3731-392610 S. Hunt Lihir Gold Limited, P.O. Box 789, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Introduction The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or from seafloor hydrothermal systems in other island arc settings. Its presence suggests that basalt-dominated...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;...situated 12 km east of the basalt-dominated Aogashima island on the IzuOgasawara Quaternary volcanic front (Takada...1). According to the seismic structure near the island (Suyehiro et al. 1996; Takahashi et al. 1998; Kodaira
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanics dredged SE of Cheshire Seamount, western Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea Akumbom Vishiti, Sven Petersen...from the flanks of a volcanic seamount in a water depth of 2000 m. This area is particularly interesting...breccias at this seamount indicates the potential for Au mineralization in the area. Key words: Arsenian...al. Fig. 1. Map of Woodlark Basin east of Papua New Guinea showing main tectonic features (modified from...(modified from MARTINEZ et al. 1999). MSMoresby Seamount. hosted by pyrite that forms either in reducing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pb–Zn–Cu–Au–Ag–Te mineralization on western Milos Island, Aegean Volcanic Arc, Greece: Mineralogical, geological...Tellurides Western Milos Island Aegean Volcanic Arc a b s t r a c t Milos Island contains several epithermal...presence of galena, Fe-poor sphalerite, and chalcopyrite as well as abundant barite, adularia, sericite...Reviews 53 (2013) 159–180 1. Introduction Milos Island, located in the southern Aegean Sea, is part of...Tombros et al., 2007; Voudouris et al., 2011). Milos Island is one of the most densely mineralized areas in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfides at the Palinuro Volcanic Complex, Aeolian Island Arc, Italy Sven Petersen,1,† Thomas Monecke,2 Anne...polymetallic assemblage of barite and pyrite with minor chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite, trace famatinite, and rare...fine-grained anhedral enargite, hypogene covellite, chalcopyrite, and galena is commonly associated with colloform...cone is 2131 PALINURO VOLCANIC COMPLEX, AEOLIAN ISLAND ARC, ITALY 14°00'E Adriatic Sea Southern Apennines...the location of the working area. The black rectangle indicates the area where a high-resolution multibeam
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Ag (native gold), Pb and Tl (galena), Se (chalcopyrite, Se-bearing galena, naumannite), Te and Bi (Bi...(Bi tellurides), As (tennantite, chalcopyrite), and Sb (tennantite). The formation of covellite-A was...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,...dredged ~10 km south from the Semenov massive sulfide area (Fig. 1). The composition of the fresh basalts varies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposition at > 250 °C with early bornite and chalcopyrite and before sphalerite and silver, producing...low temperatures, after the precipitation of chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena, resulting in Au-poor...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...include both intraoceanic and Btransitional^ or island arcs. Intraoceanic arcs are developed mainly on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 25°S, and the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) in area A (Fig. 1). In addition, δ34S and Pb isotope IP...near 13°S, the CIR at KHF, EHF, and the SWIR in area MA A; (2) to characterize the sources of S and...the ultra-slow spreading SWIR near 63.5°E and in area A (49°E) in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 during...and 1–2°S, the KHF, EHF, the MAR near 13°S, the area A, and the S99HF, the seafloor hydrothermal sulfides...normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (N-MORB) and ocean island basalt (OIB)- related to enriched AC mid-ocean
Book
Polymetallic Nodules Of the International Seabed Area Prepared by: Office of Resource and Environmental...Polymetallic Nodules of the International Seabed Area ii Published in Jamaica 2004 by the International...polymetallic nodules of the International Seabed Area : proceedings… p. ; ill., maps ; cm. ISBN: 976-610-647-9...Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA Chapter 2* Seafloor Massive Sulphide...Report on the Data and Information Requirements of Papua New Guinea’s Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposits.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were defined by Clark (1970), the proposal of a new mineral species corresponding to the natural -As4S4...– IMA Commission (Popova et al.,1986). Later, a new arsenic sulphide was found at the Uzon caldera (Kamchatka...recent sampling of the seafloor around Lihir Island (Papua New Guinea), a specimen mainly consisting of pyrite...arsenic sulphides, was recovered at the top of Conical Seamount (Percival et al., 1999). According to these...& Percival, 2001) showed the mineral from Papua New Guinea to be structurally and chemically identical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Knolls Hydrothermal Field, Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: An Active Submarine High-Sulfidation Copper-Gold...Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 1670 3 Research 4 ARC 5 Marine...Abstract SuSu Knolls comprises three steep-sided conical volcanic peaks, standing on a N-NW-trending ridge...of pyrite-(fukuchilite)-enargite ± covellite-chalcopyrite. By contrast, there are actively venting chimneys...sulfide assemblage pyrite-enargite (±covellite-chalcopyrite) observed at North and South Su, and orders-of-magnitude
 
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