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Chalcopyrite from
Big Gossan Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia


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 Big Gossan Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568153:2
GUID (UUID V4):48e4e463-4cad-4fcb-842f-0875111fe4eb
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ā“˜Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
2.3km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Dom skarn, Ertsberg Complex, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
2.5km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Kucing Liar, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
2.8km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Ertsberg East Complex (GBT), Ertsberg Complex, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
3.6km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Grasberg Mine, Ertsberg Complex, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
4.4km (2.7 miles) ā“˜Wanagon deposit, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
4.5km (2.8 miles) ā“˜West Grasberg Resource, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evidence from the Big Gossan and Wanagon Gold Deposits, Ertsberg District, Papua, Indonesia KYLIE PRENDERGAST...Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Ertsberg district hosts multiple skarn and porphyry-related deposits...in the world. Earlier skarn Cu-Au deposits at Big Gossan and 2 km along strike to the northwest at Wanagon...estimated 2 million ounces (Moz) of gold; reserves at Big Gossan are 33 million tonnes (Mt) at 2.63 percent Cu...g/t Au, and 15.72 g/t Ag. Phlogopite from the Big Gossan occurrence is younger than 2.82 Ā± 0.04 Ma, based
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE BIG GOSSAN SKARN, ERTSBERG-GRASBERG MINING DISTRICT, INDONESIA S. Wafforn,1,ā€  S. Seman...16802 3 Freeport-Indonesia, Tembagapura, Papua 99920, Indonesia Abstract The Big Gossan skarn (71 million...prolific Ertsberg-Grasberg mining district, on the island of New Guinea in eastern Indonesia. The skarn formed...Ertsberg diorite. Andradite garnets from eight Big Gossan samples were directly dated using the laser ...spectrometry U-Pb method, and the age results show that Big Gossan formed between 2.9 and 2.7 Ma. To evaluate reproducibility
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Ertsberg(GunungBijih)District,IrianJaya,Indonesia* JEFFREY N. RUBIN** ANDJ.RICHARD KYLE...fineness anda Cu-Fesulfidehostfor mostAg in the Gunung BijihTimurcomplex of Cu-Auskarndeposits, theBigGossan...fromGrasberg samples is -<930fine(avg= 960).Fineness of Big Gossan Auranges from540to960(avg= 830),although compositional...800ppm)andwithno detectable Pd. Fire assay of Grasberg ore reveals tracebut detectable (10 ppb < [Pd]<...ns of Pd andno detectable Pt. NativeAu fromthe Gunung BijihTimurcomplex averages twiceasmuchCu asthatfromGrasberg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alteration, and Mineralization at the Grasberg Cu-Au Deposit, Papua, Indonesia PETER J. POLLARD,ā€  ROGER G. TAYLOR...of 10 magmatic and hydrothermal micas from the Grasberg Igneous Complex range from 3.33 Ā± 0.12 to 3.01...alteration and mineralization indicate that the Grasberg Igneous Complex formed during several cycles of...hydrothermal alteration. These include the Dalam and Main Grasberg intrusion and alteration cycles (3.33 Ā± 0.12ā€“3...06ā€“3.06 Ā± 0.03 Ma), and a post-Kali intrusion and Grasberg mineralization cycle (3.06 Ā± 0.03 and 3.01 Ā± 0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pliocene Intrusions in the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Petrography and Mineral...Pliocene Intrusions in the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Petrography and Mineral...Pliocene Intrusions in the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Petrography and Mineral...within the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District in Irian Jaya (western New Guinea), Indonesia. Several...skarn ore has been delineated or produced from the district. Most of these skarns are associated with a quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DAVID MAYES**, AND IAN TASIRAN P. T. Freeport Indonesia, Exploration Division,Sampoerā€¢za Plaza89,4th Floor...R.Rasuna SaidX-7,No.6, Kuningan, Jakarta12940,Indonesia Abstract TheBigGossan Cu-Auskarndeposit isthehighest...gradecopperdeposit in theworld-class Ertsberg district, IrianJaya.Currentreserves are37.4millionmetrictons(Mr)...minerals (mostly pyriteandpyrrhotite) areabundant. Chalcopyrite andanhydrite arepresentin all skarnzones.Although...daughter minerals including halite,sylvite, chalcopyrite, hematite, andanhydrite. Totalsalinity ranges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Taylor Paragenesis of the Grasberg Cuā€“Au deposit, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: results from logging section...Springer-Verlag 2001 Abstract The Grasberg Cuā€“Au deposit is hosted within the Grasberg Igneous Complex (GIC), a...complex situated in the highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The GIC is composed of intrusive and volcanic...Dalam Diatreme and intruded by later, multistaged Grasberg and Kali intrusions. Each intrusive phase is overprinted...stages can be timed as post-Dalamā€“pre-MGI (Main Grasberg Intrusion), post-MGIā€“pre-Kali, and post-Kali,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcā€“silicate Cuā€“Au skarn formation; Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia Richard W. Henley1 Ā· Frank J. Brink2 Ā·...Ma Ertsberg East Skarn System (Indonesia), adjacent to the giant Grasberg Porphyry Copper deposit, is part...Skarn System (EESS) deposit, alongside the giant Grasberg porphyry copper deposit (Fig. 1), is part of the...Simplified geological map pf the Grasbergā€“Ertsberg district, West Papua, Indonesia. b, c Geology and cross-section...is recognized as a principal component of the Grasberg and many other of the worldā€™s largest porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during ascent. Big Gossan Deposit, Ertsberg District, Irian Jaya The Ertsberg district contains multiple...GBT/IOZ/DOZ orebodies, Dom, Big Gossan, Kucing Liar, and the largest of all, Grasberg, plus several other mineral...Individually, Grasberg is the largest gold mine 147 148 MEINERT ET AL. Ertsberg District 50Ā° Papua New Guinea...Tembaga Ti * 25Ā°Cairns Australia * * S4Ā° Tk Grasberg Tk Pacific Ocean Kkel Sydney Tw Yello w Va...Va lley S yncli ne Kucing Liar Fig. 2A Big Gossan GBT * * * * Dom Ertsberg 70Ā° 45Ā° Puncak Jaya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jurnal Geologi Indonesia, Vol. 6 No. 4 Desember 2011: 191-201 Geology and Characteristics of Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag...Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag Skarn Deposit at Ruwai, Lamandau Regency, Central Kalimantan Geologi dan Karakteristik Cebakan...of skarn Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag deposit at Ruwai, Lamandau Regency, Central Kalimantan. The formation of Ruwai skarn...mineralization is typified by sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite, formed at early retrograde stage. Galena is...epidot, klorit, kalsit, dan serisit. Mineralisasi bijih dicirikan oleh sfalerit, galena, dan kalkopirit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
computed tomography studies of Grasberg porphyry Cu-Au ores, Papua, Indonesia J. Richard Kyle & Alison S...gold and related ore minerals in the supergiant Grasberg porphyry Cuā€“Au deposit. Digital radiographs have...differences in density, e.g., bornite (5.1 g/cm3) from chalcopyrite (4.2 g/cm3), is relatively straightforward for...differentiation of chalcopyrite and bornite has been successful in smaller-diameter (ā‰¤22-mm) cores of Grasberg ores...ores. Smalldiameter (ā‰¤10 mm) cores of the Grasberg stockwork Cuā€“ Au ore were analyzed using HRXCT methods
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Grasberg giant porphyry Cuā€“Au deposit, Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) mining district, Papua, Indonesia...in the Grasberg giant porphyry Cuā€“Au deposit, Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) mining district, Papua, Indonesia...in the Grasberg giant porphyry Cuā€“Au deposit, Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) mining district, Papua, Indonesia...2013 (Accepted 30 July 2012) The Ertsberg mining district is in the core of the Central Range of west New...the late Miocene/Pliocene. The district is best known for the Grasberg igneous complex (GIC), the host
Book (volume)
photograph: Upper benches o fth e Grasberg open pit, Papua, Indonesia, 1999. Photograph by T M Porter......... 287 ļ¼Œ G rasbec^ Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit PapuaĀ» In d o n esia:1 .Magmatic History John T' Paterson...313 ļ¼Œ ļ¼Œ G rasbcrg Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit Papua Indonesia: 2. Pervasive Hydrotherm al Alteration John...Ertsberg Diorite, G unung Bijih (Ertsberg/G rasberg) District, West Papua, Indonesia Kurt C Friehauf, Spencer...of Porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag Deposits in the Collahuasi Districtļ¼ŒN orthern Chile Glertton J. Masterman, David R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIANT OK TEDI Cu-Au DEPOSIT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Michiel Van Dongen,1,2,ā€  Roberto F. Weinberg...Abstract The Ok Tedi porphyry Cu-Au deposit in Papua New Guinea is a world-class mineral deposit. In...geologically short time span of ~200 k.y. On the mine scale, heterogeneous metal grades (0ā€“2.5% Cu) reflect...et al., 2005), including the worldā€™s largest at Grasberg, Irian Jaya (Meinert et al., 1997), and Bingham...present a case study of the Ok Tedi Cu-Au deposit (Papua New Guinea) that highlights the relationships between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated mostly with cobaltite as well as with chalcopyrite and Co-pyrite, intermediate-stage native Au... Fig. 2 Schematic map showing the mineralized district hosting the Novogodneeā€“Monto deposit (modified...17 16 15 Differentiation trends 12 Ertsberg-Grasberg high-K intrusions lamprophyre 11 granodiorite...* 21 Gabbro 12 20 19 6 14 15 13 Ertsberg-Grasberg low-K intrusions 5 4 3 Calc-Alkaline+Tholeitic...60 50 40 Differentiation trends 6 Ertsberg-Grasberg high-K intrusions Shoshonitic series 5 WIP
Book
Geology of the Kucing Liar Ore Body, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Sugeng Widodo, Noris Belluz, Nur Wiwoho, Bowo.................... 61 ļ¼Œ The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Depositļ¼ŒCatamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...and Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles...a deposit, but rather the engineering ability to mine on a large scale at low cost, and simultaneously
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comparison of Miocene porphyry systems in the Cajamarca district, northern Peru Received: 29 September 2004 / Accepted:...porphyry-related deposits located in the auriferous Cajamarca district of northern Peru. The El Galeno deposit (486 Mt...(potassic) alteration was associated with pyrite and chalcopyrite mineralisation. A quartzā€“magnetite assemblage...g/t Au and 0.8% Cu) and are characterised by chalcopyrite and pyrite mineralisation. The core of the deposit...America with the high-sulphidation giant Yanacocha Au mine, plus over 30 smaller auriferous epithermal and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Jiguanzui in Hubei Province and Tianmashan, Xingiao and Sanpu in Anhui Province, have been discovered...dolomitic limestone and dolomite; in the Sanpu district of northern Anhui, they are Middle and Upper Cambrian...lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Sanpu district ā€” are located in upper mantle anomalies ŽZhao...limestone and dolomitic limestone; in the Tongling district, besides the for- The intrusions related to the...sulfide Žpyrite " pyrrhotite. deposits; in the Sanpu district, northern Anhui, Auā€“ Cu skarn deposits may be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au, mainly present as the sulphide minerals chalcopyrite and molybdenite. In contrast, epithermal deposits...equipment, thus lowering costs. Similarly, long mine lives justify the high capital expenditures required...that will enable the most efficient and profitable mine design, and the ultimate extraction of as much of...anomalously Cu-rich mafic magmas in the Bingham district, which may have injected Cu into the underlying...main style of mineralization is disseminated chalcopyrite in biotitized mafic wallrocks, implying an important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by significant erosion. Low sulfidation-state chalcopyrite Ā± bornite assemblages are characteristic of...in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...second largest of Au (129 Moz: Grasberg, including contiguous skarn, Indonesia; J. MacPherson, PORPHYRY Cu...Pelambres Los BroncesRĆ­o Blanco El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro de Pasco & Colquijirca...the geology of porphyry Cu systems at regional, district, and deposit scales. The resultant geologic model
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the RĆ­o Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of Worldā€™s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos, Brian...N. Moreto, AndrĆ© Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion-related system in eastern Australia. Both the Big Cadia and Little Cadia skarns are developed within... without significant remobilization of ore. Chalcopyrite and minor native gold formed in intimate association...associated with porphyry deposits. Iron skarn at Big Cadia occurs several hundred meters distant from...Cadia Quarry, toward more distal environments at Big Cadia. Skarn zonation comprises (1) proximal garnet...East, mineralization and skarn zonation similar to Big Cadia developed above additional intrusions of quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Catamarca Province, Argentina D. Miiller 1'* and P. Forrestal 2 1pT North Mining Indonesia, Jakarta,... Indonesia 2 MIM Holdings Limited, Brisbane, Australia With 7 Figures Received December 15, 1997; accepted...coppergold deposit is situated in the Catamarca Province of Northwest-Argentina and belongs to the ten...consists mainly of disseminated and/or vein-related chalcopyrite within the central potassic alteration zone...deposits of Ladolam (Lihir Island), Porgera, both Papua New Guinea, Emperor, Fiji, and the giant porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblages bear more E- intense Cu mineralization (chalcopyrite, bornite, locally tennantite) and high fineness...1972). AL Then, part of the deposit (ā€œVeselyi Mineā€) was described by Ettlinger and Meinert (1991)... collisional) processes. 3. District geology The mineralized district that hosts the Sinyukhinskoe deposit...enriched in sulfide minerals (bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite) and native gold. Separate orebodies varying...interstitial quartz, calcite, bornite and minor chalcopyrite. The retrograde skarn garnet is dark- F green
Book (edition)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF INDONESIA AND SURROUNDING ARE AS Edition 7.1 ā€“ 8 June 2020 J.T. VAN GORSEL...GORSEL Bibliography of Indonesia Geology, Ed. 7.1 1 www.vangorselslist.com 6/8/20 LIST OF CONTENTS........................................ 9 I.1. Indonesia Regional Geology.............................................................. 1507 VIII. WEST PAPUA (WEST NEW GUINEA)...................................... 1516 VIII.1. New Guinea General and West Papua ...............................................
 
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