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Rhodochrosite from
Wau Mine, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wau Mine, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613891:2
GUID (UUID V4):29686060-0906-4c68-ba99-c8135bb156e2
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Upper Ridges Mine, Edie Creek goldfield, Morobe goldfields, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BrecciasAssociated with a Maar Volcano at Wau, Papua New Guinea RICHARD H. SILLITOE, 8 WestHill Park, HighgateVillage...P.O. Box 619, North Sydney,New SouthWales2060, Australia Abstract The Wau districthasproducedmuchof the...metrictons(0.58 millionoz) of lode gold attributedto the Morobe goldfieldin PapuaNew Guinea.Geologicmappingandreappraisal...followingtilting of the ignimbritepile, a maar wasgeneratedat Wau. The subjacentdiatremeis believedto extenddownwardfor...DEPOSITSAND HYDROTHERMALERUPTIONBRECCIAS,PAPUANEW GUINEA 659 causedby dissolutionof boiled-offH2S in cool
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry and Wafi Epithermal Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea* Marc L. Rinne,1,†,** David R. Cooke...Tasmania 7001, Australia 3 Newcrest 4 Institute 5 New Mining Ltd., Level 8, 600 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne...and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801-4796 6...Canada Abstract The Wafi-Golpu district of Papua New Guinea contains contrasting high- and intermediate-sulfidation...from the high- to intermediate-sulfidation domains. New geochronological results indicate that the main stage
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ 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 — 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight 1974 1975 and Papua New Eds D.M. Traves and D.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
preservedat Wau, wasconstructed. Introduction Colorado;Acupan, Philippines;Wau, Papua New Guinea;and PuebloViejo...usingstandardflotationand cyanidationpractices.An open-pit mine and mill complex,with a rated capacityof 15,000...andeconomicallymostimportantvein is the one exploitedat the Alta mine, located2.5 km east of the MontanaTunnelsdiatreme...a gangueof quartzandtourmaline (schorlite).Rhodochrosite is presentlocally,asin the Alta vein (Roby et...concludedthat the dia- to that atWau, PapuaNew Guinea,wherea golddetremeat MontanaTunnelswasemplacedduringa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dominant quartz and calcite and minor kutnahorite, rhodochrosite, and rhodonite (CQ facies), (2) a netEditorial...of gold and 1026 t of silver (Aneka Tambang 1996, new calculation). It is also one the most recent and...39 000 m of drilling (Basuki et al. 1994); no old mine or diggings existed at the site. Mining began in...1996. The ore-processing plant is installed on the mine site (Plate 1, photo 1a). The ore is milled to <74...+ 92% silver for re®ning in Jakarta. The Pongkor mine has opened in time to take over from the historical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The 999 ] 000 BOWELL,FOSTER,AND GIZE Ashanti mine, Ghana, was chosen as a field site on 10 m, al...workedfor over 80 years.In the upper part of the mine the metatholeiitesequence formsthe footwall to the...dispersion of goldandsilverin thesaprolite at Sansu mine,Ashanti: (a)8 level (hypogene zone),(b)6 level(transition...Websterand Mann, 1984). In the Morobe gold fields of Papua New Guinea, primary native gold occursin gold-...representinga wide but weak goldanomalyaround quartz-rhodochrosite-sulfide veins. In the weather- the weatheringshearzone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granodiorite,an- Arizona desitic volcanics Ortiz, New Quartzite, pyroclas- Mexico rounded tiary rounded...bismuth-and molybdenum-bearing Whipstickreplacementpipes, New SouthWales, Australia.Taken from Weber et al. (1978)...volca- K silicate + •sericitic nics Copper Flat, New Mexico Quartz monzonite 73.4 Steepelongate pipe...little displaced Absent K silicate SantaRita, New Mexico Granodiorite porphyry 63 Elongatepipe (Whim...Angular,subrounded Present K silicate Questa,New Andesiticvolca- 23 Bodyabovecupola of aplite porphyry
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...Kerry Cooper Barbara Muntyan Christi Cramer Jason New Jean des Revières Pinal Geology Museum John Ebner...floor, right across from the famous “Alma Rose” rhodochrosite. The display was filmed by Bryan Swoboda’s BlueCap...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 689–716 Diatreme Breccias at the Kelian Gold Mine, Kalimantan, Indonesia: Precursors to Epithermal...epithermal gold mineralization at the Kelian gold mine, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Prior to brecciation, andesite... Indonesia: Sutopo et al., 2003, 2007; Wau, Papua New Guinea: Sillitoe et al., 1984; El Teniente, Chile:...is because only a few descriptive papers (e.g., Wau: Sillitoe et al., 1984; Montana † Corresponding ...premineralization matrix-rich breccia bodies at the Kelian gold mine and assesses their role as a precursor to the formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systems may be assessed (e.g., Sierra Nevada Au province. California: ~ 3,150 tonnes Au; Clarke, 1970 )...in quartz vein and "albitite" intrusion areas per mine level suggest that the ore fluid and dyke magma...four active, calc-alkaline volcanoes (White Island, New Zealand; Mt. St. Helens, U.S.A.; Merapi, Indonesia;...~ 10% for deep fluid in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, derived from CO2, N> He, Ar, H20 and C1...history, Lyon and Hulston ( 1984 ) have shown for New Zealand geothermal systems that isotope partitions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zone: Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea JACQUELINE L. BLACKWELL,† DAVID R. COOKE,... Kilinailau North Bismarck Plate Manus Island New Ireland Tabar Manus Basin INDONESIA Introduction... located on PlioPleistocene Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 1), is the world’s largest alkalic epithermal...Tanga Feni Rabaul Bougainville New Britain NEW GUINEA Britain New Tr en ch Solomon Sea Plate 10...E FIG. 1. Map of Papua New Guinea showing the location of Lihir Island in the New Ireland basin, modified
Report (chapter)
the western U.S.A., Japan, the North Island of New Zealand, the Philippines, Fiji and Spain are described...vein deposit of epithermal type, about which much new information has recently become available. The term...pyrite, calcite, dolomite, barite, adularia, rhodochrosite, rhodonite and fluorite. production is difficult...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico...Chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite dominate at the lowest mine levels. Gulf of Fonseca area, E1Salvador-Nicaragua-Honduras
Journal (issue)
same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nom,nating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's activities--helps...Lisle .................................. 12 NEW GUINEA RICH IN GOLD .............................................................................. 14 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB ...........................U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1972; Cronan, 1972, 1980; Rona, (e.g.,BrokenHill, New SouthWales,Australia;van 1978, 1984; Zantop, 1978...mineralization (e.g., Wau, Papua New 1982; Moorby and Cronan, 1983; Taylor, 1983; Guinea;Webster and Mann...the oxidizedprofile of the Marthagoldmine,Waihi, New Zealand(Nicholson, MineralogicalSignatures unpub...formationof ferromanganese nodulesin Oneida Lake, New York:U.S. Geol. SurveyJour.Research,v. 6, p. 231-240... J., 1977, Chemistryandgeothermal 527. systems: New York,AcademicPress,392 p. Burns,R. G., andBurns,V
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN MINERAL DEPOSITS Monograph 22 i Cover photograph: Aerial...Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is approximately...Mines Limited. ii GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN MINERAL DEPOSITS Monograph 22 Edited...understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH 22 COMMITTEE...Mineral Industries Research Association Limited Papua New Guinea - Department of Mining and Petroleum Bureau
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals apatite, alunite,gypsum,calcite,and rhodochrosite. This assemblageis suggestive of a hydrothermal...replacement of halitein the Yorkshire and Texas-New Mexico evaporites,however,suggests formationas low...contained in a drill corespecimen from the Tracy mine,southof Negaunee, Michigan. The nacriteoccupies...highlyalteredwall rock of the Tennessee-Schuylkill mine of the Wallapei district, Arizona; this identificationis...ore, Tracy mine. 3. 6(2)-layer aluminous serpentine(Type B) from drill corein ore, Tracy mine. * = line
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
B. De Boer Grantham G. Mook Touret Van Breemen NEW ZEALAND REPUBLIC OF CHINA T. Lee SPAIN J. Albaiges...RICHARD A. COOK: Organic geochemistry of sediments in New Zealand. Part I. A biomarker study of the petroleum...isotope study of early Archean rocks, Qianan, Hebei Province, China 625 F. WACKER: Noble gases in the diamond-free...MUENOW: Martian volatiles in shergottite EETA 79001: New evidence from oxidized sulfur and sulfur-rich aluminosilicates...isotope geochemistry of graphite vein deposits from New HampshIre, U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
186 September, 1944 Vol. X X V I I Banalsite, a new barium-felspar from Wales. By W. CA.~fPRELLSMITH...manganese mine at Rhiw in the Lleyn Peninsula, Carnarvonshire. A new shaft was sunk and a new mine was developed...for the reappearance of the barium-felspars in the new workings, and when thin bands of coarsely crystallized...from any known bariumfelspar, and it is in fact a new mineral of very considerable interest. The name proposed...be 4[BaNa~A14Si4016]. The specimens in which the new mineral was discovered came from ore on the foot-wall
Report (issue)
1 - GOLD 35 A - Gebeit Gold mine 35 B - Oyo mine 36 C - Onib mine 36 D - Aberkateib 36 E - Serakoit...- Alluvial gold occurrences 37 J - Kordofan Province 37 Origin and age of gold 37 •^ 2 - BERYL...area 43 B - Berber area 43 C - Upper Nile Province 43 8 - MOLYBDENUM 44 9 - LEAD - ZINC 44 ...the Lafit mountains, areas west of Mundiri, near Wau, along areas west of Raga, southwest and southeast...Hofrat En Nahas area, to the southwest of Darfur Province and aimed at the eventually economic exploitation
Book
R3T2N2, Canada ELSEVIER, Amsterdam - Oxford - New York - Tokyo 1985 ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B...SCIENCE PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A. ISBN ISBN ISBN ISBN 0-44442530-6...affects its present characteristics as a minera1 province, because of the exposure of the various depth...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...known (e.g. the Montana Tunnels deposit, Obelisk Mine). The former locality contains disseminated pyrite
Book
Winnipeg, Canada ELSEVIER, Amsterdam - Oxford - New Y o r k - T o k y o 1985 ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS...SCIENCE PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New Y o r k , N.Y. 10017, U.S.A. ISBN ISBN ISBN ISBN...affects its present characteristics as a mineral province, because of the exposure of the various depth...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...known (e.g. the Montana Tunnels deposit, Obelisk Mine). The former locality contains disseminated pyrite
Book
Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1990. The use of registered names, trademarks...which speculation is idle, but within which useful new insights regarding the relationship of certain ores...application of plate tectonic concepts can pinpoint new metal deposits. The main tool available to the exploration...more limited utility in terms of the search for new mineral districts. The problem of the geographic...Panguna Porphyry Copper Deposit, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea ......... . Genetic Models for Porphyry Copper
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proportion of the accumulating information. This new book represents an attempt to address this major...of gold mineralization. For access to a wealth of new information the reader is encouraged to tum to the...demand for gold in the 1980s has opened up exciting new avenues of research and generated a wealth of hard...James Crocket is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Oxford University, and the Massachusetts...Manchester in 1973 (Ph.D.) and was then employed as a mine and exploration geologist by Falcon Mines Ltd in
Book
6—Jungle Trails in Cuba and Honduras. 105 Chapter 7—A Mine in the Chihuahua Desert. 135 Chapter 8—Matching...Wits with the Conquistadores .... 153 Chapter 9—A Mine in the Sierra Madre of Mexico .... 173 Chapter...Chapter 13—Placer Gold in Idaho . 247 Chapter 14—New Guinea Gold . 260 Chapter 15—Colombian Gold . 285 Chapter...Struggle for Electrolytic Manganese 339 Chapter 19—A New Metal Emerges . 352 Chapter 20—Scramming Out . 362...necessary a matching effort to find new ore bodies, and to develop new processes to extract the metal content
Journal (issue)
No. 1 Whole No. 198 ... 19th LIST OF 'FINE~MINE~LS FLUORITE, Annaberg, Saxony. Small yellow xis...in rock. 2 ½ x 1 ¾ . . . . . . . . SILVER, Quincy Mine, Mich. Attractive xlline. mass. 2¼ x 1 ¾ (3 oz.)...x 2 ½ .............. . . SIDERITE, Virtuous Lady Mine, Devonshire. Xld. in stalactitic form with xis....rock . 2 x 1 ½ ............. . Another with Rhodochrosite. 2 x 1 x 1 ¼ . . ...•............. HEMATITE........ . 10.00 OFPICI AND SHOWROOM: 110 WAU STREET C p NEW YOIK S, N. Y. 1 1 1 I r [ Edited and
 
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