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Papua Gold and Copper project

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Porphyry copper prospect in Papua, Indonesia

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 3517
Tract name Western Medial New Guinea Magmatic Belt (142pCu7203)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Indonesia
State or province Papua
Geographic location 136.5, -3.671
Geologic map unit 136.5, -3.671
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Tectonic setting postconvergence

Commodity and development information

Development status Occurrence
Major commodities Cu, Au
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Grasberg Area. Raw prospect area (91 square km) located 45 km NW of Grasberg; target is porphyry copper-gold and skarn based on ring-structure targets on satellite imagery and photointerpretation of geology; previously unexplored area.
Study area name Southeast Asia and Melanesia
References Nickelore Ltd. (2009)
Site reference Hammarstrom and others (2013)
Nickelore Ltd., 2009, Nickelore signs formal option agreement to acquire 51% of Papua gold and copper project: Nickelore Ltd. press release, October 16, 2009, accessed February 10, 2010, at http://www.nickelore.com.au/home.php. [Web page no longer available. See http://www.nickelore.com.au/uploads/file/docs/HOA_signed_to_Acquire_Gold_Copper_Project.pdf.]