GMRAP ID | 3553 |
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Tract name | Western Medial New Guinea Magmatic Belt (142pCu7203) |
Site status | prospect |
Country | Indonesia |
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State or province | Papua |
Geographic location | 136.551, -3.771 |
Geologic map unit | 136.551, -3.771 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Tectonic setting | postconvergence |
Development status | Prospect |
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Major commodities | Cu |
Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
Comments | Grasberg area. In place estimated geologic resource about 372 Mt at 0.5% copper equivalent with a cutoff grade of 0.3% copper equivalent. The Dawagu prospect includes several exploration targets (Gold Fields Ltd., 2004): a central porphyry stockwork, skarns (open to the east in New Guinea Limestone), and epithermal-style mineralization in overlying clastics. Exploration. |
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Study area name | Southeast Asia and Melanesia |
References | Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (2004); Gold Fields Ltd. (2004) |
Site reference | Hammarstrom and others (2013) |