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Porphyry copper prospect in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 552
Alternate names Mt Likuruanga, Likuruanga
Tract name Inner Melanesian Arc (New Britain) (009pCu7209)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country Papua New Guinea
State or province East New Britain
Geographic location 151.709, -5.176
Geologic map unit 151.709, -5.176
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 25Ma
Age determination method K-Ar
Age range 25 Ma (K-Ar on unmineralized tonalite) to early Miocene–mid-Miocene
Age reference Hine and others (1978)
Minerals actinolite, biotite, bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, epidote, galena, gypsum, kaolinite, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, rutile, sericite, sphalerite, sphene, tourmaline, zeolite
Associated rocks aplite, breccia, diorite porphyry, granodiorite, quartz porphyry, gabbro, tonalite, andesite, agglomerate, basalt, hornfels, limestone, quartz diorite
Tectonic setting island arc
Stratigraphic age Oligocene–mid-Miocene

Commodity and development information

Development status Prospect
Major commodities Cu
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Breccia-related porphyry copper prospect associated with Uasilau-YauYau intrusive complex. Mineralization in quartz diorite and magnetite-bearing breccias. Primary mineralization: 6 shallow drill holes with weighted copper average >0.2%; 1,400 m by 400–1,000 m zone of copper mineralization; open.
Study area name Southeast Asia and Melanesia
References Hine and Mason (1978); Hine and others (1978); Singer and others (2008); Frontier Resources Ltd. (2008b); Frontier Resources Ltd. (2011); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference Hammarstrom and others (2013)
Frontier Resources Ltd., 2008b, Esis porphyry copper prospect, Papua New Guinea, exploration update and project summary: Frontier Resources Ltd. Web page accessed January 15, 2010, at http://www.frontierresources.com.au.Frontier Resources Ltd., 2011, Geophysical update and proposed OTML joint venture exploration, Likuruanga and Leonard Schultz Exploration Licenses, PNG: Frontier Resources Ltd. press release, 12 p., March 22, 2011, accessed April 14, 2013, at http://www.frontierresources.com.au/assets/ASX_Release_Leonard_and_Likuruanga_Aeromag__Future_2011_3.21.pdf.Hine, R., and Mason, D.R., 1978, Intrusive rocks associated with porphyry copper mineralization, New Britain, Papua New Guinea: Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 749–760. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.73.5.749.)Hine, R., Bye, S.M., Cook, F.W., Leckie, J.F., and Torr, G.L., 1978, The Esis porphyry copper deposit, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 761–767. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.73.5.761.)Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.