| Lat / long: | -5.46459, 145.08218 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Lead, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1933 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Chim |
| Host type: | Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Black Shale,Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Porgera Intrusives |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Gabbro,Andesite,Basalt,Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | East-Trending Steeply Dipping Roamane Fault. Extensive Zones Of Brecciation., Thrusts And Steeply Dipping Faults, Fractures And Multiple Veins. Banded And Colloform Textures . |
| Tectonic: | Papaun Fold Belt. Active Or Failed Subduction Zones. |
| Alteration processes: | Early Low Grade Propylitic Assemblages Of Chlorite And Calcite Overprinted By Phyllic Assemblages Of Sericite And Dolomite, Subordinate Quartz And Clay. |
| MRDS | RE00015 |
| DEP | 10055079 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: FLEMING, A. W., HANDLEY, G. A., ET AL. 1986 THE PORGERA GOLD DEPOSIT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.81, PP. 660-680.}{Deposit:: HENRY, D.D., 1988, PORGERA-THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS: BICENTENNIAL GOLD*8; GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT SERIES 22, PP. 144-149.}{Deposit:: KLIPFEL, P.D. 1987, OVERVIEW PRESENTED OF MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: MINING ENGINEERING, OCT., PP.919-926.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., WILLIAMSON, A. ET AL., MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS APPLICABLE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT 86/5.}{Reserve-Resource:: KLIPFEL, P.D. , 1987, P.926} |
| Reporter | Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |