| Lat / long: | -2.99814, 152.49876 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Bornite, Galena, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Alunite, Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1982 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Jaulu Volcanics |
| Host type: | Alkalic Intrusive Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyandesite,Andesite,Trachybasalt,Basalt |
| Structure: | Evolved Volcanic Arc, Horst And Graben, Collapsed Caldera, Fractures, Matrix Supported Breccia With Clasts Ranging From Fine-Grained Equigranular To Porphyritic. |
| Tectonic: | Volcanic Center, Transistion Zone From Volcanic To Subvolcanic Levels. |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal: Argillic, Potassic, Opaline Silica, Sulfur-Bearing White Clay. |
| MRDS | RE00017 |
| DEP | 10055080 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JOHNSON, R. W. (ED), 1976, VOLCANISM IN AUSTRALASIA, SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO.,AMSTERDAM, P. 297-314.}{Deposit:: COX, DENNIS P., WILLIAMSON, ANOTHONY ET AL, 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS APPLICABLE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT 86/5.}{Deposit:: DAVIES, R. M. & BALLANTYNE, G.H., 1987 GEOLOGY OF THE LADOLAM GOLD DEPOSIT LIHIR ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, IN PACIFIC RIM CONGRESS 87 P. 943-949.}{Deposit:: NIUGINI MINING LTD., 1987 ANNUAL REPORT, P.1-3.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, MAY 8, 1987 P. 349}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE 1991, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW. P. 349.} |
| Reporter | Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |