Mine detail: Emperor

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Location: Fiji, Oceania
Lat / long: -17.49722, 177.85072
dep_id: 10084825
mrds_id: W700038
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Tellurium, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Coloradoite, Galena, Hessite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Krennerite, Melanite, Quartz
model: 84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
ore_ctrl: Shattered Wedge Of Basalt, Fractures, Flat-Dipping Structures
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_unit: Ba Series
arock_type: Pyroclastic Rock,Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: DENHOLM, L.S., 1967, LODE STRUCTURES AND ORE SHOOTS AT VATUKOULA, FIJI: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, PROCEEDINGS, NO. 222, P. 73-83.
  • Deposit:: LAZNICKA, PETER, 1973, MANIFILE-- THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE OF NON-FERROUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD: WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, RECORD NO. 2884, P. 560.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P47
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