Mine detail: Rois Malk

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Location:	Peleliu, Palau, Oceania
Lat / long:	7.382, 134.59486
dep_id:	10086430
mrds_id:	WA00001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	OTHER (>100 MINERALIZED VIENS AND SHEAR ZONES OVER AN AREA 1 X 1.5KM IN SIZE)
model:	154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
ore_ctrl:	Mineralized Veins, Shear Zones, And Brecciated Areas
Reporter:	Jenness, Jane E.
hrock_unit:	Airai Formation; Babelthuap Formation
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_unit:	Babelthuap Formation
arock_type:	Andesite
tectonic:	Palau Arc Is An Intra-Oceanic Island Arc-Trench System Separating The Pacific And Philippine Plates In The Western Pacific Ocean. It Is The Southernmost Of A Series Of Arc-Trench Systems (Including Yap, Mariana, And Bonin-Izu Systems).
discr:	This Area Was Previously Prospected By The Japanese, But In 1938-39 Was Considered To Be Of No Commercial Interest.
References:	Deposit:: MILLER, W.R., RYTUBA, J.J., ARNOLD, M.A., AND VERCOUTERE, T.L., 1989, INVESTIGATION OF THE ROIS MALK EPITHERMAL GOLD SYSTEM, REPUBLIC OF PALAU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1872, 85P. PLUS 3 PLATES. Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., MILLER, W.R., AND STEWART, J.H., 1985, ROIS MALK EPITHERMAL GOLD SYSTEM, REPUBLIC OF PALAU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-606, 6P. Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., MILLER, W.R., AND MCKEE E.H., 1987, EPITHERMAL GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU: IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 995 (MCKELVEY FORUM ABSTRACTS, 1987), P. 59-60. Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1872 (1989 Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULLETIN 1872 (1989)