| Lat / long: | 7.382, 134.59486 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | OTHER (>100 MINERALIZED VIENS AND SHEAR ZONES OVER AN AREA 1 X 1.5KM IN SIZE) |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Airai Formation; Babelthuap Formation |
| Host type: | Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Babelthuap Formation |
| Associated 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). |
| MRDS | WA00001 |
| DEP | 10086430 |
| Reference | {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)} |
| Reporter | Jenness, Jane E. |