Conference Proceedings
World Gold '97 Conference, Singapore, September 1997
Conference Proceedings
World Gold '97 Conference, Singapore, September 1997
Porphyry Instrusions, Rock Alteration and Mineralisation, Batu Hijau Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Indonesia
Batu Hijau is a calc-alkaline, island arc porphyry copper-gold deposit located in the southwest corner of Sumbawa Island in the Banda archipelago of southern Indonesia. Proven and probable reserves are 913 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.53 per cent copper (10.631 billion pounds Cu) and 0.41 g/t gold (389 tonnes Au). Construction of the deposit infrastructure began in October 1996, and formal approval for the project mobilisation was granted by the Indonesian government in May 1997._x000D_
Preoperational testing and start-up of the first grinding line is scheduled for mid-year 1999._x000D_
Copper and gold mineralisation are genetically related to at least three tonalite porphyry dykes and small plugs which intrude a quartz diorite stock that was emplaced into andesitic to dacitic pyroclastic rocks and lava flows. Faults are uncommon, and where they occur they do not significantly displace hydrothermal alteration and mineralisation zones.
Preoperational testing and start-up of the first grinding line is scheduled for mid-year 1999._x000D_
Copper and gold mineralisation are genetically related to at least three tonalite porphyry dykes and small plugs which intrude a quartz diorite stock that was emplaced into andesitic to dacitic pyroclastic rocks and lava flows. Faults are uncommon, and where they occur they do not significantly displace hydrothermal alteration and mineralisation zones.
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P A Mitchell, J M Proffett
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