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Lihir Operation - Ladolam, Minifie, Lienitz, Kapitz
Papua New Guinea
Main commodities: Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2020.     Record last updated: 21/07/2023
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Lihir

    Selected References
Blackwell J L, Cooke D R, McPhie J and Simpson K A,  2014 - Lithofacies Associations and Evolution of the Volcanic Host Succession to the Minifie Ore Zone: Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea : in    Econ. Geol.   v.109 pp. 1137-1160
Carman G D  2002 - Factors Contributing to the Formation of the Giant Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, PNG: in   Conference Proceedings, AusIMM Conference 2002, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-4 September AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 185-189
Davies R M, Ballantyne G H  1992 - Geology of the Ladolam gold deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: in   Epithermal Gold in Asia and the Pacific, Mineral Concentrations and Hydrocarbon Accumulations in the ESCAP Region UN Econ & Social Comm to Asia & the Pacific   v6 pp 189-194
Gemmell JB, Sharpe R, Jonasson IR, Herzig PM  2004 - Sulfur Isotope Evidence for Magmatic Contributions to Submarine and Subaerial Gold Mineralization: Conical Seamount and the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v99 pp 1711-1725
Kidd R P and Robinson J R  2004 - A review of the Kapit orebody, Lihir Island Group, Papua New Guinea: in   Pacrim 2004 Conference, Hi Tech and World Competitive Mineral Success Stories Around the Pacific Rim, Adelaide, 19-22 September, 2004,  AusIMM, Melbourne,    Proceedings volume, pp. 323-331
Lihir Gold Limited  1995 - Description of the Lihir Project: in   extract from the  Lihir Gold Limited prospectus, 1995    pp 46-59
Moyle A J, Doyle B J, Hoogvliet H and Ware A R,  1991 - The Geology and Mineralisation of the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: in   PNG Geology, Exploration and Mining Conference, Rabaul, June 1991 The AusIMM, Melbourne,    pp. 101-111
Moyle A J, Doyle B J, Hoogvliet H, Ware A R  1990 - Ladolam gold deposit, Lihir Island: in Hughes FE (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 14, v2 pp 1793-1805
Muller D and Groves D I  1993 - Direct and indirect associations between potassic igneous rocks, shoshonites and gold-copper deposits : in    Ore Geology Reviews   v8 pp 383-406
Muller D, Kaminski K, Uhlig S, Graupner T, Herzig P M and Hunt S  2002 - The transition from porphyry- to epithermal-style gold mineralization at Ladolam, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: a reconnaissance study: in    Mineralium Deposita   v37 pp 61-74
Orogen Minerals Ltd  1996 - Lihir gold project: in   Extracts from  Orogen Minerals Ltd Prospectus, 1996    pp 73-81, 170-186
Petersen S, Herzig P M, Hannington M D, Jonasson I R, Arribas A  2002 - Submarine Gold mineralization near Lihir Island, New Ireland fore-arc, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 1795-1813
Richards, J.P.,  2009 - Postsubduction porphyry Cu-Au and epithermal Au deposits: Products of remelting of subduction-modified lithosphere: in    Geology   v.37, pp. 247-250.
Rutter J, Blackwell J L, Carman G D, Cooke D R, Dala K, Javati N, Johnstone R, Kikiha D, Likia B, McPhie J and O’Sullivan T,  2008 - The Character and Spatial Distribution of Epithermal Gold Mineralisation at the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: in   Pacrim 2008 Conference, 24-26 November 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, The AusIMM, Melbourne,   Extended Abstracts Volume, pp. 433-438
Sykora, S., Cooke, D.R., Meffre, S., Stephanov, A.S., Gardner, K., Scott, R., Selley, D. and Harris, A.C.,  2018 - Evolution of Pyrite Trace Element Compositions from Porphyry-Style and Epithermal Conditions at the Lihir Gold Deposit: Implications for Ore Genesis and Mineral Processing: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 193-208.
Sykora, S., Selley, D., Cooke, D.R. and Harris, A.C.,   2018 - The Structure and Significance of Anhydrite-Bearing Vein Arrays, Lienetz Orebody, Lihir Gold Deposit, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 237-270.
White, N.C., Leake, M.J., McCaughey, S.N. andd Parris, B.W.,  1995 - Epithermal gold deposits of the southwest Pacific: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.54, pp. 87-136.


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