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Grasberg, Ertsberg/Ertzberg - Gunung Bijih GB, Gunung Bijih Timur GBT, Intermediate Ore Zone IOZ, Deep Ore Zone DOZ, Deep Mill Level Zone DMLZ, Dom, Big Gossan, Kucing Liar
Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2023.     Record last updated: 24/04/2024
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Grasberg

    Selected References
Casten, T., Johnson, M., Zimmer, C. and Mahayasa, M.,  2020 - PT Freeport Indonesia - The transition to underground production: in Castro, R., Baez, F. and Suzuki, K., (Eds.), 2020 MassMin 2020: The Eighth International Conference and Exhibition on Mass Mining, University of Chile, Santiago,   Proceedings, pp. 23-38. doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2063_0.03.
Cloos, M.,  2008 - Grasberg Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Papua, Indonesia - Structural Setting and Hydrothermal System: in   The Pacific Rim: Mineral Endowment, Discoveries & Exploration Frontiers, Proceedings of Pacrim 2008 Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, 24-26 November, 2008,    pp. 3-6
Coutts B P, Susanto H, Belluz N, Flint D, Edwards A  1999 - Geology of the Deep Ore Zone, Ertsberg East Skarn System, Irian Jaya: in    Proc. Pacrim 99 Conference, Bali, Indonesia, AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 539-547
Friehauf K C, Titley S R and Gibbins S L,  2005 - Porphyry-Style Mineralisation in the Ertsberg Diorite, Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg/Grasberg) District, West Papua, Indonesia: in Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.2 pp. 357-366
Gandler LM and Kyle JR,  2008 - Stratigraphic Controls of Calc-Silicate Alteration and Copper-Gold Mineralisation of the Deep Mill Level Zone Skarn, Ertsberg District, Papua, Indonesia: in   The Pacific Rim: Mineral Endowment, Discoveries & Exploration Frontiers Proceedings of Pacrim 2008 Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, 24-26 November, 2008,    pp. 313-317
Kyle J R, Mote A S and Ketcham R A,  2008 - High resolution X-ray computed tomography studies of Grasberg porphyry Cu-Au ores, Papua, Indonesia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.43 pp. 519-532
MacDonald G D, Arnold L C  1995 - Factors responsible for extreme concentrations of Cu and Au in the Grasberg deposit: A comparative look at the porphyry copper systems of the Ertsberg District, Indonesia: in   Giant Ore Deposits II, April 1995 QMinEx Dept of Geol Sc, Queens Univ, Kingston Ontario    19p
MacDonald G D, Arnold L C  1994 - Geological and geochemical zoning of the Grasberg Igneous Complex, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (Abstract): in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v50 pp 143-144
MacDonald G D, Arnold L C  1994 - Geological and geochemical zoning of the Grasberg Igneous Complex, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v50 pp 143-179
Mathur, R., Titley, S., Ruiz, J., Gibbins, S. and Friehauf, K.,  2005 - A Re-Os isotope study of sedimentary rocks and copper-gold ores from the Ertsberg District, West Papua, Indonesia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.26, pp. 207-226.
McInnes B I A, Evans N J, Fu F Q, Garwin S, Belousova E, Griffin W L, Bertens A, Sukarna D, Permanadewi S, Andrew R L and Deckart K,  2005 - Thermal History Analysis of Selected Chilean, Indonesian and Iranian Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposits: in Porter T M (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.1 pp. 27-42
Meinert L D, Hefton K K, Mayes D, Tasiran I  1997 - Geology, zonation and fluid evolution of the Big Gossan Cu-Au skarn deposit, Ertsberg District, Irian Jaya: in    Econ. Geol.   v92, no. 5 pp 509-534
Mertig H J, Rubin J N, Kyle J R  1994 - Skarn Cu-Au orebodies of the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) district, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v50 pp 179-202
Park, J.-W., Campbell, I.H., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K. Cocker, H., Hao, H. and Kay, S.M.,  2019 - Chalcophile element fertility and the formation of porphyry Cu - Au deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 657-670.
Paterson J T and Cloos M,  2005 - Grasberg Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Papua, Indonesia: 1. Magmatic History: in Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.2 pp. 313-329
Paterson J T and Cloos M,   2005 - Grasberg Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Papua, Indonesia: 2. Pervasive Hydrothermal Alteration: in Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.2 pp. 331-355
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Pollard P J and Taylor R G  2002 - Paragenesis of the Grasberg Cu-Au deposit, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: results from logging section 13: in    Mineralium Deposita   v37 pp 117-136
Pollard P J, Taylor R G and Peters L  2005 - Ages of Intrusion, Alteration, and Mineralization at the Grasberg Cu-Au Deposit, Papua, Indonesia: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 1005-1020
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Prendergast K, Clarke G W, Pearson N J and Harris K  2005 - Genesis of Pyrite-Au-As-Zn-Bi-Te Zones Associated with Cu-Au Skarns: Evidence from the Big Gossan and Wanagon Gold Deposits, Ertsberg District, Papua, Indonesia: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 1021-1050
Rubin J N, Kyle J R  1997 - Precious metal mineralogy in porphyry-, skarn-, and replacement-type ore deposits of the Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) district, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: in    Econ. Geol.   v92 pp 535-550
Sulaksono, A., Watanabe, Y., Arribas, A., Echigo, T., Furqan, R.A. and Leys, C.A.,  2021 - Reduction of oxidized sulfur in the formation of the Grasberg porphyry copper-gold deposit, Papua, Indonesia : in    Mineralium Deposita   v.56, pp. 1027-1042.
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Wafforn, S., Seman, S., Kyle, J. R., Stockli, D., Leys, C., Sonbait, D. and Cloos, M.,   2018 - Andradite garnet U-Pb geochronology of the Big Gossan Skarn, Ertsberg-Grasberg Mining District, Indonesia : in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 769-778.
Watanabe, Y., Sato, R. and Sulaksono, A.,  2018 - Role of Potassic Alteration for Porphyry Cu Mineralization: Implication for the Absence of Porphyry Cu Deposits in Japan: in    Resource Geology   v.68, pp. 195-207.
Widodo S, Belluz N, Wiwoho N, Kusnanto B, Manning P, Edwards A, Macdonald G  1998 - Geology of the Kucing Liar Ore Body, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: in Porter T M (Ed.),  Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide    pp 49-60
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