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Ok Tedi
Papua New Guinea
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1997.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Ok Tedi

    Selected References
Arnold G O, Griffin T J  1978 - Intrusions and porphyry copper prospects of the Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v73 pp 785-795
Davies H L, Howell W J S, Fardon R S H, Carter R J, Bumstead E D  1978 - History of the Ok Tedi porphyry copper prospect, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v73 pp 796-809
Hettler J, Irion G, Lehmann B,  1997 - Environmental impact of mining waste disposal on a tropical lowland river system: a case study on the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea: in    Mineralium Deposita   v32 pp280-291
Large, S.J.E., von Quadt, A., Wotzlaw, J.-F., Guillong, M. and Heinrich, C.A.,   2018 - Magma Evolution Leading to Porphyry Au-Cu Mineralization at the Ok Tedi Deposit, Papua New Guinea: Trace Element Geochemistry and High-Precision Geochronology of Igneous Zircon: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 39-61.
Orogen Minerals Ltd  1996 - Existing Projects - Ok Tedi: in   Extracts from  Orogen Minerals Ltd Prospectus, 1996    pp 87-89
Pollard, P.J., Jongens, R., Stein, H., Fanning, C.M. and Smillie, R.,  2021 - Rapid Formation of Porphyry and Skarn Copper-Gold Mineralization in a Post-subduction Environment: Re-Os and U-Pb Geochronology of the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v.116, pp. 533-558. doi:10.5382/econgeo.4799.
Rush P M, Seegers H J  1990 - Ok Tedi copper-gold deposits: in Hughes FE (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 14, v2 pp 1747-1754
van Dongen M, Weinberg R F and Tomkins A G  2013 - Grade Distribution of the Giant Ok Tedi Cu-Au Deposit, Papua New Guinea: in    Econ. Geol.   v.108 pp. 1773-1781
van Dongen M, Weinberg R F, Tomkins A G and Armstrong R A,  2008 - Timescale of forming a giant porphyry copper-gold deposit – Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea: in   The Pacific Rim: Mineral Endowment, Discoveries & Exploration Frontier, Proceedings of Pacrim 2008 Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, AusIMM, Melbourne,    pp 397-400


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