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Batu Hijau
Sumbawa, Indonesia
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2001.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Batu Hijau

    Selected References
Arif J and Baker T  2004 - Gold paragenesis and chemistry at Batu Hijau, Indoneisa: implications for gold-rich porphyry copper deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v39 523-535
Clode C, Proffett J, Mitchell P, Munajat I  1999 - Relationships of intrusion, wall-rock alteration and mineralisation in the Batu Hijau copper-gold porphyry deposit: in    Proc. Pacrim 99 Conference, Bali, Indonesia, AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 485-498
Cooke, D.R., Agnew, P., Hollings, P., Baker, M., Chang, Z., Wilkinson, J.J., White, N.C., Zhang, L., Thompson, J., Gemmell, J.B., Fox, N., Chen, H. and Wilkinson, C.C.,  2017 - Porphyry Indicator Minerals (PIMS) and Porphyry Vectoring and Fertility Tools (PVFTS) - Indicators of Mineralization Styles and Recorders of Hypogene Geochemical Dispersion Halos: in Tschirhart, V. and Thomas, M.D., (Eds.), 2017 Exploration 17: Sixth Decennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration, Toronto, Canada, October 22 to 25, 2017, Proceedings,   Geochemistry, Paper 32, pp. 457-470.
Garwin S  2002 - The geological setting of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems near the Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia: in Goldfarb, Richard J. and Nielsen, Richard L. (Ed.s) 2002 Integrated Methods for Discovery: Global Exploration in the 21st Century Soc. of Econ. Geologists, Denver   Spec. Publ. 9 pp 333-366
Irianto B, Clarke D S  1995 - The Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia: in   Proc of 1995 Pacrim Congress, Aukland, NZ AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 299-304
Maryono, A., Harrison, R.L., Cooke, D.R., Rompo, I. and Hoschke, T.G.,  2018 - Tectonics and Geology of Porphyry Cu-Au Deposits along the Eastern Sunda Magmatic Arc, Indonesia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 7-38.
Maula, S. and Levet, B.,  1996 - Porphyry copper gold signatures and the discovery of the Batu Hijau deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia: in   Porphyry Related Copper and Gold Deposits of the Asia Pacific Region, Conf Proc, Cairns, 12-13 Aug, 1996 AMF, Adelaide    pp 8.1-8.13.
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
Meldrum S J, Aquino R S, Gonzales R I, Burke R J, Suyadi A, Irianto B, Clarke D S  1994 - The Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v50 pp 203-220
Neal, L.C., Wilkinson, J.J., Mason, P.J. and Chang, Z.,  2018 - Spectral characteristics of propylitic alteration minerals as a vectoring tool for porphyry copper deposits: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.184, pp. 179-198.
Schirra, M., Laurent, O., Zwyer, T., Driesner, T. and Heinrich, C.A.,  2022 - Fluid Evolution at the Batu Hijau Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Indonesia: Hypogene Sulfide Precipitation from a Single-Phase Aqueous Magmatic Fluid During Chlorite - White-Mica Alteration: in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 979-1012.
Wilkinson, J.J., Chang, Z., Cooke, D.R., Baker, M.J., Wilkinson, C.C., Inglis, S., Chen, H. and Gemmell, J.B.,  2015 - The chlorite proximitor: A new tool for detecting porphyry ore deposits: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.152, pp. 10-26.


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