Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryTellurium, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShattered Wedge Of Basalt, Fractures, Flat-Dipping Structures
Materials
Ore mineralsColoradoite, Galena, Hessite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Krennerite, Melanite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Associated rockPyroclastic Rock,Andesite · Ba Series
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10084825
MRDS IDW700038
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.49722, 177.85072
References
DENHOLM, L.S., 1967, LODE STRUCTURES AND ORE SHOOTS AT VATUKOULA, FIJI: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, PROCEEDINGS, NO. 222, P. 73-83.LAZNICKA, PETER, 1973, MANIFILE-- THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE OF NON-FERROUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD: WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, RECORD NO. 2884, P. 560.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P47