Mine detail: Kelian Gold Deposit

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Location: Indonesia, Asia
Lat / long: -0.02063, 115.45167
dep_id: 10097328
mrds_id: SP00001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Acanthite, Argentite, Cinnabar, Covellite, Digenite, Electrum, Galena, Marcasite, Stibnite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: See Comments
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Extensive Multiphase Hydrothermal Alteration And Gold Mineralization Are A Consequence Of Andesite Intrusion. Ore Associated With Hydrothermal Breccias Located Along Andesite Contacts.
Reporter: Zientek, Michael L.
hrock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: East-Trending Belt Of Uplifted And Strongly Faulted Foreland Basement High, Approximately 100 Km Wide Extending Between Lat. 0! & 1!N And Long. 116!E And 110!E., Hydrothermal Brecciation Near Andesite Contacts
disc_yr: 1976
discr: P. T. Rio Tinto Indonesia, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Cra Limited, Australia.
References:
  • Deposit:: INFORMATION CONCERNING PROPOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT AT KELIAN, EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA, KELIAN GOLD, JUNE 1989.
  • Deposit:: UNTITLED DOCUMENT CONTAINING HARD COPY OF SLIDES USED FOR PRESENTATION.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1988, EPITHERMAL GOLD AND FORELAND FAULTING AND MAGMATISM, KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA: BMR RESEARCH NEWSLETTER 9, OCTOBER 1988, P. 4-5.
  • Deposit:: VAN LEEUWEN, T. M., LEACH, TERRY, HAWKE, A. A., AND HAWKE, M. M., 1990, THE KELIAN DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA: JOUR. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, V. 35, P. 1-61.
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