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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1967
Records and references
AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY REVIEW, FRIEDA RIVER, 1969,P.110P. 110. ANON., E/MJ, FRIEDA RIVER COPPER, P.N.G., 1972, P. 23. ANON., E/MJ, FRIEDA RIVER, 1977, P. 62. ANON., E/MJ, OCT. 1980, P. 144 AND 146. ANON., MINING ENGINEERING, FRIEDA RIVER, SEPT. 1977, P. 27. ANON., MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 3, 1977, V. 288, NO. 3718,P. 431. ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, MIM CHANGES PARTNERS, MAY 1976,P.465. ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, FRIEDA RIVER P.N.G., SEPT 1976,P. 257. ANON., WORLD MINING, FRIEDA RIVER P.N.G., JULY 1974,P. 66. ANON. WORLD MINING, FRIEDA RIVER PORPHYRY COPPER DEVELOPMENTAUG. 1974, P. 77. ANON., WORLD MINING, FRIEDA RIVER COPPER DEPOSITS, P.N.G. OCT. 1974, P. 77. ANON., WORLD MINING, FRIEDA RIVER PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECTLARGER THAN EARLIER ESTIMATED. NOV. 1977. ANON., WORLD MINING, FEB. 1980, P. 64. ANON., WORLD MINING, MAR. 1980, P. 80. DOW, D.B., SMIT, J.A.J., BAIN, J.H.C., AND R.J. RYBURN,GEOL. OF THE SOUTH SEPIK REGION, NEW GUINEA, BULL. 133,BULL PNG 4; DEPT. OF NAT. DEVEL., BUR. MIN. RES., GEO &GEOPHYSICS; 1972, P. 80-82. LORD, J. R. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE FRIEDA RIVER PROSPECT ANDTHE SURROUNDING DISTRICT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, IN THEELEVENTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICALCONGRESS, HONG KONG. MAY 1978, THE INSTITUTION OFMINING AND METALLURGY, PAPER NO. 4. PAGE, R. W., AND MCDOUGALL, IAN. AGES OF MINERALIZATION OFGOLD AND PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE NEW GUINEAHIGHLANDS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 67, 1972, P.1034-1048. TWELFTH PACIFIC SCI. CONGRESS, CANBERRA 1971, V. 1,PACIFIC SCI. ASSOC., AUST. ACADEMY SCI. RECORD OFPROCEEDINGS, P. 418. MIM HOLDINGS LTD., FRIEDA RIVER PROJECT, INFO. RELEASE,4/10/80. WORLD MINING, MAY 1977. ANDREW, R.L., PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, MINING ENGINEERING, 1/95, P.33-38. MINING JOURNAL, OCT 04, 1996, P91, "PAPUA NEW GUINEA". MIM HOLDINGS LTD., 1989 AR, P. 15. MIM HOLDINGS LTD., 1991 AR, P. 18. WELSH, T.C., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, INGEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUANEW GUINEA, (ED. F.E. HUGHES) 1990, P. 1681 - 1688. SOUTH-EAST ASIA MINING LETTER, 11/25/94, P.3,7,8.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10159186 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -4.68129, 141.74891
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