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    Controls on High-Grade Hypogene Porphyry Cu-Au Miner: MA. Hawkins? ABSTRACT ‘ion ofthe bigh pade zone ad herlatonsipsbewesn the perry copper poses at da River Frmary copper elation within the Feiss pre yy copper sem was iagoduce! during two pote ‘eaon sages and during « SCC src cloteeley) eration event, with high-grade hypogene copper ‘gcasain sling fom cuulsive contibutons of sation at Frieda River, PNG pst WNW trending nv conte aan import o- Sis foe Facurngané mira dw Furor, ack prospect exhibits the nme intasion,sroctere, ‘orl and genet in bewee ofthe Frida Rier por: ip copper prospects inde. “ras npr a sniff fal, theta sonst wi th to pospets i ia terete one lnpeinaid eye Hones Seto by lng. however aeration orton us 85155 probably a Soar mincaised ene. Kak Fra 1 Lesion Map coppe: fom te everpining hyotemal aeration and hineralison events Anavaned aileron ever Tocaly overinsihe ory alteration and miperlstan ttc eeover copper. "Theigh rade hypogsne copper snesare ot andy iste bare suc anole, Ath Hors, Wal ted Trl prospect the high-grade Zones ate cote 0 [WNW tending Srucurl corer ad atte Koki BO= 1. Cie Golo Highlnds Pete, PNO Pu ec. Staton nin Cn lk inte sa separa, but geet a tps rally reste, depos Te Ea prospects tet ‘epeted as fu placed ack of he Hose prospect. he coho awn ftom the review and et pretion of the serion td ct istry ofthe po Diy prospects were subsequent used t drive an exlo- ‘ation dling pega ihe Tra area Dring tis ro ‘gam, high-grade 1%) porphyry coperminenlstor, ‘hic has he prec! w signicant ean the ew" amis ofthe Fries River phys, as dscvee. A Though Fuhr ding regu cent edctons me Petry 2-21 wot 135 thatthe Trl ae consis mre tan 100 milan ones of mineralisation, wth copper unas grade of eer than Is Exons oe Trak na cold however lad tothe dcovery of seer unde ilen anes of igh ‘gade pony inealisaion A ramber of eer explo ‘om ages ened uring he couse of the tay rain tested. INTRODUCTION “The Finds River porpyey copper ome have & long and welldocumertedexpirson sary a fr eshte oj hisory wil ct bo repeat fre Similan understanding of early geology inte pretation fr te Frets prpyresis rovided by meron Publications, ining Bote, 1981, There nied a the Fredadposs wer conse be ry pil Sth ‘west Pai peppy copper deposits, Aton a Pinelsatin wee rele tthe Hise Muir aed sltough some igher grade ones wee ecognsed win ‘egal resource thre na ite wnesning the cio on thes sone "To eater sade: however stented tars the onic on higherarage copper mieaistion within te phy copper deposits tw Peston 22-24. 01 “The fist ofthese, conducted by Auseaian bed con na oie in Apo 1998 Tasty reo rnp coal on minerals the pep ‘ies was Sutra and encade that igh rary copper [wade reponed wo seep 8NE facie sone. Brite Met ‘ocks sch as tbe Kol Dine an homed sls woe Indie be te Best hosts af minertacon tt Hoe hd Koki ppt. ‘Quart-srcte aterton wae tough to be teat ston ype most piel sociated with nalstion nd these prospects stongh minced heen eb ‘eo, intpeed asa monzote, was fred to have fe ‘odaced mos ofthe opper and pod mizralston Di. ton co NNE weoding fle wasinfredo have cond the emplacenent ofthe harbinde neh rock, ‘Tater in 1998, Unie Stes asd consants wexking {er ighands Pcs oi Ventre Parr Cypa Anas) ounderok sts sind deeming cnr. bi tale bypogene copper minerlsain Te wrk ed thee, to propose th extence of unteoue sal rie ope ste" pops intsions tha inoduee he high-grade ninralstiona srs poi ale atuson afte man os Microdionte body. A deste he "pradutive pp il at epeen singe intusve type and re, PN Geo Entntananbing enone pil contol on the enplacemat ofthe “productive pis” were ot proposed. and me were obvious Ros the data presente ‘rove ofthese sais inde ht sever epic: calobseratons were oo apport yf odes proposed Se subsequently in 1999, ander sy Wasp LOCAL GeoLeey ria, (1981) vides inane rss within the Frid iverprospetino3 groups the Nem Doi Frieda Com ex Porplyties and Manminareapepbysie. Te porphyey [Sapper prompects sed here osc wihin he me ‘sen aged Fide Compe Five mute rok types osu inthe Frieda Compe, (Gig 3) The ole of thse fete Koki Doe Porgy (edp), with Friede Diorte Pormtyry (Fdp), Horse Mierodbonte (Bind), Kacb Dios (Kd) and Finer “Teackyilesis (Fe) tgenag ejrowesvel ommeet faut rck ype The veaive ae of te tue rocks ‘us pevouly (Biter, 1981) bee elise wi es Scoable eran y tr roevting and nue ree: ‘onsbips nd w esr enet by rome ne dating Tata inset ach sitnaperen ype enced, to coheet ining reins een fe vara i Freda Complex Porphyriesare pry cogent with ‘etors Votes (Di) vary nde sun and ‘Wogamush Sediments ands leneretet of Kak Dore ‘Snot, ads monly truth arson oe Fries Dios Pop ‘Mnerliation adalcrton witha he Hos, as and ‘Tru pogpect is end onan donate WNW (ng atic) ening stock Hind. The Hn ply nes roe ately extensive body of Fp Bata Hos also i= trades Wogamsh Sedimem and rarely Kp. Debom Yolenie overtie the Manks and topography higher margins ofthe deposits particu tbe an ad Truk teas, At Kok inetion and sera i asocited ‘whe margins of elongate WNW vending popes of nd and extends ouwars fr sven ens of ees int Kap ehoresed Wogamush erent. The matow ape- pines of tind exponed src spprely cole {Eph At Eka, Hd and orl ae the pres hat fr high-grade primary mines, Notre ska minerafaton war oe win te Fis porphyry copper system. Rocks prvi interpreted at “xdoa for examples Ek steerer nfs Kep hat fas been mines eng te po Py coper ever, “The "pect prphyris” recognised by previous workers ae nhs ty ered pia Freda Com ‘lx porpries (inte composi) Ua ve ong ‘Sinan overpint Mol analysis f some of fess rocks ry ieloelte or monzonticonpeionshowever te ‘romey more eli are of tha rosks i cearyr- Pe Sosy ctmter anny Cones ue to chemical an mie! cans dives by poe: sy coper san. That the composition of he ck feehted to miner lazodued i the rok daring hy Sothemalatertion. Aleton Isao eesti oor ented or the so-alled “proditive porphyry”, Fur ‘nore sme ofthe"pducive porphyie eid ype {ot SRI and Pawlowski 1998) recom elude iis witha Hd and therefore pote seration and inet, LOCAL STRUCTURE Each of he port proses is dissected by nowheast, (XE) to nord othe (NNE) ening ls, wick tally dip 60 10 80 degres to the outa The note ‘bd sour ofthe prospect andthe conn been Hd and Pap ae of dined by sly dipping ee wees (EW) trending normal fasts. Within the man neal ones, high-pde pars f the deposi ae Np faly sociale wit orogiabe sone of fang and Searing which wend WNW and dip ey nr, Nora tending el infeed by carter wakes econo high-grade mieralbatn, re inert in is ‘ody epost mir! srstts They clearly erosscat nd Aispicemineasaton ad uration Boundaries and ae, ith the exception of some secondary lcs i some Teestons,tuen Pyrite commonly note! within nd jszent tothe fle however thin nro nga vanced arilic alteration vent which veri the por the Hue, Kol nd Boa prapct rs the not cast rending fue ae often labded by post ine Flim Trahyundeste dyes. Thee dyer ae etely tonal my inulin conse dlaton of ter Source grade in psf te Horse, Eka ed Koki depos “The NE wending fas exhibit movement tha i pr ominanty sista, however sone fauls show a dexeal Sense of ovens. Appice sie sip movement of ‘ees of 100 mets ite, however on mont NE en ing sructures te infeed ike slip sovernes ely ‘ew tens of mets, Some conponeato slip novenent Is also sugested by outrop pats but displacement i tunikely exceed fe ens of mes. ‘WNW tending and sep dipping srucres are com- ‘mon trou the poriyy copper depois, bu ae par lory noteworthy tte Taal, Horse and Truk! pot sts Ther apparent pasty at Kok ry be in pat eo the incor ere end a is prospect only selec fore is avaiable fr mest hls) and Be fat hat os. ‘ing tas been conducted subpar os suc te ‘Alleaon intensity and mineratiaton on ieee within WNW gonding sears and at deptssome of em hve composite hyrutennl nd etn bea Os. Concisve timing of the WNW scree pole by tse Cpe ng $a a ree Se Sanam ae =, a iSthecnscres Seer engerren a ime, leno ie peaxreray — far —- S06 fareapeb-tae] Gea faa (en omen | ea pomerens eames | reagees | adam ren eee gegen FOP Face Doct Pty) form ven oct) e [eee RDF (kaa Cio Porphonyy ee ene — aa ga rian, i Phe See oes bsretion feast and matrix compton ad aan In these breccias, ad this inate bee fomaton el ively ely inthe slleabonparagenesi and syelronos ‘wd eer Keldspar or SC aeration. Sens of move Tren inden area bu bert fuori "kere winsome af the NNW tulsa ones iets at east some componsnt of sik sip movement. However where WAW fl and shes farm the contact beeen Fp an Hid. hey mainly sow nora dp sp In alien to te fal ste dase above, suice ‘mappag borne EM and dil oe intepettin ind fates the posece af je f(a Fal) wich Truncas the sorters lm of Tras mieratiaton and jontaposes ito the aorin-wesere pat of the fa Imeaston-Rockreltionsip are awever ber the song vanced arilc event spatially saat with this structure: The Ive F rineaisnion ALTERATION ‘Aa slurationparagenesis i preset a Tle and Fig tees Sand thw tbe deriboton of etion within the 18 Petey 22-240 20} prompt sa. Reece to thee ines tht he Finds Ppbiry copper depots exhibit multe red hyo- "hem alteaon tat stypcl Of porhyy soppe depos is trough the outh-weat Pie repon Tae aerion élessifction heen however departs fom tat peste by the morerecet waren tb perhy copper depo "The os reset sty shows hat he Ped poriee approxima th model of Site sad Gappe (198) aed ‘heal csifetio wae deve alowing econ on of sabe aeration mies eelagy, Recognition of tase essomblgss hen allowed sand everprining ‘trata be applied ards paragenati equnce be de fermined. This tesnlvel uch ofthe outwardly complex Fred alert ssc imo Simple zoned model, ith overpining stages ler defied, Song othe page: ‘Siraln gave sig othe ming of and contols a, Seppe and golémeristion within te porpyy cope ‘epost A model for he Frida River porphyre pe seed as Figure 5. Five porphyry copper eed leon ssebags wee scape The wre temed n'y poase, propyl ke [espar psi, SCC see clone) an ple segile. Av overitingadenced agile seration Alb recognised. Pv Gena Sesenanahtnny Caters seen anit fs eae, AY 2. ran ‘4 TRUKAI PROSPECT ies Zz Fant TRSeSo Pa aay 2-24. 2084 10 Mase © IP (overprints Porphyry pang ovetrine SiR cra SeeigScC pt Koparte | Pte Porphyry Prope | Tier oped Seat / woRsexkox Fr, $- Fria Porpiy The ets porphyry capper relat! hyothrmal l ‘cain events are cated onthe Horse Mion stacks ‘nd corre am mer potas sone surounded By propylite aeration Early Potase(iottemaguetite) Aeration ‘Theiner posi une i vaisbly deeb bat wiespead Throughout te Hind Atos and Trak ore engl Aeveloped toward te cena axis ofthe WNW tending ockand nul extends orany great ditnce beyond td. ‘Ar Horse and Kel itis fen developed bout sane cure ‘oan canbe moe stonly devloged ward te a bins oF Hid ad ie the immediate ceatyvock which ines arly pois alrtn eharactesied byte presence tssondy be, mete que dead rtleleag ‘th perinatal, lester wip v= let isons ineralaaton of copy, bon and gol slong with magnetite batiea anya ange ‘Where presen, assorted quar veins are spzlly Weck heer sacha se pes, Ven slag ae st- {ly pouty developed nd win wal ry engines, esntve, berth sero ine tend peu tarph pay seals, Be ad meget oem 1 Panne, 2-240 2001 phism ofomblnde phenoeryssis the mostcommon man Fenton oft fre fatto, Woes ery possi a teeton i stony developed however te musi of te rook canbe alred completly very feared sey ie, wih ingrown very faerained wip of magne tte Close examination ofthese species revels mac of the sey bot and magnet elated w aver of micrfcties nd that also occu ela, patched ‘eines This secondary bite is clearly + hjdoteral ieration product nd ot "ite map alin a etn previous workers ‘Teaional and peripheral to the ery pase sean {s rpylcaluraton Thi ix charred by src, cate td epidte aera wih esr bu highly ic ‘he amount of quar exons, clay (assy sects) {aerate Propyiticallraton nds presen pry ‘ook texts and lpr re fen very ech ith nse ‘kon of eysuls well prserved. Primary mai minerals ar often peudomopd chloe however sae hand ps: ‘men stidy can reveal relics ofthe precuser mine Propylte alteration Is typically basen of copper mineralisation but may be associated with igus rout of derail pit. aceon Ean ante ata ‘Quart vein types i proplie stention grade fom ran to aed sk and sash sam type in {he ine one wo om ye eis ithe outer reaches of thi aenion pe, feldspar Quarts Pte Alera COsepinting he early potsic(Bste-mapnete) and Dpropyiic alteration evens i aot possi aeration ‘ren Ties chanctise by a ton mite of fs Sar, gor uscois aah ab maps o ems {he Vea eioralstion comprises cane, else, a dete, mapntie or hema pyrite chalcopyrite oly ‘ited gol. Veins ae yay gmt oe pes, ‘ih borne wispy or spidey velo The Iflapar quire ots eration event has © more esice oecence thn the alae pti er ‘ton event In paca, within he al el Tuk de oss sommoniy sociated wi oes of hare ‘al recon or asec wit WNW tending and Sep ding sees ely ip rom Ryser tl brecen These recto clr evden forma. ‘Son afer th ial pousc alten (bote-magnetie) ‘pent AtKok. flispvquarzaesionsatively wore ‘Sundin and ean be obeeved within zines that ane ‘hve atustr afin Intheseares however, en iy ir fypiealy lower than shewhere and aarocated Feelin intl por evdaped abet "Tne kfeleprpomseaeraon event cus sos within of immediately acento te Hose Mictodorte Input Tra prospect howe itexteeds some di tance beyng the Hngandoverpanspopliealet Fp. dot Roa extends sve of mes note KOE “Two principal fom ofk-felésparpomssc aetna sed The fis compris Keflipr-ata-aphie ‘eins with aro vein selages. Vans and shag a8 ona sipfcar hlcopyre aad ore and contrat ‘eifeanly oth nor ofthehot ck. eer el revue Boog ofthe oks iste. This ents the recyallantion of pinay rove lene ada ex treme examples, complete repacemst of precise miner tle bya vey fne mate of gran elspa ad qua ‘Rocks ths Model with ep nd quar rin ile lth vir tx and ave ably or sch ap ‘pearance where inet shaped lef ender ‘itera aration ae abs [SCC (erete-ehloritecay) Alteration ‘overining both potasicakeraons, aed a laser ex tent propyi teration, sth SCC aera even This Feohaneteried yan ateran assemblage of sree ‘i nd sy, wit eer amount ofcatort, rl nd Sure, Anos calorie and rite mieaission ‘pically hed within comb ein ae cts along wi ‘hare an cle sungue. SCC alain was previous PN Gases. aeatonaa Mong Orne confid wt propyie ertion Weak SCC altri is relatvely widespread tha ou the upper pat of the [aa depos, bowever tong, parsive SCC developments srry contol nd "eked 0 dicre WNW trending ner verte doris ‘hin Hd. Thee derains pial play sone ac ‘uring thes, onan abana eins and ae ie ‘ise previously ert as structs which Wee = {ve before and ding the SCC eration event ‘Wabi te Hore pospest SCC sot wide deelped inthe lan prspet, however some song SCC tne ‘hin and ajcet 1 sates smart those at aa fe noted. As t Il, SOC development styl Sic wo win oneal adjacent the Fd "AEKoh! an hws SCC developments realy ld spread bt weakly Sevoope, trout the Hin Paces sfetange SCC development ae note toad fe mars fd andoxtvard forth comserseme se meee. ‘Song SCC alteration dexioys preexisting rock tex tues an this coupled wih th pill seared nate at the oat ock ofan makes determination of eater ar onan rary rock ype dil However song SCC ‘mostly developed over ali posse tte magnetie) ‘hesion in Hind. Furermore song zones of SCC ae ftom can ocaroaly(jpecily in Tat oe Tnal b> traced doom dip into hyotermal resin zones whi ich he feepar a usr ptaicakeron Prom ‘en Ths spt elatonsip suggests that he WNW tend ing srctres conifer SCCad fle ssrguar aenon a th! heres pops a wasion pip rom keer damit wo SCC dominated ae Phyl Arie Alteration Spoadclly evening SCC, pose snd propia. aoe ia pyle aeration hiss characters ty le, alin, anit a enboote wi anointed mb von of ear, aya, carbonate, aon nd pyrite. Pylicarlic allan inher song deve oped nor widespread thoupont he prospec ae andi tne sce tha he ase nr ofthe Hst ks st Dresuded thefomaton Of pest prey pial Phyl sags however sometimes form acent quae feldspar venls and within Tea and I, ‘iylicaeraonosctsonly develope whines ‘Gace rca zones ft cont development of Seong SCC and Kfeldspar potriateraton Here pic se ‘tion ie pofrenialy developed over Kfar Mooded ‘nok and development of sere dined psc ae ton ater han tere SCC alteration hugh ‘che predominance of feldspar inthe recur ale son aiebloge. Tis contention is suppor by te ob evo hares ofbaitemagoeie died wck win ‘he kfelrpr fended hat show pial SCC alton ‘seblages wheres the surounding eas srt dom Petry 2:24 208 1 rato and conins a crite “rat aplication i so gute rar. par fhe prospec ae, ey development ue esupergene wet Ing an aid ieaching rom rsh of ye hs on eviowly sled a beng hypogean nd thea Tal re, an nel advent ‘pili aeration has on ben mitted spor ‘elite pic aeration, Advanced Arie Alteration (no perp rated) ‘Theadvaned aie aeration (AA) ren overs or. vy red eration, Advantage arto i ep Fest, rom deeper to shallower lel ada Ne ‘erik, quaeiltepyete dhiesmettsaoinieccie: Prophlite, alante-aies and vagy and msnive sien The overnting relationship with pyr aeration i eal eSubshed nd caret laguinsofen eae ete rinaon of tbe undrying ory ation Spe "The advanced alc ever smo stony devel opsdon he agi he al and Taka prope, yar ‘aay he topographically higher Nan. ei omer ally absent athe Horse en of be proses and thi pr apsa fnctin otherelatel dese eon velar ome, 2s be base ofthe advanced agli alention erst ave {Cast some tepogapie cml. Te derbi of ad: ‘anced arilictetne i alse in pt cooled by th rominot NE vending ul ta inet he depois Ad ‘anced aii leon ses tbe preferential eve pee along some a thse sractrs an peo grester ‘pins than asa! dova ese set Immednely jr! toa and Ta, AA aeration ie mot pil epee bythe asemblage quart Iepyrte(QIP This commonly aexture dsiucive slates ad ean be chris by tical 50%)

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