Sapphire & Moresby King Mines

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158843
MAS/MILS ID 6040250006
Record type Site
Current site name Sapphire & Moresby King Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.31881, -9.4776 (WGS84)
Elevation 150

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.31881, -9.4776

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 274M
    Width 213M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 9000mt ore
    Demonstrated 9000mt ore
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Minor 1977
    Gold Au 88 g/mt Gold Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE WELL SHOWN, THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR MORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, K.R. & DEFERRANTI, R.Z., 1967, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

    PORT MORES BY KEMP WELCH AREA, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA; REPORT NO.

  • Deposit

    REPORT PNG 1; DEPT. NATIONAL DEV., BUR. MIN. RES., GEOL. & G

  • Deposit

    PHYSICS, P. 60.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-1991 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.