Big Gossan

Prospect in Indonesia 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206900
MAS/MILS ID 5600370010
Record type Site
Current site name Big Gossan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 137.16569, -4.74797 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LAT/LONG IS FOR THE CITY OF APIMU. DEPOSIT AREA IS ONLY 2KM FOR THE ERTSBERG/GRASBERG EXPLORATION SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 137.16569, -4.74797

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1994

Mining district

District name Erts-Grasberg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Copper And Gold Inc (Fcx)
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
    First year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 8500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8500000mt ore
    Total resources 8500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.91 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Copper Cu 2.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, PAGE 5 "FCX UPDATES EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    ACTIVITIES IN INDONESIA". (NO DATE), SEE FILE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SEE REF. "MI" 001-002, FOR DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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