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Mamut

Monywa

Tangse

Simuku

Phu Kam

Panguna

YanderaOk Tedi

Grasberg

Mengapur

Tapadaa

Kaputusan

Batu Hijau

Wafi-Golpu

Tombulilato

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Kodu (Ofi Creek,Mount Bini)

Koloula (Guadalcanal Joint Venture)

Frieda River

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INDONESIA

PHILIPPINES

PAPUANEW GUINEA

SOLOMANISLANDS

VANUATU

MALAYSIAMALAYSIA

FIJI

CHINA(TAIWAN)

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MYANMAR

THAILAND

VIETNAM

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INDIAN OCEAN

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Gulf of Thailand

Coral Sea

South China Sea

Java Sea

Timor Sea Arafura Sea

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Indochina Peninsula area

Melanesia

New Guinea and other islands

Indonesian and Malaysian Islands area

Porphyry copper tractsof Southeast Asia

Political boundary source: U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 115° E; latitude of origin 15° S

Figure 1. Map showing permissive tracts for porphyry copper deposits in Southeast Asia and Melanesia, grouped by geographic areas. Porphyry copper deposits (filled squares) and significant prospects (open squares) are shown; deposits mentioned in the text are labeled.

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Figure 3. Map of the principal magmatic arcs of Southeast Asia and Melanesia. Arcs that continue north into the Philippines are shown in gray. See table 2 for map key and references.

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INDONESIA

INDONESIA

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Celebes Sea

Gulf of Thailand

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Political boundary source U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 115° E; latitude of origin 15° S

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Mataram

Kupang

Batu Hijau

Bima

Ciemas

Dodo-Elang

Hulu

Pekalongan

Sabarati

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Bali

Java

INDIAN OCEAN

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Timor Sea

Banda Sea

Flores Sea

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Base from ESRI ArcGIS Online (2009)World Shaded ReliefPolitical boundary source: U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 115° E; latitude of origin 15° S

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Porphyry copper prospect

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Strike-slip fault

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Figure F3. Map showing the distribution of permissive igneous rocks, tectonic features, and porphyry copper deposits and prospects for tract 142pCu7025, Sunda-Banda Arc—Indonesia. 142pCu7025a, Java (Jawa) Island. 142pCu7025b, Bali to west Flores Islands. 142pCu7025c, east Flores to Wetar Islands.

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Base from ESRI ArcGIS Online (2009)World Shaded ReliefPolitical boundary source: U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 135° E; latitude of origin 15° S

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EXPLANATION

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Strike-slip fault

Assessed porphyry copper tract 142pCu7208

Figure R2. Map showing igneous rocks used to delineate tract 142pCu7208, Inner Melanesian Arc Terranes I—Papua and West Papua, Indonesia.

Figure V2A. Maps showing subareas and igneous rocks used to delineate tract 009pCu7210, Outer Melanesian Arc II—Melanesia. A, Solomon Islands, showing different basement “terrains” and extent of arc development (after Petterson and others, 1999). Petterson and others (1999) proposed the term “terrain” to describe the geodynamic framework of the Solomon Islands. Terrains are distinguished from one another based on geology, tectonic history, and age. The term “terrane” sensu stricto refers to fault-bounded areas that have unique geological histories. B, Vanuatu. C, Fiji.

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Hidden Valley Mbetilonga (Guadalcanal Joint Venture)

Makira Island

Bougainville

Choiseul Island

Santa Isabel Island

Shortland Islands

New Georgia Islands

Malaita

Florida Islands

Guadalcanal

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Savo

SOLOMAN ISLANDS

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Coral Sea

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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6° S

8° S

10° S

Base from ESRI ArcGIS Online (2009)World Shaded ReliefPolitical boundary source: U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 168° E; latitude of origin 15° S

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EXPLANATION

Permissive intrusive rock

Assessed porphyry copper tract 009pCu7210

Porphyry copper deposit

Porphyry copper prospect

Permissive volcanic rock

South Solomon MORB Terrain (Cretaceous basement with stage 1+2 arcs)

Ontong Java Plateau Terrain (no arcs)

Makira Terrain (Cretaceous - Oligocene basement + stage 2 arc)

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Porphyry copper prospect

Permissive volcanic rock

Base from ESRI ArcGIS Online (2009)World Shaded ReliefPolitical boundary source: U.S. Department of State (2009)Projection: Asia South Albers Equal Area Conic;Central meridian 168° E; latitude of origin 15° S

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Espiritu Santo skarn prospect area 1

Figure V2B. Maps showing subareas and igneous rocks used to delineate tract 009pCu7210, Outer Melanesian Arc II—Melanesia. A, Solomon Islands, showing different basement “terrains” and extent of arc development (after Petterson and others, 1999). Petterson and others (1999) proposed the term “terrain” to describe the geodynamic framework of the Solomon Islands. Terrains are distinguished from one another based on geology, tectonic history, and age. The term “terrane” sensu stricto refers to fault-bounded areas that have unique geological histories. B, Vanuatu. C, Fiji.