| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 6 The MineralDepositsand Metallogenesis of the Fiji Platform HOWARD COLLEY * Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen... The Fiji platform has a thick, youthful crust of ensimaticorigin. Stratigraphy within the Fiji islandsindicatesa...late Miocene tectonic event. Mineral depositsin Fiji includevarioustypesof massivesulfide;manganeseores;...Plioceneage. Nearly all the major mineraldepositsin Fiji are associated with theserocks. Volcanic and structuralfactors...orogenyand deepfracturing of the Fiji platform--factorsof fundamentalimportanceto Fiji mineralization;however,a | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Characteristics of the Tuvatu Gold-Silver Telluride Deposit, Fiji: Comparisons with the Emperor Deposit NANCY L. SCHERBARTH*...of 13 t Au is the second largest gold deposit in Fiji after the large Emperor gold telluride deposit (production...occur along the >250-km east-northeast–trending Viti Levu lineament. They are spatially associated with alkaline...groups) spatially related to the Viti Levu lineament in northern Viti Levu. Introduction THE TUVATU ore system...systems in Fiji, the other two are the Emperor (Ahmad et al., 1987; Begg, 1996) and Mt. Kasi (Turner, 1986) |
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