Undu

Fiji· Cakaudrove, Vanua Levu IslandUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
2.52%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1957

Overview

Massive pods and lenses, irregular pipe-like dissemination, plunges ESE at 20?-30?, represents an exhalative center. Surface gossan 750 x 50 m, underlain by thin zone of supergene ore. Possible eruptive center 500 m to the south of deposit. Island arc tholeiites.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1968

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS