Preliminary Study of Geology, Alteration and Ore Mineralisation at East Motoling Area, South Minahasa District, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Hakim, F.R. and Idrus, A. (2021) Preliminary Study of Geology, Alteration and Ore Mineralisation at East Motoling Area, South Minahasa District, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

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Abstract

The East Motoling area is one of the prospect areas in the Minahasa region of North Sulawesi, which has indications of low sulfidation epithermal-type mineralization. The research was conducted as a preliminary study to determine the characteristics of geological conditions, alteration, and ore mineralization in the epithermal system. The research method is divided into two main parts, such as fieldwork including surface geological mapping (lithology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, structural geology, alteration and mineralization) and laboratory analysis methods including petrographic analysis. The stratigraphy of the study area consists of altered volcaniclastic breccia, altered lapilli tuff, altered tuff, limestone, welded lapilli tuff, and andesitic breccia. Volcaniclastic breccia, altered lapilli tuff, and altered tuff, member of the Volcanic Rock Formation which is Late - Middle Miocene age, are the host rock for ore mineralization and hydrotermal alteration process. There are 3 types of alterations that have developed, namely argillic (illite + quartz kaolinite), sericitic (sericite + illite chlorite), and propylitic (chlorite + epidote illite). The dextral slip fault with NW - SE trend present as a main control structure to formation of extention fracture/vein. The epithermal veins are relatively north-northeast - south-southwest, north-northwest - south-southeast, and northwest - southeast. The textures of the veins divided into 7 main groups, namely that is bladed-quartz, breccia, calcedony, colloform, comb, mold, and massive quartz. Ore mineralization is forms in the veins as pyrite and banded sulfide. Apart from that, the disseminated pyrite also limitedly found around the veins. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: East Motoling area; Minahasa region; North Sulawesi
Subjects: Q Science > QE Geology
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering > Geological Engineering Department
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2024 01:50
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2024 01:50
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/3794

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