Geology, Mineralization, and Hydrothermal Evolution of the Ladolam Gold
The Ladolam gold deposit on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, is one of the world's largest epithermal gold deposits with a gold resource of 37 million oz. Open-pit mining commenced at Ladolam in 1997. Epithermal gold mineralization formed at <0.5 Ma and is telped upon a slightly earlier porphyry environment.