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Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Copper Deposits in Samaenre Village, Tonra Sub-District, Bone District, South Sulawesi Province Wakila, Muhamad Hardin; Heriansyah, Andi Fahdli; Rizky Nurul Aulia; Muhaimin, Al
Cognitia : International Engineering Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Cognitia : International Engineering Journal
Publisher : Candela Edutech Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63288/ciej.v1i2.8

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Samaenre Village has supergene copper mineralisation in rocks of the Kalamiseng Formation and geographically adjacent to diorite intrusions. The mineralisation outcrops are associated with alteration that changes the volcanic rocks of the Kalamiseng Formation. Previously, research was conducted on the characteristics of hydrothermal alteration and its alteration type in the Tonra area of Bone Regency, South Sulawesi Province. However, the research did not specifically examine the types of copper ore minerals and their associations and did not determine the copper content at the research location. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of copper ore minerals, associated minerals and copperĀ  content in samples in the study area. The analytical method used in this research is first carried out megaskopis analysis to determine the physical properties of the sample. After that, laboratory analyses of mineragraphy, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) were carried out. The results of megascopic analysis of the two research samples have a fresh blue colour and a fresh green colour with a brown weathered colour, there are calcite minerals and also tend to oxidise. Copper ore minerals found based on Mineragraphy and XRD analysis are Cuprorhodsite (CuFeRh2S4), Auricuprite (Cu3Au), Tenorite (CuO), Cuprite (Cu2O). The associated minerals found based on the results of Mineragraphy and XRD analysis are Cupalite (Al5Cu5), Diopside (CaMgSi2O6), Siderite (FeCO3), and Diopside (CaMgSi206). The copper (Cu) content in samples from the study area based on AAS analysis results ranged from 0.11 % to 0.17 % Cu
Characteristics of Epithermal Mineralization in Block Jalur 7 Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Firdaus F; Malureng, Niciawati Dg; Hasbi Bakri; Wakila, Muhamad Hardin; Anshariah, Anshariah; Rizky Nurul Aulia
Journal of Geology and Exploration Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Geology and Exploration, December 2025
Publisher : CV Insight Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58227/jge.v4i2.250

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Indonesia has the potential as an area containing large reserves of gold and sulfide minerals. One of the areas with the potential to produce gold is Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province. This study aims to identify the characteristics of epithermal deposition mineralization, including texture and the presence of mineralization, to determine its paragenesis. The analysis methods used are petrography, mineralogy, and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). As many as six samples in the test well are described megascopically and polarization microscopically, which have been ground into clay-sized fractions and analyzed using the X-ray Diffraction (XRD) method to detect clay minerals and other altered mineral associations. The quartz texture present at the research location based on megascopic observations is generally dominated by saccharoidal, vuggy, mold, banded, and chalcedonic textures. The identified minerals are generally dominated by base metal minerals, with paragenesis in sequence being pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, hematite, ilmenite, and geothite. Alterations in the research area are in the form of Argillic, Silicic, Silica-Carbonate, and propylitic zones. The study's results concluded that the type of mineralization in Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi, is of the low-sulfidation epithermal type.