Fatoni Adyahya/ICG 2015

Petrology and Alteration of Lari Mountain in Arinem Area, West Java,

Indonesia
Fatoni Adyahya* , Euis T. Yuningsih and A. Hardiyoni
Faculty of Geology, University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
*

Fatoniady@gmail.com

Abstract
Lari Mountain is located in Garut region, West Java, Indonesia. As a part of the Arinem deposit. Arinem deposit is
epithermal low-intermediate sulfidation with Au-Ag-base metal mineralization with the approximate reserver are 12,5
ton Au and 91,4 ton Ag. This Mineralization was resulted from Arinem and Bantarhuni veins with realtively northwest
southeast direction. These veins hosted by Oligocene Middle Miocene Jampang formation volcanic rocks. The
formation consists of andesitic tuff, breccia, and lava. The younger Pliocene Pleistocene volcanic rocks was covered
this formation.
Petrology and alteration studies has been undertaken from the outcrops of Lari mountain region. Lari mountain is an
northern most of the Arinem and Bantarhuni veins. This research was held using thin and polish sections analyses,
then the result was correlated with the XRD data to gain interpreted of lithology and alteration types in the area. The
type of the alteration were determined according to the alteration minerals assemblage which found in the rock
samples. This research will dtermine the characteristics of Lari mountain comparing to other region in Arinem deposit.
Keywords : alteration, epithermal, Lari Mountain, petrology.