GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN

SULAWESI
IN RELATION TO GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Surono
Geological Agency, MEMR

OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
REGIONAL GEOLOGY
EASTER SULAWESI
CONTINENTAL TERRANES
OPHIOLITE

GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
CONCLUSION

SULAWESI LOCATED IN COLLISION ZONE BETWEEN HINDIAN-AUSTRALIA,

EURASIAN AND PACIFIC PLATES (Hall, 1996).
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INTRODUCTI
ON
TOPOGRAPHY AND
BATIMETRY OF SULAWESI
AND SURROUNDING AREA

SRTM 30 Grid 1000 meter

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GRAVITY
SULAWESI AND SURROUNDING AREA
ON TOPOGRAPHY AND BATIMETRY MAPS

GEOLOGICAL AGENCY

MAJOR STRUCTURES
SULAWESI AND
SURROUNDING AREA

(modified from Silver et al., 1983

dan Rehault et al., 1991 by
Surono et al.,1997).

EASTERN
SULAWESI

(SIMPLIFIED FROM GEOLOGICAL

PUBLISHED BY GRDC)

EASTERN
SULAWESI

CONTINENTAL
TERRANES IN
EASTERN SULAWESI
(Surono, 1996)

EASTERN
SULAWESI

TEKTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF
EASTERN SULAWESI
3 MAJOR GROUPS OF ROCKS:
1. CONTINENTAL
TERRANES
2. OPHIOLITE
3. SULAWESI MOLASSE

STRATIGRAPHY OF CONTINENTAL TERRANES IN THE EASTERN SUL

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TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF EASTERN SULAWESI

TECTONIC

OPHIOLITE

Andesitic
intrusion

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SIMPLIFIED
TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EASTERN SULAWESI

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PRE-COLLISION

MELUHU FORMATION,
(SE SULAWESI CONTINENTAL TERRANE)
As deepening sediments (river deposits to be
shallow water sediments upwards), Late Triassic
Pmag analysis: sample taken from 3,5o S resulted
20o S (about 453,75 km away from present
position) and rotated 25o clockwise. It is similar
to northern margin of Australia.
Moving rate is about 3,7 cm/year
This basin was deepening (to be deep basin) until
Cretaceous

PRE-COLLISION
OPHIOLITE
Ophiolite suite: mafic and ultra mafic
rocks covered by deep sea sediments
in places (Cretaceous-Eocene)
Pmag analysis: formed at 17o 42o S
(Mubroto, 1988), derived 1138,5 km
from present position. Moving rate 3,7
9,3 cm/year

POST-COLLISION

Extension ----block faulting

Sulawesi Molasse: clastic-carbonate sediments,
deposited in isolated basin - shallow marine
Age: Early Miosen - Pliosen

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METALLIC MINERALIZATION ZONES IN

INDONESIA

Geological16
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Nickel and iron locations in Southeast Sulawesi

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BATUAI

LOCATIONS OF PLACER
GOLD DEPOSITS

Placer gold deposit

within Quaternary sediment

KASIPUTIH

(Simplified from GRDCs maps)

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LOCATION OF PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS

IN THE SOUTHEAST ARM OF SULAWESI

Simandjuntak et al., 1992

Tmpb: Boepinang Formation

Tmpe: Eemoiko Formation
Tmls : Sandstone Member
Langkowala Formation
Tmlc : Conglomerate Member
Langkowala Formation
Km : Metalimestone
Tmpm: Metamorphics
Ku
: Ophiolite Qa : Alluvium

LANDSAT IMAG
OF LANGKOWA
AREA

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HYDROCARBON POTENCIAL IN SULAWESI

(Jablonski et al., 2007 in Setyana, 2011)
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GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
IN CONTINENTAL TERRANES
HYDROCARBON
BANGGAI-SULA TERRANE:
Source rock: Mesozoic
seds and Sulawesi Molasse
(?)
Reservoir:
Mesozoic seds and
Sulawesi Molasse
Seal:
Mesozoic seds and
Sulawesi Molasse

METALLIC MINERAL
GOLD
SE SULAWESI TERRANE &
BANGGAI-SULA TERRANE :
Gold as placer dep. in
Sulawesi Molasse &
Quaternary seds.
Primary dep. probably occur in
metamorphic & metased. due
to granitic and andesitic
intrusions

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CONCLUSION
Eastern Sulawesi composed by continental and
oceanic terranes covered by Sulawesi Molasse
Continental terrane collided with oceanic
terrane during latest Oligocene Middle
Miocene times
Primary metallic mineral (gold) could be found
within continental terrane
Nickel in ophiolite suite
Hydrocarbon potential in continental terrane

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UN SHINE IN LUWUK BEACH

TERIMA KASIH

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