Distribution of orogenic gold deposits in relation to fault zones and gravity gradients: Targeting tools applied to the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-126

  Bierlein, Frank P ^a,b   Murphy, Finbarr C ^c   Weinberg, Roberto F ^a   Lees, Terry ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Copper Strike Limited ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploration criteria; Geographic information systems; Gravity gradients; Multiscale edges; Orogenic gold; Prospectivity analysis; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; OROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 33646446319     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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