Structure and timing of Neoarchean gold mineralization in the Southern Cross district (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia) suggest leading role of late Low-Ca I-type granite intrusions

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 67, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 205-221

  Doublier, Michael P ^a,b,d   Thébaud, Nicolas ^b   Wingate, Michael T D ^a,b   Romano, Sandra S ^a   Kirkland, Christopher L ^a   Gessner, Klaus ^a,b   Mole, David R ^b,c   Evans, Noreen ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Geoscience Australia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Fluid source; Gold; Granite; Shearing; Yilgarn

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; SHEARING;

ARCHEAN; FLUID SOURCES; GOLD MINERALIZATION; GRANITE INTRUSIONS; NEOARCHEAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN; YILGARN CRATONS;

GOLD;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEMSTONE; GOLD; GRANITE; I-TYPE ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN CROSS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84910069418     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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