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Crustal evolution, intra-cratonic architecture and the metallogeny of an Archaean craton

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D. R. Mole

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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Current address: Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box 1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia

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M. L. Fiorentini

M. L. Fiorentini

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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K. F. Cassidy

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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C. L. Kirkland

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Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth 6004, Australia

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N. Thebaud

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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T. C. McCuaig

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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M. P. Doublier

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Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth 6004, Australia

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P. Duuring

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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S. S. Romano

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Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth 6004, Australia

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R. Maas

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School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

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E. A. Belousova

E. A. Belousova

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ARC Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia

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S. J. Barnes

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CSIRO Earth Science & Resource Engineering, 26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington 6151, Australia

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J. Miller

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Centre for Exploration Targeting, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia

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Doi:

https://doi.org/10.1144/SP393.8

Published:

January 01, 2015

Abstract

The generation of the Earth’s continental crust modified the composition of the mantle and provided a stable, buoyant reservoir capable of capturing mantle material and ultimately preserving ore deposits. Within the continental crust, lithospheric architecture and associated cratonic margins are a first-order control on camp-scale mineralization. Here we show that the evolving crustal architecture of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, played a key role in controlling the localization of camp-scale gold, iron and nickel mineralized systems. The age and source characteristics of Archaean lithosphere are heterogeneous in both space and time and are recorded by the varying Nd...

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Ore Deposits in an Evolving Earth

Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Ore Deposits in an Evolving Earth

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Geological Society of London

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393

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1144/SP393

Copyright:

Gold Open Access: This article is published under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 license

ISBN electronic:

9781862396692

Publication date:

January 01, 2015

Ore deposits form by a variety of natural processes that concentrate elements into a volume that can be economically mined. Their type, character and abundance reflect the environment in which they formed and thus they preserve key evidence for the evolution of magmatic and tectonic processes, the state of the atmosphere and hydrosphere, and the evolution of life over geological time. This volume presents 13 papers on topical subjects in ore deposit research viewed in the context of Earth evolution. These diverse, yet interlinked, papers cover topics including: controls on the temporal and spatial distribution of ore deposits; the sources of fluid, gold and other components of orogenic gold deposits; the degree of oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic ocean; bacterial immobilization of gold in the semi-arid near-surface environment; and mineral resources for the future, including issues of resource estimation, sustainability of supply and the criticality of certain elements to society.