| Title | A special issue on Archean magmatism, volcanism and ore deposits: Part 1. Komatiite-Associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide and greenstone-hosted Au deposits, preface |
| Author | Mercier-Langevin, P; Houlé, M G; Dubé, B; Monecke, T; Hannington, M D; Gibson, H L; Goutier, J |
| Source | Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists vol. 107, no. 5, 2012 p. 745-753, https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.107.5.745 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20120033 |
| Publisher | Society of Economic Geologists |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Area | World; Laurentia; Africa; Amazonia; Baltica; West Africa; Canada; Australia; India; China; Russian Federation; Congo |
| Lat/Long WENS | -180.0000 180.0000 90.0000 -90.0000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; Archean; magmatism; volcanism; igneous rocks; greenstone belts; komatiites; mineralization; nickel; copper; platinum; sulphides; gold; mineral occurrences; mineral deposits; resources;
Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; pie charts; schematic diagrams |
| Program | Mafic-Ultramafic Ore Systems, Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) |
| Program | Gold Ore Systems, Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) |
| Released | 2012 08 02 |
| Abstract | The Archean, which represents more than a third of Earth's history, contains some of the largest and richest ore deposits of the World. Numerous cratons of variable size and age have been mapped (Fig.
1) and others are still being discovered or delineated thanks to the widespread use of highly-precise U-Pb geochronology. One of the specific characteristics of Archean cratons is the coexistence and juxtaposition of different and major styles of
mineralization (Robert et al., 2005), most particularly magmatic (komatiite-hosted) Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposits, Cu-Zn-Au-Ag-Pb volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, and greenstone-hosted Au deposits of different styles and ages.
The
objective of this special issue is not to discuss the differences between Archean and younger metallogenic processes or secular changes as it has been done in great detail elsewhere (e.g., Kerrich et al., 2000; Groves et al., 2005a, b; Kerrich et
al., 2005; Goldfarb et al., 2010; Huston et al., 2010; Naldrett et al., 2010); it is rather to contribute to a better understanding of some of the metallogenic and associated processes that were active at the Archean and that have implications on
genetic and exploration models. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 291395 |
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