| Titre | Lithospheric controls on the formation of provinces hosting giant orogenic gold deposits |
| Auteur | Bierlein, F P; Groves, D I; Goldfarb, R J; Dubé, B |
| Source | Mineralium Deposita vol. 40, no. 8, 2006 p. 874-886, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-005-0046-2 |
| Année | 2006 |
| Séries alt. | Secteur des sciences de la Terre, Contribution externe 20060435 |
| Séries alt. | Tectonics Special Research Centre, Contribution 353 |
| Éditeur | Springer Nature |
| Document | publication en série |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-005-0046-2 |
| Media | papier; en ligne; numérique |
| Formats | html; pdf |
| Province | Colombie-Britannique; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Québec; Nouveau-Brunswick; Nouvelle-Écosse; Île-du-Prince-Édouard; Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Yukon;
Nunavut |
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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 |
| Lat/Long OENS | -180.0000 180.0000 90.0000 -90.0000 |
| Sujets | gisements minéraux; gîtes minéralogiques; minéralisation; or; métallogénie; lithosphère; marges continentales; orogenèse; Archéen; manteau terrestre; basaltes; cadre tectonique; interprétations
tectoniques; évolution tectonique; géologie économique; tectonique; Précambrien; Protérozoïque; Phanérozoïque |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; histograms; cross-sections; diagrams |
| Diffusé | 2006 01 20 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Ages of giant gold systems (>500 t gold) cluster within well-defined periods of lithospheric growth at continental margins, and it is the orogen-scale processes
during these mainly Late Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Phanerozoic times that ultimately determine gold endowment of a province in an orogen. A critical factor for giant orogenic gold provinces appears to be thickness of the subcontinental
lithospheric mantle (SCLM) beneath a province at the time of gold mineralisation, as giant gold deposits are much more likely to develop in orogens with subducted oceanic or thin continental lithosphere. A proxy for the latter is a short
pre-mineralisation crustal history such that thick SCLM was not developed before gold deposition. In constrast, orogens with protracted pre-mineralisation crustal histories are more likely to be characterised by a thick SCLM that is difficult to
delaminate, and hence, such provinces will normally be poorly endowed. The nature of the lithosphere also influences the intrinsic gold concentrations of potential source rocks, with back-arc basalts, transitional basalts and basanites enriched in
gold relative to other rock sequences. Thus, segments of orogens with thin lithosphere may enjoy the conjunction of giant-scale fluid flux through gold-enriched sequences. Although the nature of the lithosphere plays the crucial role in dictating
which orogenic gold provinces will contain one or more giant deposits, the precise siting of those giants depends on the critical conjunction of a number of province-scale factors. Such features control plumbing systems, traps and seals in
tectonically and lithospherically suitable terranes within orogens. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 223060 |
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