Sources of Metals and Fluids in Orogenic Gold Deposits: Insights from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand

2006 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 1525-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. K. Pitcairn ◽  
D. A. H. Teagle ◽  
D. Craw ◽  
G. R. Olivo ◽  
R. Kerrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits

scholarly journals Diagenetic pyrite as a source for metals in orogenic gold deposits, Otago Schist, New Zealand

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Large ◽  
Helen Thomas ◽  
Dave Craw ◽  
Anicia Henne ◽  
Simon Henderson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits ◽  
Otago Schist

A metamorphic mineral source for tungsten in the turbidite-hosted orogenic gold deposits of the Otago Schist, New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben J. Cave ◽  
Iain K. Pitcairn ◽  
Dave Craw ◽  
Ross R. Large ◽  
Jay M. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits ◽  
Metamorphic Mineral ◽  
Otago Schist

Contrasting Structural Styles of Orogenic Gold Deposits, Reefton Goldfield, New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 (7) ◽  
pp. 1479-1497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Allibone ◽  
Hamish Blakemore ◽  
Jon Gane ◽  
Jonathan Moore ◽  
Doug MacKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits

Contrasting geochemistry of orogenic gold deposits in Yukon, Canada and Otago, New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 150-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Craw ◽  
Jim Mortensen ◽  
Doug MacKenzie ◽  
Iain Pitcairn
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits

A metasedimentary source of gold in Archean orogenic gold deposits

Geology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain K. Pitcairn ◽  
Nikolaos Leventis ◽  
Georges Beaudoin ◽  
Stephane Faure ◽  
Carl Guilmette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Rock ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Metamorphic Grade ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Metal Source ◽  
Main Metal ◽  
Metasedimentary Rocks ◽  
Orogenic Gold Deposits ◽  
Archean Orogenic Gold Deposits

The sources of metals enriched in Archean orogenic gold deposits have long been debated. Metasedimentary rocks, which are generally accepted as the main metal source in Phanerozoic deposits, are less abundant in Archean greenstone belts and commonly discounted as a viable metal source for Archean deposits. We report ultralow-detection-limit gold and trace-element concentrations from a suite of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks from the Abitibi belt and Pontiac subprovince, Superior Province, Canada. Systematic decreases in the Au content with increasing metamorphic grade indicate that Au was mobilized during prograde metamorphism. Mass balance calculations show that over 10 t of Au, 30,000 t of As, and 600 t of Sb were mobilized from 1 km3 of Pontiac subprovince sedimentary rock metamorphosed to the sillimanite metamorphic zone. The total gold resource in orogenic gold deposits in the southern Abitibi belt (7500 t Au) is only 3% of the Au mobilized from the estimated total volume of high-metamorphic-grade Pontiac sedimentary rock in the region (25,000 km3), indicating that sedimentary rocks are a major contributor of metals to the orogenic gold deposits in the southern Abitibi belt.

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