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The significance of linear trends and clusters of fault-related mesothermal lode gold mineralization

Date

Authors

Micklethwaite, Steven

Publisher

Economic Geology Publishing Company

Abstract

Gold deposits from the Laverton region, Western Australia, form both linear trends and cluster-like distributions in map view, associated with regional-scale shear zone systems. Clusters of deposits are common, and they form 5 × 5 km domains, spaced ever

Keywords

Keywords: Gold deposits; Structural geology; Tectonics; Fault systems; Mesothermal lode cold mineralization; Seismogenic behavior; Shear zone; Mineralogy; gold; kinematics; lode deposit; mineral exploration; mineralization; ore deposit; rupture; shear zone; strike-

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39358

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Economic Geology; Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.2113/gsecongeo.102.6.1157

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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