A review of Cu-dominant mineral systems in the Kalatag district, East Tianshan, China

The Chinese East Tianshan is the easternmost sector of the Tianshan Mountain Range in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), and accommodates several events of magmatism, crustal growth and mineralization. The Kalatag arc is unique in the East Tianshan due to its widespread Ea...

An integrated mineral system model for the gold deposits of the giant Jiaodong province, eastern China

The giant Jiaodong gold province, with more than 5000 t of proven gold resources, is unique in that its Mesozoic gold deposits are hosted in a Precambrian basement block. There has long been debate on the source of gold, the mechanism for its extreme enrichment, and a holistic...

Accumulation of transition metals and metalloids in sulfidized stromatolites of the 3.48 billion–year–old Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton

Stromatolites of the ~3.48 billion–year–old Dresser Formation (Pilbara Craton, Western Australia) provide some of the oldest convincing evidence of life on Earth. Here, we augment previous evidence with a detailed investigation of the concentrations and distribution...

A new fluid-flow model for the genesis of banded iron formation-hosted martite-goethite mineralization, with special reference to the north and south flank deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia

The North and South Flank deposits are located on the flanks of the Weeli Wolli anticline at Mining Area C in the central Hamersley Province. Supergene martite-goethite mineralization is hosted within the Marra Mamba Iron Formation and is developed over a strike length of more...

Alkaline magmatism as a probe into the lithospheric mantle in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia