A geodynamic model for the Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.27–1.96 Ga) Birimian Orogen of the southern West African Craton–Insights into an evolving accretionary …

M Grenholm, M Jessell, N Thébaud - Earth-science reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents an updated geodynamic model for the 2270–1960 Ma Birimian Orogen
in the southern West African Craton (sWAC), which form part of a large accretionary …

Paleoproterozoic gold events in the southern West African Craton: review and synopsis

Q Masurel, A Eglinger, N Thébaud, A Allibone… - Mineralium …, 2022 - Springer
The southern part of the West African Craton includes the Baoulé-Mossi Domain, the world's
premier Paleoproterozoic gold province (~ 10,000 metric ton gold endowment). Structural …

West Africa: The world's premier Paleoproterozoic gold province

RJ Goldfarb, AS André-Mayer… - Economic …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
West Africa, with presently an approximate 10,000-metric ton (t) gold endowment, is one of
the world's great gold provinces and the largest Paleoproterozoic gold-producing region …

Rheological Context of Emplacement of the Dori, Gorom-Gorom and Touka Bayèl Granitic Plutons (Northeast Burkina Faso, West African Craton)

AO Yaméogo, P Ouiya, AS Traoré, S Sawadogo… - Journal of African Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reconstitution of the geodynamic processes of the Eburnean orogeny in the time span
around 2.1 Ga in Dori area is here carried out through the examination of the internal …

Re-Os geochronological evidence for multiple Paleoproterozoic gold events at the scale of the West African craton

E Le Mignot, L Reisberg… - Economic …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Archean-Proterozoic craton of West Africa hosts numerous gold deposits,
which are spatially and temporally related to the Eburnean orogeny that took place between …

The Paleoproterozoic copper-gold deposits of the Gaoua district, Burkina Faso: Superposition of orogenic gold on a porphyry copper occurrence?

E Le Mignot, L Siebenaller, D Béziat… - Economic …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Gaoua mining district, underlain by Paleoproterozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks of the
Boromo-Goren greenstone belt in southern Burkina Faso, is a rare case where economic …

Multistage gold mineralization in the Wa-Lawra greenstone belt, NW Ghana: The Bepkong deposit

PO Amponsah, S Salvi, B Didier, L Baratoux… - Journal of African Earth …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Bepkong gold deposit is one of several gold camps in the Paleoproterozoic Wa-Lawra
greenstone belt in northwest Ghana. These deposits lay along the Kunche-Atikpi shear …

Relationship between regional deformation and the emplacement of the Dibilo pegmatites (Liptako, West Niger)

Y Ahmed, SA Attourabi, MM Hallarou, LI Chamsi… - Journal of African Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Dibilo pegmatites outcrop in the Paleoproterozoic Tera-Ayorou pluton, in the Niger
Liptako area (NE portion of the Man shield of the West African Craton). The main objective of …

Intrusion-related affinity and orogenic gold overprint at the Paleoproterozoic Bonikro Au–(Mo) deposit (Côte d'Ivoire, West African Craton)

Q Masurel, N Thébaud, A Allibone, AS André-Mayer… - Mineralium …, 2019 - Springer
The Bonikro gold deposit and satellite Hiré open pits are located at the southern tip of the
Oumé-Féttékro granite–greenstone belt in Côte d'Ivoire. Country rocks in the region have …

The Belahourou granite pluton (Djibo greenstone belt, Burkina Faso): Emplacement mechanism and implication for gold mineralization along a shear zone

S Sawadogo, S Naba, H Ilboudo, AS Traoré… - Journal of African Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Belahourou granite pluton (BG pluton) is a magmatic body that belongs to the Djibo
greenstone belt, north Burkina Faso. Calc-alkaline in composition and 2132±4 Ma in age (U …