The timing and provenance record of the Late Permian Klondike orogeny in northwestern Canada and arc‐continent collision along western North America

LP Beranek, JK Mortensen - Tectonics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The northern Canadian Cordillera exhibits coeval accreted arc, subduction zone, ocean
basin, and continental margin assemblages that make the region an exceptional place to …

The role of competitive fluid-rock interaction processes in the formation of high-grade gold deposits

L Petrella, N Thébaud, K Evans, C LaFlamme… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Although forming one unified class, orogenic gold deposits may be associated with a range
of ore mineral assemblages controlled by a variety of gold deposition processes that have a …

Styles of lode gold mineralization contributing to the placers of the Indian River and Black Hills Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada as deduced from microchemical …

RJ Chapman, JK Mortensen, WP LeBarge - Mineralium Deposita, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Between 1978 and 2009, approximately 430,000 oz of placer gold were obtained
from the Indian River and Black Hills Creek, which equates to roughly 20% of the production …

The use of property-scale portable X-ray fluorescence data in gold exploration: advantages and limitations

DC Arne, RA Mackie, SA Jones - Geochemistry: Exploration …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
This study examines field portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) data for unsieved B-and C-
horizon soil samples from two contrasting Au exploration programs in northern Canada and …

The origin and hydrothermal mobilization of carbonaceous matter associated with Paleoproterozoic orogenic-type gold deposits of West Africa

B Kříbek, I Sýkorová, V Machovič, I Knésl, F Laufek… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
The chemical and physical properties of carbonaceous matter (CM) were studied in
Paleoproterozoic metasediment-hosted, orogenic-type gold deposits in Burkina Faso (the …

Synmetamorphic carbon mobility and graphite enrichment in metaturbidites as a precursor to orogenic gold mineralisation, Otago Schist, New Zealand

A Henne, D Craw - Mineralium Deposita, 2012 - Springer
The Macraes orogenic gold deposit is hosted by a graphitic micaceous schist containing
auriferous porphyroblastic sulphides. The host rock resembles zones of unmineralised …

Lithologically controlled invisible gold, Yukon, Canada

D MacKenzie, D Craw, C Finnigan - Mineralium Deposita, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The newly discovered Cretaceous Coffee orogenic gold deposit (> 4 Moz resource)
consists of an extensive oxidised zone developed on primary sulphidic rock. The primary …

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

D Craw, J Mortensen, D Mackenzie, I Pitcairn - 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Yukon-Tanana Terrane (YTT) of western Yukon Territory in NW Canada and
Otago Schist belt (OSB) of South Island, New Zealand share similar geological evolutionary …

Placer gold microchemical characterization and shape analysis applied as an exploration tool in western Yukon

TM Wrighton - 2013 - open.library.ubc.ca
Western Yukon is underlain by metamorphic, extrusive and intrusive rocks that are
associated with a variety of orogenic, epithermal and porphyry-style mineral occurrences …

Concepts and revised models for Phanerozoic orogenic gold deposits

JK Mortensen, D Craw, DJ MacKenzie - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Existing published models for orogenic gold deposits (OGDs) do not adequately describe or
explain most deposits of Phanerozoic age, and there are numerous reasons why …