 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints on gold mineralization and Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution in the Ashanti belt of southern...southern Ghana Thomas Oberth~r a,*, Ulrich Vetter a, Donald W. D a v i s b, Joe A. A m a n o r c a Federal...Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 Ashanti Gold~elds Company Ltd, Obuasi, Ghana Received 6 February 1997; received...Abstract U/Pb isotopic dating in the region of the Ashanti belt in Ghana has been carried out to improve understanding...understanding of crustal evolution and gold mineralization in this Paleoproterozoic terrane. A U/Pb zircon |  | Allibone, A., Hayden, P., Cameron, G., Duku, F. (2004) Paleoproterozoic Gold Deposits Hosted by Albite- and Carbonate-Altered Tonalite in the Chirano District, Ghana, West Africa. Economic Geology, 99 (3) 479-497 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.3.479 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paleoproterozoic Gold Deposits Hosted by Albite- and Carbonate-Altered Tonalite in the Chirano District, Ghana, West...Supergroup rocks of southwest Ghana host numerous mesothermal lode gold deposits, including the >38 million...million ounce (Moz) Ashanti deposit at Obuasi and other multimillion ounce deposits at Bogoso, Konongo...Konongo, Prestea, Bibiani, and in the Yamfo-Sefwi region. Gold deposits of the Chirano district are localized...intrusions. Weaker alteration and subparts per million gold grades extend into adjacent Birimian mafic igneous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROBB 255 Gold mineralization in Palaeoproterozoic granitoids at Obuasi, Ashanti region, Ghana: Ore geology...South Africa. ABSTRACT Granitoid-hosted gold deposits at Obuasi are located along the eastern margin of...of the Kumasi basin, about 5 km west of the Ashanti goldfields, and comprise the auriferous Nhyiaso, Ayankyerim...These deposits represent a relatively new style of gold mineralization in the Ghanaian Birimian. The mineralization...arsenopyrite, with minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and rutile. Hydrothermal alteration minerals are dominated |  | Salvi, Stefano, VelĂĄsquez, German, Miller, John M., BĂ©ziat, Didier, Siebenaller, Luc, Bourassa, Yan (2016) The Pampe gold deposit (Ghana): Constraints on sulfide evolution during gold mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 78. 673-686 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/oregeorev The Pampe gold deposit (Ghana): Constraints on sulïŹde evolution during gold mineralization Stefano...November 2015 Keywords: Ghana Orogenic gold Birimian Ashanti West Africa Gold nanoparticles a b s t r...r a c t The Ashanti belt, a world-renowned gold producing region in southwest Ghana, has received renewed...focused on the major deposits situated along the Ashanti shear zone and in the adjacent Tarkwa Basin to...processes that control gold deposition at the regional scale. At Pampe, gold endowment has been estimated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characteristics of Granitoid-Hosted Gold Deposits in the Birimian Terrane of Ghana: A Fluid Inclusion Microthermometric...granitoid-hosted gold deposits and prospects in the Birimian terrane of Ghana, as well as from the Sansu mine (Ashanti...microspectrometry. Fluid inclusions from the granitoid-hosted gold deposits are dominated by aqueous H2O-CO2-NaCl type...kbars for the gold deposits. By contrast, fluid inclusions in the Sansu mine at Ashanti mostly comprise...inclusions from both granitoid- and shear zone-hosted gold deposits are mainly composed of CO2 (80â95 mol %) |  | Fougerouse, Denis, Micklethwaite, Steven, Ulrich, Stanislav, Miller, John, Godel, BĂ©linda, Adams, David T., McCuaig, T. Campbell (2017) Evidence for Two Stages of Mineralization in West Africaâs Largest Gold Deposit: Obuasi, Ghana. Economic Geology, 112 (1) 3-22 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.1.3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in West Africaâs Largest Gold Deposit: Obuasi, Ghana Denis Fougerouse,1,â Steven Micklethwaite...Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Ashanti Ltd., Assets Development Brownfields, 140 St George...Australia 6009, Australia Abstract The supergiant Obuasi gold deposit is the largest deposit in the Paleoproterozoic...Birimian terranes of West Africa with 62 Moz of gold (past production + resources). The deposit is hosted...of deformation at Obuasi. The D2Ob is the main deformation stage affecting the Obuasi district and corresponds |  | Ouiya, Pascal, Siebenaller, Luc, Salvi, Stefano, BĂ©ziat, Didier, Naba, SĂ©ta, Baratoux, Lenka, NarĂ©, Athanase, Franceschi, Guy (2016) The Nassara gold prospect, Gaoua District, southwestern Burkina Faso. Ore Geology Reviews, 78. 623-630 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The Nassara gold prospect, Gaoua District, southwestern Burkina Faso...Craton Boromo Greenstone Belt Burkina Faso Orogenic gold Shear zone a b s t r a c t The Nassara-Au prospect...at the southern termination of the Boromo Belt. Gold is associated with pyrite and other Fe-bearing minerals...As-rich growth zones, the latter containing gold inclusions. Gold mineralization formed during D2NA. Subsequent...related are devoid of gold. Nassara is a classical orogenic gold occurrence where gold is associated to disseminated |  | Agangi, Andrea, Reddy, Steven M., Plavsa, Diana, Fougerouse, Denis, Clark, Chris, Roberts, Malcolm, Johnson, Tim E. (2019) Antimony in rutile as a pathfinder for orogenic gold deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 106. 1-11 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.01.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Accepted Manuscript Antimony in rutile as a pathfinder for orogenic gold deposits Andrea Agangi, Steven...Roberts, T.E. Johnson, Antimony in rutile as a pathfinder for orogenic gold deposits, Ore Geology Reviews...journal pertain. Antimony in rutile as a pathfinder for orogenic gold deposits Andrea Agangi1,2, Steven...Australia aagangi@uj.ac.za Key words: Gold, antimony, orogenic gold deposit, indicator mineral, exploration...we explore the applicability of rutile as a pathfinder for orogenic gold deposits, which are an important |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distribution of gold in quartz veins and sulfide ores of the Ashanti mine and other deposits in the Ashanti belt...belt of Ghana: genetic implications Received: 28 September 1995 / Accepted: 11 June 1996 Abstract The Ashanti...belt of Ghana constitutes a gold province which has produced a total of about 1500 t of gold historically...historically. Gold mineralization is found in steep, NNE-SSW to NE-SW trending shear zones predominantly transecting...Ma), and in recent placers. The distribution of gold, its chemistry, paragenesis and mineralogical siting |  | Perrouty, StĂ©phane, AillĂšres, Laurent, Jessell, Mark W., Baratoux, Lenka, Bourassa, Yan, Crawford, Brenton (2012) Revised Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new field and geophysical evidence of pre-Tarkwaian deformations. Precambrian Research, 204. 12-39 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.01.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new ïŹeld and geophysical...2012 Keywords: Birimian Eburnean Paleoproterozoic Ghana Mineralisation a b s t r a c t Integration of regional...paleoproterozoic structural evolution of southwestern Ghana. The study area is dominated by three metavolcanic...manifested as regional scale folding in the southern Ashanti Belt. D1 synorogenic granitoids were intruded between...under greenschist metamorphic condition. Syn-D1 gold mineralisation associated with quartz veining could |  | Le Mignot, Elodie, Reisberg, Laurie, AndrĂ©-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, Bourassa, Yan, Fontaine, Arnaud, Miller, John (2017) Re-Os Geochronological Evidence for Multiple Paleoproterozoic Gold Events at the Scale of the West African Craton. Economic Geology, 112 (1) 145-168 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.1.145 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochronological Evidence for Multiple Paleoproterozoic Gold Events at the Scale of the West African Craton Elodie...Archean-Proterozoic craton of West Africa hosts numerous gold deposits, which are spatially and temporally related...multiple deformation events. The majority of these gold deposits are located along shear zones. The structural...history is relatively well established for most gold deposits, but absolute timing of the mineralization...of gold events: Nassara and Kiaka in Burkina Faso and Wassa, Damang, and Obuasi in southern Ghana. Gold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | West Africa: The Worldâs Premier Paleoproterozoic Gold Province* Richard J. Goldfarb,1, 2,â Anne-Sylvie...approximate 10,000-metric ton (t) gold endowment, is one of the worldâs great gold provinces and the largest...largest Paleoproterozoic gold-producing region. The gold resources are concentrated within the 2250 to 2000...major orebodies are best classified as orogenic gold deposit types, although there are paleoplacer and...belts, and perhaps local intrusionrelated gold systems. The gold-hosting, mainly greenschist metamorphic |  | Pigois, Jon-Philippe, Groves, David I., Fletcher, Ian R., McNaughton, Neal J., Snee, Lawrence W. (2003) Age constraints on Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 38 (6) 695-714 doi:10.1007/s00126-003-0360-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana Received: 17 June 2002...epigenetic gold-forming events are recorded in the world-class gold province of southwest Ghana. A pre-Tarkwaian...Prestea) to giant (e.g. Obuasi) orogenic gold deposits which have made the region famous for more than 2...against derivation of the palaeoplacer gold from an orogenic gold source related to the compressional phase... Instead, they suggest that the gold source was either orogenic gold lodes related to an earlier compressional |  | Allibone, A., Teasdale, J., Cameron, G., Etheridge, M., Uttley, P., Soboh, A., Appiah-Kubi, J., Adanu, A., Arthur, R., Mamphey, J., Odoom, B., Zuta, J., Tsikata, A., Pataye, F., Famiyeh, S., Lamb, E. (2002) Timing and Structural Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Bogoso Gold Mine, Ghana, West Africa. Economic Geology, 97 (5) 949-969 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.949 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Structural Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Bogoso Gold Mine, Ghana, West Africa ANDREW ALLIBONE...PATAYE, SAMMUEL FAMIYEH, Bogoso Gold Ltd, Airport Post Office, Accra, Ghana AND EDDIE LAMB Resource Service...Service Group, P.O. Box 16486, Accra, Ghana Abstract The Bogoso gold deposit comprises ~20 open pits scattered...jogs often coincide with intersecting minor faults. Gold is largely confined to the graphitic mylonite, which...east-trending folds. Approximately 75 percent of the gold extracted from the Bogoso district has been mined |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusion studies of the Abawso gold prospect, near the Ashanti Belt, Ghana Received: 9 January 2002 / Accepted:...Springer-Verlag 2003 Abstract The major Ghanaian lode gold deposits are preferentially aligned along the western...eastern contacts of the Kumasi Basin with the Ashanti and Sefwi Belts, respectively. The investigated...concession, covering the workings of the old Ettadom mine, is situated 3 km west of the lithological contact...the vicinity of the main shaft of the old Ettadom mine. Hydrothermal alteration includes sericitisation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions in quartz-pebbles of the gold-bearing Tarkwaian conglomerates of Ghana as guides to their provenance...Proterozoic Aubearing Tarkwaian conglomerates in Ghana reveal several original (inherited) pre-sedimentary...inclusions in quartz-vein type gold deposits of the Birimian Supergroup in Ghana and Burkina Faso. This type...inclusions has not been reported from any other lode-gold deposit of greenstone affiliation and is thus a...a specific characteristic for Birimian-hosted gold deposits. Therefore, it can be used as an unequivocal |  | | Book | | Ver' "\ ~~ âą THE MINERAL AND ROCK RESOURCES OF GHANA f btYON RALPH Dedicated to my parellfs for not...ISBN 90 6191 597 X paper edition only for sale in Ghana © 1985 A.A.Balkema, P.O.Box I 675, 3000 BR Rotterdam...REPUBLIC OF GHANA- GEOGRAPHY,PHYSIOGRAPHY,GEOLOGY AND GEOHYDROLOGY 6 3. THE MINERALRESOURCESOF GHANA - BACKGROUND...EXPLOITATION IN GHANA 572 12. TABLES OF SUMMARY OF MINERAL AND ROCK RESOURCESOF GHANA 577 13. LEGISLATION...590 APPENDIX 597 INDEX 602 V Preface The Ghana Geological SuJ;"vey DepaJ;"tment in 1.962, published |  | Perrouty, StĂ©phane, Jessell, Mark W., Bourassa, Yan, Miller, John, Apau, Daniel, Parra-Avila, Luis A., Le Mignot, Ălodie, VelĂĄsquez, GermĂĄn, Ganne, JĂ©rĂŽme, Siebenaller, Luc, Baratoux, Lenka, AillĂšres, Laurent, AndrĂ©-Mayer, Anne-Sylvie, BĂ©ziat, Didier, Salvi, Stefano (2016) Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana. Ore Geology Reviews, 78. 687-691 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.09.024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/oregeorev Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana StĂ©phane Perrouty a,f,â, Mark W. Jessell...earlyorogenic gold deposit located on the eastern ïŹank of the Ashanti Belt, in southwest Ghana. It is hosted...host rocks, and by deformed gold-bearing pyrite. Remobilization of this gold occurred during the late stages...associated with quartz-carbonate veins with visible gold and euhedral pyrites. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights...(Moz) low-grade orogenic gold system. Historical production is over 1 Moz of gold and current indicated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Ashanti Gold Deposit at Obuasi, Ghana Shiloh OSAE*, Katsuo KASE** and...Abstract: The gold deposit at Ashanti occurs in the Proterozoic Birimian formation of Ghana. Two main ore...types mined from the deposit are gold-bearing quartz veins, and gold-sulfide disseminations in metasediments...metavolcanics. The main sulfide minerals in the gold-sulfide disseminated ores are arsenopyrite, pyrite...arsenopyrite commonly occur in small amounts, but gold mostly occurs in contact with tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paleoproterozoic, turbidite-hosted, gold deposits of the Ashanti gold belt (Ghana, West Africa): Comparative analysis...analysis of turbidite-hosted gold deposits and an updated genetic model John Berge â JB MinQuest, ParkvĂ€gen...December 2010 Keywords: Turbidite-hosted gold deposits Graphiteâgold association InterïŹow (chemical) sediments...ïŹuids and gold a b s t r a c t The Paleoproterozoic gold deposits of the Ashanti gold belt, Ghana, occur...suggested in this article to belong to that class of gold deposits recognized as âturbidite-hostedâ. Hence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and provenance of Birimian and gold-bearing Tarkwaian sediments in Ghana, West Africa D . W . D a v i s...Strasbourg, France dTGL, State Gold Mining Corporation, Accra, Ghana Received November 16, 1992; revised...sediments in the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean rocks of Ghana. Gold-bearing and barren Tarkwaian conglomerates in...synvolcanic granitoid plutons in the Sefwi and Ashanti belts, which flank the Kumasi basin. This suggests...these results are typical of the region. Significant epigenetic gold mineralization probably began in |  | Fougerouse, Denis, Micklethwaite, Steven, Tomkins, Andrew G., Mei, Yuan, Kilburn, Matt, Guagliardo, Paul, Fisher, Louise A., Halfpenny, Angela, Gee, Mary, Paterson, David, Howard, Daryl L. (2016) Gold remobilisation and formation of high grade ore shoots driven by dissolution-reprecipitation replacement and Ni substitution into auriferous arsenopyrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 178. 143-159 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.040 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 178 (2016) 143â159 www.elsevier.com/locate/gca Gold remobilisation and formation of high grade ore shoots...February 2016 Abstract Both gold-rich sulphides and ultra-high grade native gold oreshoots are common but...to have relatively low gold solubilities and are unlikely to generate high gold concentrations. The world-class...world-class Obuasi gold deposit, Ghana, has gold-rich arsenopyrite spatially associated with quartz veins...extremely high, localised concentrations of native gold, contained in microcrack networks within the quartz |  | Milïżœsi, J.P., Ledru, P., Ankrah, P., Johan, V., Marcoux, E., Vinchon, Ch. (1991) The metallogenic relationship between Birimian and Tarkwaian gold deposits in Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 26 (3) doi:10.1007/bf00209263 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | relationship between BMmian and Tarkwaian gold deposits in Ghana J.P. Mil~si 1, p. Ledru 1, p. Ankrah z...GeologicalSurvey Department, PO Box M. 80, Accra, Ghana Received: November 14, 1989/Accepted: December 12...traditional concept of the Early Proterozoic gold deposits in Ghana i.e. gold-bearing shear zones overlain by Tarkwaian...Tarkwaian paleoplacers containing reworked gold derived from the shear-zones - needs to be reconsidered...reconsidered in the light of recent research in Ghana, the Ivory Coast and French Guiana. This research has revealed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | formed 26 between ca. 2.5 - 2.3 Ga, nearly all gold, porphyry copper, lead-zinc and sedimentary 27...distinguished by major Precambrian 30 IOCGâs, copper-gold that formed at ca. 2.1 Ga and approx. 680 Ma, and... Mineral Deposit Database highlight that gold and non-gold commodities formed in multiple 37 phases...of iron 38 ore, nickel sulphides, diamonds and gold in the earthâs crust. The pre-Eburnean or Tangaean-...EoEburnean-Eburnean I Event yielded gold, and the major Eburnean Orogeny yielded gold, 40 iron ore, manganese |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluid Source for Orogenic Gold Mineralization at the Damang Deposit, Ghana Alistair J.R. White,1,2,â ...Abstract Gold mineralization at the Damang deposit is unique among currently known orogenic gold deposits...deposits in Ghana, comprising gold hosted within metasediments of the Tarkwaian System and contained in a subhorizontal...formed during regional compression. The Damang region has an extended paragenesis involving numerous...metamorphic, igneous, and metasomatic events. Orogenic gold mineralization occurred late in the geologic paragenesis |
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