Essays about: "Yilgarn"

Found 1 essay containing the word Yilgarn.

  1. 1. The Kalgoorlie gold : a review of factors of formation for a giant gold deposit

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Wayne Fullerton; [2013]
    Keywords : Kalgoorlie; Yilgarn; gold; mineralisation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Archaean Yilgarn craton in Western Australia is a granite greenstone belt with abundant economically important mineral reserves, including several world-class gold deposits such as the giant Kalgoorlie deposit. Structural controls on gold deposition and the fact that most deposits were formed later in the craton’s tectonic history, has resulted in the general acceptance of a late-orogenic structurally-controlled model for gold mineralization in the Yilgarn craton. READ MORE