HYDROTHERMAL IRON OXIDECOPPER-GOLD & RELATED DEPOSITS

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Volume 2

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PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................1

Iron Oxide Alteration/Mineralising Systems and Copper-Gold & Related MineralisationT. Michael Porter ............................................................................................................................................................3

AUSTRALASIA ...........................................................................................................................7

The Geological Framework, Distribution and Controls of Fe-Oxide Cu-Au Mineralisation in theGawler Craton, South Australia: Part I - Geological and Tectonic Framework

Gary M. Ferris, Michael P. Schwarz, and Paul Heithersay ........................................................................................9

The Geological Framework, Distribution and Controls of Fe-Oxide Cu-Au Mineralisation in theGawler Craton, South Australia: Part II - Alteration and Mineralisation

Roger G. Skirrow, Evgeniy Bastrakov, Garry Davidson, Oliver L. Raymond, and Paul Heithersay .......................33

Structural and Geochemical Constraints on the Emplacement of the Monakoff OxideCu-Au (-Co-U-REE-Ag-Zn-Pb) Deposit, Mt Isa Inlier, Australia.

Garry J. Davidson, Brett K. Davis and Andrew Garner .............................................................................................49

The Selwyn Line Tabular Iron-Copper-Gold System, Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, AustraliaD.W.W. Sleigh ..............................................................................................................................................................77

THE AMERICAS ...................................................................................................................... 95

Fe Oxide-Cu-Au Deposits in Peru: An Integrated ViewJorge Injoque Espinoza ................................................................................................................................................97

Marcona and Pampa de Pongo: Giant Mesozoic Fe-(Cu, Au) Deposits in the Peruvian Coastal BeltNicholas Hawkes, Alan Clark and Timothy C. Moody ..............................................................................................115

The Productora Prospect in North-Central Chile: An Example of an Intrusion-Related,Candelaria Type Fe-Cu-Au Hydrothermal System

Gerry E. Ray and Lawrence A. Dick ..........................................................................................................................131

Geology of the Arizaro and Lindero Prospects, Salta Province, Northwest Argentina:Mid-Miocene Hydrothermal Fe-Ox Copper-Gold Mineralisation

Russell J. Dow and Murray W. Hitzman ....................................................................................................................153

The Geology of the El Soldado Manto Type Cu (Ag) Deposit, Central ChileRicardo Boric, Carmen Holmgren, Nicholas S. F. Wilson and Marcos Zentilli ......................................................163

Chilean Strata-bound Cu- (Ag) Deposits: An OverviewVictor Maksaev and Marcos Zentilli ..........................................................................................................................185

Magmatic Iron Ores and Associated Mineralisation: Examples from the Chilean High Andesand Coastal Cordillera

H. Richard Naslund, Fernando Henrquez, Jan Olov Nystrm, Waldo Vivallo, and F. Michael Dobbs ................207

The Epigenetic Sediment-hosted Serra Pelada Au-PGE Deposit and its Potential Genetic Associationwith Fe-Oxide Cu-Au Mineralisation within the Carajs Mineral Province, Amazon Craton, Brazil

Christian J. Grainger, David I. Groves and Carlos H.C. Costa ..............................................................................227

THE AMERICAS continued

Comparison of the Geology of Proterozoic Iron Oxide Deposits in the Adirondack and Mid-AtlanticBelt of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York

Kurt C. Friehauf, Robert C. Smith II, Richard A. Volkert ......................................................................................247

Wernecke Mountains (Yukon) Breccias and Scattered Ore Occurrences: What Contribution toFeOx-Cu-Au-U Metallogeny?

Peter Laznicka ............................................................................................................................................................253

EURASIA & AFRICA ............................................................................................................. 273

The Guelb Moghrein Fe-Oxide Copper-Gold-Cobalt Deposit and Associated Mineral Occurrences,Mauritania: A Geological Introduction

Colin D. Strickland and John E. Martyn ...................................................................................................................275

The Sin Quyen Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold-Rare Earth Oxide Mineralisation of North VietnamRobert N. McLean ......................................................................................................................................................293

Kiruna-Type Iron Oxide-Apatite Ores and Apatitites of the Bafq District, Iran, with an Emphasison the REE Geochemistry of their Apatites

Farahnaz Daliran .......................................................................................................................................................303

The Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan: Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Terrane in the Proterozoic of NW IndiaJoe Knight, Sojen Joy, Jon Lowe, John Cameron, James Merrillees, Sudipta Nag, Nalin Shah,Gaurav Dua and Khamalendra Jhala ........................................................................................................................321

A Short Review of Palaeozoic Hydrothermal Magnetite Iron-Oxide Deposits of the South andCentral Urals, and their Geological Setting

Richard Herrington, Martin Smith, Valeriy Maslennikov, Elena Belogub and Robin Armstrong ..........................343

GENERAL .............................................................................................................................. 355

Geophysics of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold DepositsRobert J. Smith ............................................................................................................................................................357

BIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................................... 369

Biographies of Principal Authors .................................................................................................................................371