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 …

Gold remobilisation and formation of high grade ore shoots driven by dissolution-reprecipitation replacement and Ni substitution into auriferous arsenopyrite

D Fougerouse, S Micklethwaite, AG Tomkins… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Both gold-rich sulphides and ultra-high grade native gold oreshoots are common but poorly
understood phenomenon in orogenic-type mineral systems, partly because fluids in these …

Juvenile Paleoproterozoic crust evolution during the Eburnean orogeny (∼ 2.2–2.0 Ga), western Burkina Faso

L Baratoux, V Metelka, S Naba, MW Jessell… - Precambrian …, 2011 - Elsevier
We have investigated three greenstone belts (Boromo, Houndé, and Banfora) and
associated granitoid terrains, which form part of the Eburnean orogen, situated in western …

The paleoproterozoic Ghanaian province: Geodynamic model and ore controls, including regional stress modeling

JL Feybesse, M Billa, C Guerrot, E Duguey… - Precambrian …, 2006 - Elsevier
A multicriterion approach has made it possible to propose a paleoproterozoic evolution of
the Ghanaian province and a gold-emplacement model in terms of structural control …

Two generations of Birimian (Paleoproterozoic) volcanic belts in northeastern Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa): consequences for the 'Birimian controversy'

W Hirdes, DW Davis, G Lüdtke, G Konan - Precambrian Research, 1996 - Elsevier
U Pb ages have been measured on zircon, monazite and titanite from gneiss, granitoids
and rhyolite of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian/Eburnean province in the northern Haute …

Revised Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new field and geophysical evidence of pre-Tarkwaian deformations

S Perrouty, L Aillères, MW Jessell, L Baratoux… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
Integration of regional geophysical datasets and detailed field observations provide new
insights into the paleoproterozoic structural evolution of southwestern Ghana. The study …

Geology, geodynamics and orogenic gold prospectivity modelling of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin, Ghana, West Africa

B Chudasama, A Porwal, OP Kreuzer, K Butera - Ore Geology Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes the geology and tectonics of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin,
Ghana, West Africa, as applied to predictive mapping of prospectivity for orogenic gold …

Structure, Sr–Nd isotope geochemistry and zircon U–Pb geochronology of the granitoids of the Dabakala area (Côte d'Ivoire): evidence for a 2.3 Ga crustal growth …

D Gasquet, P Barbey, M Adou, JL Paquette - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Structural, mineralogical and chemical studies show that the rocks from the Dabakala area,
previously reported as gneisses and migmatites, are in fact syntectonic granitoid bodies …

Age constraints on gold mineralization and Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution in the Ashanti belt of southern Ghana

T Oberthür, U Vetter, DW Davis, JA Amanor - Precambrian Research, 1998 - Elsevier
U Pb isotopic dating in the region of the Ashanti belt in Ghana has been carried out to
improve understanding of crustal evolution and gold mineralization in this Paleoproterozoic …

Timing and structural controls on gold mineralization at the Bogoso gold mine, Ghana, West Africa

A Allibone, J Teasdale, G Cameron… - Economic …, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Bogoso gold deposit comprises~ 20 open pits scattered along 18 km of a major fault
zone which separates Birimian Supergroup turbiditic sedimentary rocks to the northwest …