The Metallogeny of Lode Gold Deposits
A Syngenetic Perspective

Presents a groundbreaking formation theory for lode vein gold deposits coupled with practical exploration guidelines, incorporating widely known and accepted principles of ore deposition and showing how they apply to lode gold environments with examples based directly on the authors’ field work.

Ulrich Kretschmar (Author), Derek McBride (Author)

9780128032220

Paperback / softback, published 10 December 2015

350 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.75 kg

"... primarily for specialists in gold exploration and will certainly be of considerable interest to them. The production quality is excellent. It is well organized, clearly written, supported by many clear diagrams, photographs and tables…" --The Leading Edge

The Metallogeny of Lode Gold Deposits: A Syngenetic Perspective is a synthesis of lode gold vein forming processes, addressing the commonality in similar worldwide deposits. The book’s empirical model incorporates widely known and accepted principles of ore deposition and shows how it applies in the volcanic-sedimentary greenstone belt environment. Several chapters detail outcrop maps and photos of field occurrences and textures. The interpretations flow directly from the authors’ field work, and are coupled with analyses of underlying physical processes. Utilizing detailed geological mapping, field work, and chemical analyses as the basis of a syngenetic formation mode, the text arms readers with the tools necessary to accurately analyze and interpret new data on the subject. This includes information on decoding the significance of asymmetry in vein formation, as well as the role of lamprophyres in gold camps, how Archean geology requires integration into a lode vein formation model, and how to develop an understanding of the worldwide applicability of gold cycles to lode vein formation and exploration and how it can be applied to deposits of all ages.

1. Historical Perspective on Gold Formation Models2. Interpreting Textures in Outcrop3. Introduction to Gold Cycles4. Field Examinations in a Variety of Gold Settings in Canada: The Meguma, Nova Scotia; Chester Twp and Beardmore, Ontario; Maskwa, Manitoba, and Nugget Pond, Newfoundland5. Why Lamprophyres Have No Role in Lode Vein Genesis6. Felsic Volcanism Associated with Mineralization in the Chester Complex–Type Gold Deposits7. Understanding Hydrothermal Systems8. The Role of Structural Geology and Remobilization#9. Lode Gold Deposits: Their Geometry and Evidence for Seafloor Vent Systems10. Toward a Syngenetic Model and Vent Geometry11. Comparisons, Conclusions, Suggestions for Further Work and Application of the Syngenetic Model

Subject Areas: Metals technology / metallurgy [TDM], Mineralogy & gems [PNV]