Orogenic Gold Deposits: Nature and Geological Targeting

Orogenic Gold Deposits: Nature and Geological Targeting is a one day short course to be presented by David Groves this October in Kalgoorlie W.A.  Full details of the course are presented in the brochure available here.  To register visit www.geosymposia.com.au

The course will be held at Curtin University’s WMC Conference Centre.

Course Outline

Introduction

• Global Importance and Distribution
• Common Characteristics
• Tectonic and Lithospheric Setting
• Temporal Distribution and Timing of Mineralisation
• Anomalous Settings and Deposits

Depth (P-T) Variations within Orogenic Gold Class

• Anomalous Depth Extension of World Class Deposits
• Continuum Within Sub-Greenschist to Amphibolite Settings
• Ore Fluids and Gold Deposition
• Potential Fluid and Gold Sources: Facts and Fallacies

Orogenic Gold Mineral System

• Simplified Low Strain System
• Rheological and Host Rock Controls
• Structural and Geometrical Controls: Greenstones; Sedimentary Belts; Granitic Terranes
• Common Features of World Class Deposits
• Positives and Negatives for Exploration

Conceptual Targeting In Exploration

• Need for Improved Exploration Success
• Summary Controls and Importance of Complexity/ Self-Organised Systems
• Exploration Criteria: Geological Parameters and Geophysical/Geochemical Proxies
• Integration, Critical Conjunctions and Prospectivity Mapping
• Predictive Capacity of Prospectivity Maps
• Summary Tables of Critical Parameters/Proxies at Province to Prospect Scale

The Ten Commandments Of Orogenic Gold

• Ten Important Takeaway Points from Workshop

The Presenter

David Groves received a BSc Honours (1st class) and PhD from the University of Tasmania. He joined the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1972 as Lecturer, and became full Professor and Founder and Director of the Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits (later Centre for Global Metallogeny) in 1987. His main expertise has been in orogenic gold deposits globally and temporal evolution of mineral deposits. He has been President of the Geological Society of Australia, SEG and SGA, and has been awarded 11 medals for his research, including both the Gold Medals of SEG and SGA for lifetime contributions to economic geology, and the Geological Association of Canada Medal. Since retirement, he has been awarded an honorary DSc from UWA and consulted to the gold exploration industry and investment groups on all continents, mainly for Canadian companies in Africa and Brazil. This has resulted in one significant discovery and several on-going technical successes. He has also presented workshops on orogenic gold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and UK, and on geological aspects of the business of exploration in Canada and the UK to brokers and investors.