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| DOI | 10.25131/sajg.127.0023 |
| Factors responsible for Witwatersrand gold mineralisation | |
| Hofmann, A. | |
| 通讯作者 | Hofmann, A |
| 来源期刊 | SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1012-0750 |
| EISSN | 1996-8590 |
| 出版年 | 2024 |
| 卷号 | 127期号:2页码:271-284 |
| 英文摘要 | The exceptional gold mineralisation in quartz pebble conglomerates of the Witwatersrand Basin is attributed to a combination of factors. These factors are linked to the co-evolution of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere, at a very specific time in Archaean geological history and the evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton. Following craton stabilisation and its subaerial emergence, intense chemical weathering and erosion of large volumes of granitoid-greenstone basement released detrital and dissolved gold. Shallow-marine reworking in a long-lived and slowly subsiding basin subjected to episodic compressional deformation and relative sea-level oscillations led to sedimentary concentration of detrital gold. The interaction between acidic, anoxic, and sulfurous surface runoff and more oxidizing marine waters in a near-coastal oxygen oasis supported microbially mediated diagenetic pyrite formation and incorporation of dissolved gold in the pyrite crystal lattice. Erosion and reworking of diagenetic pyrite gave rise to detrital pyrite that characterise most reefs. Abundance of detrital uraninite in conglomerates, derived from erosion of Mesoarchaean granites, and episodes of hydrocarbon migration through sedimentary strata during deep burial set the scene for further enhancement of gold grades in the reefs. Granular and seam pyro-bitumen formed by radiation-induced polymerisation of hydrocarbons around detrital uraninite. Gold dissolved in migrating hydrothermal fluids was then reduced and precipitated upon interaction with the reef pyro-bitumen during modification. |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001292994600002 |
| WOS关键词 | WESTERN KAAPVAAL CRATON ; CENTRAL RAND GROUP ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; MESOARCHEAN WITWATERSRAND ; BLACK SHALES ; PONGOLA SUPERGROUP ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION ; TRANSVAAL SEQUENCE ; ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE ; GREENSTONE BELTS |
| WOS类目 | Geology |
| WOS研究方向 | Geology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405679 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hofmann, A.. Factors responsible for Witwatersrand gold mineralisation[J],2024,127(2):271-284. |
| APA | Hofmann, A..(2024).Factors responsible for Witwatersrand gold mineralisation.SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY,127(2),271-284. |
| MLA | Hofmann, A.."Factors responsible for Witwatersrand gold mineralisation".SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 127.2(2024):271-284. |
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