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Open AccessZinc on the edge—isotopic and geophysical evidence that cratonic edges control world-class shale-hosted zinc-lead deposits
The North Australian Zinc Belt is the largest zinc-lead province in the world, containing three of the ten largest known individual deposits (HYC, Hilton-George Fisher, and Mount Isa). The Northern Cordillera ...
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Applications of Lead Isotopes to Ore Geology, Metallogenesis and Exploration
Although lead isotopes are most commonly used to date geological events, including mineralizing events, they also can provide information on many aspects of metallogeny and can be directly used in mineral expl...
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Applications of Neodymium Isotopes to Ore Deposits and Metallogenic Terranes; Using Regional Isotopic Maps and the Mineral Systems Concept
Although radiogenic isotopes historically have been used in ore genesis studies for age dating and as tracers, here we document the use of regional- and continental-scale Sm–Nd isotope data and derived isotopi...
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Open AccessLithospheric conductors reveal source regions of convergent margin mineral systems
The clean energy transition will require a vast increase in metal supply, yet new mineral deposit discoveries are declining, due in part to challenges associated with exploring under sedimentary and volcanic c...
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Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth’s earliest continental crust
Much of the current volume of Earth’s continental crust had formed by the end of the Archaean eon1 (2.5 billion years ago), through melting of hydrated basaltic rocks at depths of approximately 25–50 kilometres, ...
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Open AccessNo evidence for high-pressure melting of Earth’s crust in the Archean
Much of the present-day volume of Earth’s continental crust had formed by the end of the Archean Eon, 2.5 billion years ago, through the conversion of basaltic (mafic) crust into sodic granite of tonalite, tro...
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The Nolans Bore rare-earth element-phosphorus-uranium mineral system: geology, origin and post-depositional modifications
Nolans Bore is a rare-earth element (REE)-U-P fluorapatite vein deposit hosted mostly by the ~1805 Ma Boothby Orthogneiss in the Aileron Province, Northern Territory, Australia. The fluorapatite veins are comp...
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Crustal evolution constraints on the metallogeny of the Yilgarn Craton
Improved understanding of the evolution of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, indicates a collage of crustal fragments formed through both autochthonous and allochthonous processes. Komatiite-assoc...
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Tectonic controls on the endowment of Archean cratons in VHMS deposits: Evidence from PB and Nd isotopes
Comparison of Pb and Nd isotopes of the well-endowed Abitibi-Wawa Subprovince with the poorly endowed Eastern Goldfields Province implies that volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) endowment in Archean terrai...
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The case for Archaean boninites
Rare Archaean light rare earth element (LREE)-enriched mafic rocks derived from a strongly refractory mantle source show a range of features in common with modern boninites. These Archaean second-stage melts a...
