The significance of linear trends and clusters of fault-related mesothermal lode gold mineralization

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2007

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Micklethwaite, Steven

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Economic Geology Publishing Company

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Gold deposits from the Laverton region, Western Australia, form both linear trends and cluster-like distributions in map view, associated with regional-scale shear zone systems. Clusters of deposits are common, and they form 5 × 5 km domains, spaced ever

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Keywords: Gold deposits; Structural geology; Tectonics; Fault systems; Mesothermal lode cold mineralization; Seismogenic behavior; Shear zone; Mineralogy; gold; kinematics; lode deposit; mineral exploration; mineralization; ore deposit; rupture; shear zone; strike-

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Economic Geology; Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists

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2037-12-31