Tectonic environment of shale-hosted massive sulphide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Proterozoic northeastern Australia

Betts, P; Giles, D; Lister, Gordon

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Tectonic environment of shale-hosted massive sulphide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Proterozoic northeastern Australia

Date

2003

Authors

Betts, P

Giles, D

Lister, Gordon

Publisher

Economic Geology Publishing Company

Abstract

The large shale-hosted massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of the North Australian craton occur within basins that evolved in a continental setting in the overriding plate of a major subduction zone. The evolution of these basins is characterized by ∼ 140