Chapter 4.4 Paleoarchean Mineral Deposits of the Pilbara Craton: Genesis, Tectonic Environment and Comparisons with Younger Deposits

Huston, David L.; Morant, Peter; Pirajno, Franco; Cummins, Brendan; Baker, Darcy; Mernagh, Terrence P.

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“…Recognition of widespread epithermal veins at the North Pole extends the occurrence of epithermal systems to the earliest preserved stages of Earth history (e.g., Huston et al, 2008). Although very ancient epithermal deposits are not common, this is consistent with their vulnerability to removal due to uplift and erosion.…”

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“…Metal-bearing hydrothermal alteration in the granitegreenstone terranes of the Pilbara coincides with episodic felsic magmatism (Huston et al, 2008). In particular, quartz veins with epithermal characteristics, including textures, mineralogy, and metal tenor, have been documented over the past decade or more (e.g., Goellnicht et al, 1989;Marshall, 2000;Huston et al, 2002).…”

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“…Younger hydrothermal fluid flow appears related to a thickened volcanosedimentary pile and magmatism (and associated epithermal veins) related to the overlying Panorama Formation ( Fig. 1; Huston et al, 2008;Van Krankendonk et al, 2008).…”

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“…Older deposits are recognized where the host volcanic rocks are well preserved, including the Mesozoic deposits of South America and the Paleozoic deposits of Australia. Precambrian examples are known, but these deposits are considered small in terms of economic grade (Dubé et al, 1998;Hallberg, 1994;Turner et al, 2001;Huston et al, 2002Huston et al, , 2008. In the Pilbara, Huston et al (2002) documented vein textures, including colloform banding and bladed textures, associated with 2.75-Ga epithermal Au-Ag deposits in the Mallina basin.…”

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Early Archean Hot Springs above Epithermal Veins, North Pole, Western Australia: New Insights from Fluid Inclusion Microanalysis

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McPhie³

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Early Archean Hot Springs above Epithermal Veins, North Pole, Western Australia: New Insights from Fluid Inclusion Microanalysis

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“…This, combined with minor, subeconomic volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, high Pb abundances in the ores and evolved initial Pb isotopes, suggests involvement of thick continental crust (Huston et al 2007). …”

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Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

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How and when continents grew and plate tectonics started on Earth remain poorly constrained. Most researchers apply the modern plate tectonic paradigm to problems of ancient crustal formation, but these are unsatisfactory because diagnostic criteria and actualistic plate configurations are lacking. Here, we show that 3.5-3.2 Ga continental nuclei in the Pilbara Craton, Australia, and the eastern Kaapvaal Craton, southern Africa, formed as thick volcanic plateaux built on a substrate of older continental lithosphere and did not accrete through horizontal tectonic processes. These nuclei survived because of the contemporaneous development of buoyant, nonsubductable mantle roots. This plateau-type of Archean continental crust is distinct from, but complementary to, Archean gneiss terranes formed over shallowly dipping zones of intraoceanic underplating (proto-subduction) on a vigorously convecting early Earth with smaller plates and primitive plate tectonics.

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Hydrothermal Systems and the Biosphere

Pirajno

2009

Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems

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Chapter 4.4 Paleoarchean Mineral Deposits of the Pilbara Craton: Genesis, Tectonic Environment and Comparisons with Younger Deposits

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Early Archean Hot Springs above Epithermal Veins, North Pole, Western Australia: New Insights from Fluid Inclusion Microanalysis

Early Archean Hot Springs above Epithermal Veins, North Pole, Western Australia: New Insights from Fluid Inclusion Microanalysis

Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

Hydrothermal Systems and the Biosphere

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