The IGCP 510 project Global Correlation of A-type Granites and Related Rocks, their Mineralization, and Significance in Lithospheric Evolution (or, in short, A-type Granites and Related Rocks through Time) of the International Geoscience Programmewas developed in the period of 2005 to 2010 with the sponsorship of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and United Nations Education...

First large-scale concentration of gold to ore grade in Earth’s crust took place at around 2.9 Ga quartz-pebble conglomerates, well before endogenous deposits, such as porphyry and epithermal systems or orogenic-type started play a significant role from ca. 2.75 onwards. The conglomerate-hosted placers, typified by those the Mesoarchaeaen Witwatersrand Basin South Africa, are thought have been ...

The Mineral Potential Project is an initiative that provides predictions of resource abundance in the province and has been described by Kilby (1995). Ian this project, resource assessment is carried out on specified tracts of land, referred to as mineral assessment tracts. These tracts are generalizations of contiguous geological tracts that share a common tectonic history and metallogeny and ...