Perrouty S., Jessell Mark, Bourassa Y., Miller J., Apau D., Parra-Avila L. A., Le Mignot E., Velasquez G., Ganne Jérôme, Siebenaller L., Baratoux Lenka, Aillères L., André-Mayer A. S., Béziat D., Salvi S. (2016). Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana. Ore Geology Reviews, 78, p. 687-691. ISSN 0169-1368.
Titre du document
Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana
Année de publication
2016
Auteurs
Perrouty S., Jessell Mark, Bourassa Y., Miller J., Apau D., Parra-Avila L. A., Le Mignot E., Velasquez G., Ganne Jérôme, Siebenaller L., Baratoux Lenka, Aillères L., André-Mayer A. S., Béziat D., Salvi S.
Source
Ore Geology Reviews, 2016,
78, p. 687-691 ISSN 0169-1368
Including past production, current indicated and inferred resources, Wassa is a 5 Moz poly-deformed early-orogenic gold deposit located on the eastern flank of the Ashanti Belt, in southwest Ghana. It is hosted by metamorphosed volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks of the Sefwi Group (ca. 2260-2160 Ma). Early mineralization has an Eoebumean age (2164 +/- 22 Ma, Re-Os on pyrite) and is characterized by quartz veins, by a carbonate alteration of the host rocks, and by deformed gold-bearing pyrite. Remobilization of this gold occurred during the late stages of the Eburnean Orogeny (similar to 2.1 Ga) and is associated with quartz-carbonate veins with visible gold and euhedral pyrites.
Plan de classement
Géologie et formations superficielles [064]
Description Géographique
GHANA
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010067641]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010067641
