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- Basement domains of the conterminous US and Alaska
Geological environments and metal endowments found in Sialic protocontinent basement domains
- Geological environment: Oceanic ridge
- Primary metal endowments: Magmatic Ni-Cu ± PGE
References
- Geological environment: Oceanic ridge
- Primary metal endowments: Podiform Cr ± PGE
References
Cawthorn, R.G., Barnes, S.J., Ballhaus, C., and Malitch, K.N., 2005, Platinum group element, chromium, and vanadium deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 215–250.
Mosier, D.L., Singer, D.A., Moring, B.C., and Galloway, J.P., 2012, Podiform chromite deposits—Database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5157, 45 p. and database; http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5157/.
Singer, D.A., Page, N.J., and Lipin, B.R., 1986, Grade and tonnage model of major podiform chromite, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 38–44.
- Geological environment: Oceanic ridge
- Primary metal endowments: Stratiform Ni-Cu-Cr ± PGE
References
Schulz, K.J., Chandler, V.W., Nicholson, S.W., Piatak, Nadine, Seal, R.R., II, Woodruff, L.G., and Zientek, M.L., 2010, Magmatic sulfide-rich nickel-copper deposits related to picrite and (or) tholeiitic basalt dike-sill complexes—A preliminary deposit model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1179, 25 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1179/.
- Geological environment: Early oceanic arc
- Primary metal endowments: Cu-Zn-Pb ± Au-Ag volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS)
References
Barrie, C.T., Hannington, M.D., and Bleeker, W., 1999, The giant Kidd Creek volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi subprovince, Canada, in Barrie, C.T., and Hannington, M.D., eds., Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits—Processes and examples in modern and ancient settings: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 8, p. 247–259.
- Geological environment: Early oceanic arc
- Primary metal endowments: Porphyry Cu-Mo
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John, D.A., Ayuso, R.A., Barton, M.D., Blakely, R.J., Bodnar, R.J., Dilles, J.H., Gray, Floyd, Graybeal, F.T., Mars, J.C., McPhee, D.K., Seal, R.R., Taylor, R.D., and Vikre, P.G., 2010, Porphyry copper deposit model, chap. B of Mineral deposit models for resource assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5070–B, 169 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5070/b/.
Taylor, R.D., Hammarstrom, J.M., Piatak, N.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2012, Arc-related porphyry molybdenum deposit model, chap. D of Mineral deposit models for resource assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5070–D, 64 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5070/d/.
- Geological environment: Supracrustal basin
- Primary metal endowments: Banded Fe formation
References
Bekker, Andrey, Slack, J.F., Planavsky, N., Krapež, B., Hofmann, N., Konhauser, K.O., and Rouxel, O.J., 2010, Iron formation—The sedimentary product of a complex interplay among mantle, tectonic, oceanic, and biospheric processes: Economic Geology, v. 105, p. 467–508; doi: 10.2113/ gsecongeo.105.3.467.
- Geological environment: Mantle plume
- Primary metal endowments: Diamond-bearing kimberlite and lamproite
References
Gurney, J.J., Helmstaedt, H.H., Le Roux, A.P., Nowicki, T.E., Richardson, S.H., and Westerland, K.J., 2005, Diamonds—Crustal distribution and formation processes in time and space and an integrated deposit model: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 143–178.
Wyman, D.A., O’Neill, C., and Ayer, J.A., 2008, Evidence for modern-style subduction to 3.1 Ga—A plateau–adakite–gold (diamond) association, in Condie, K.C., and Pease, V., eds., When did plate tectonics begin on planet Earth?: Geological Society of America Special Paper 440, p. 129–148; doi: 10.1130/2008.2440(06).
