Tag: faults
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The fault valve model part 2: how to use it to find deposits
Last week, I wrote about the fault valve model and how useful it is for thinking about orogenic gold deposits. This time I want to try to put some of what we learned to good use and try to find some gold deposits. Reminder: 1) We are looking for zones of lithological and structural…
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The fault valve model, part 1: how to make a lode gold deposit
Introduction This week I made another video with Unicorn Exploration where we talked about Archean lode gold deposits, and a little bit about how they formed. I wanted to dive in to part of the story in a lot more detail.The idea of faults as valves and its importance to mineralizing systems was first described…