Major shear zones host a significant proportion of gold deposits globally. The session will focus on the regional and deposit scale controls on ore formation and explore examples from prolific shear zones, such as those in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Hope Bay, West African Birimian Greenstone Belt, the Guiana Shield, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and the West Tethyan Metallogenic Belt.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Shear zone gold deposits