Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9534830 | Gondwana Research | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Sequencing of deformational events with associated emplacements of known ages suggests the age of gold mineralization of Attappadi area as between 2 Ga. and 2.5 Ga. The secondary mobilization has to be <2.0 Ga or younger possibly of younger Pan-African age related with the Moyar-Bhavani Shear System. The inherent gold content of the komatiitic metapyroxenites together with the auriferous quartz lodes assigns a lithological control on gold mineralisation. Subsequent folding and remobilization due to the regional shear constrained the geometry of the lode zones implying structural control.
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Authors
R.V.G. Nair, M.M. Nair, A.K. Maji,