Structural Control of Mineral Deposits. Theory and Reality

• Main Author: Chauvet, Alain (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: shallow diagenesis; arsenopyrite; buffer-based analysis; vein-filling; textures; hydrothermal breccia; Pyrenean Axial Zone; Tibet; remobilization; pull-apart; spatial analysis; tectonic control; thrust fault; silicic large igneous province; hinge trap; hydraulic breccia; vein; exploration; mafic dikes; Tiegelongnan; orogenic gold mineralization; porphyry; base metal massive sulfide deposits; overprinting; deformation bands; clay authigenesis; fractal; uranium deposits; replacement; sphalerite; Tongling; comb quartz; strike-slip fault; pre-existing structures; preservation; ignimbrite flare-ups; dilational jogs; Pb-Zn deposits; deformation structure; silicification; SEDEX; fault zones; Verkhoyansk-Kolyma folded region; decollement; structural control; IRGD; Khangalas ore cluster; infilling; breccia; late Variscan strike-slip faults; data-driven model; mineralization chronology; shear zone; epithermal; structure; Hajjar; orogenic gold; Kiggavik; sulphide lenses; Anti-Atlas; ash-flow caldera
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""Structural Control"" remains a crucial point that frequently lacks in any scientific and/or economic analysis of ore deposits, whatever their type and class. The case of lode deposits is exemplary, although also other deposits, like breccia pipe, stockwerk, massive sulphides, s...