The Not-So-Boring Billion: A metallogenic conundrum during the evolution from Columbia to Rodinia supercontinents

M Santosh, DI Groves - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the commencement of assembly of Columbia at ca. 2.0 to 1.8 Ga with its normal
convergent margin metallogeny rich in orogenic gold and VMS Cu-Zn-Pb systems, the Earth …

A review of the characteristics and geological settings of orogenic gold deposits of the Boule Mossi Domain: implication for gold exploration

RW Kazapoe - Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews the geological characteristics and settings of orogenic gold deposits in
the Boule Mossi Domain of West Africa. Understanding the geological characteristics of …

Geospatial modelling of mineral potential zones using data-driven based weighting factor and statistical index techniques

PO Amponsah, ED Forson - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral prospectivity models (MPMs) are significantly essential in delineating target zones
with the optimum likelihood of containing a particular sought-after mineral deposit. This …

New evidence for crustal reworking and juvenile arc‐magmatism during the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean events in the Suhum Basin, South‐east Ghana

PO Amponsah, D Kwayisi, EK Awunyo… - Geological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Contrary to what is currently known, archetypal zircon samples from gneisses and intrusive
leucogranites in the Palaeoproterozoic Suhum Basin, SE Ghana, suggest the involvement of …

The geology and geochemistry of the Rhyacian Josephine gold deposit, Northwest Ghana

F Atanga, PO Amponsah, S Nunoo… - Applied Earth …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper focuses on the geology and geochemistry of the Rhyacian Josephine gold
deposit in northwestern Ghana, where gold is primarily hosted in quartzites, with other …

Petrogenetic links between rare metal-bearing pegmatites and TTG gneisses in the West African Craton: The Mangodara district of SW Burkina Faso

WME Bonzi, O Vanderhaeghe, M Van Lichtervelde… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
We describe the geological context of rare metal-bearing pegmatites from the Mangodara
district (South-West Burkina Faso, Paleoproterozoic West African Craton) and discuss their …

Petrology and geochemistry of the Suhum Basin granitoid complex, Ghana: Implications for crustal growth during the Rhyacian orogeny of the West African Craton

D Kwayisi, PO Amponsah, EK Awunyo… - Journal of African Earth …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Suhum Basin granitoid complex is an important granitoid complex of the
Birimian terrane of Ghana for unravelling the crustal growth and evolution of the West …

Evolution of the transtensional Barreirinhas pull-apart system in the Brazilian Equatorial margin and its correlation with the African conjugate counterpart

DL de Castro, DC Oliveira, FHR Bezerra - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
The Barreirinhas pull-apart system encompasses marginal basins in divergent and
transform margin segments in the central sector of the Brazilian Equatorial Margin and its …

[HTML][HTML] Gold concentration during polyphase deformation: Insights from Boulanger Project, French Guiana

B Lacroix, D Lahondes, PJ Hainque, E Le Goff… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Boulanger gold deposit is hosted within the Rhyacian greenstone belts from the Guiana
shield located within the North Guiana Through, French Guiana. The Boulanger deposit is …

[KNIHA][B] Mineral Systems, Earth Evolution, and Global Metallogeny

DI Groves, M Santosh - 2023 - books.google.com
Mineral Systems, Earth Evolution, and Global Metallogeny provides insights into the critical
parameters of Earth's evolution, particularly in terms of thermal state, tectonics, and the …