An AMF-PGC International Study Tour Tour Developed & Managed by Porter GeoConsultancy Archaean Gold '97 Archaean Gold & Related Ore Deposits of North America & Africa 4 - 29 July 1997 - In Two Separate Modules
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Literature Collection:   Module 2 - Africa
Overview

• Geological map of Southern Africa showing the mines/projects to be visited.
• Extracts from: Regional Geology of Africa; Petters S W - 1986, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 40, Springer-Verlag , pp 1-13.
• Mineral provinces of Southern Africa; Sšhnge A P G - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 1-23.
• Archaean metallogeny of Southern Africa; Anhaeusser C R, Viljoen M J - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 33-42.

South Africa

• The goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin; Pretorius D A - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 489-493.
• The nature of the Witwatersrand gold-uranium deposits; Pretorius D A - 1974, in Wolf (Ed), Handbook of Stratabound and Stratiform Ore Deposits, Elsevier, v 7, pp 29-88.
• The source of Witwatersrand gold and uranium: A continued difference of opinion (extracts); Pretorius D A - 1991, Econ. Geol., Monograph 8, pp 139-145, 160-163.
• Geological environment and mineralisation processes during the formation of the Witwatersrand Au-U deposits; Robb L J, Meyer F M - 1994, in XV th CMMI Congress, Johannesburg, SAIMM, 1994, v 3, pp 3-18.
• The Witwatersrand Gold Fields: Part I. Post depositional history, synsedimentary processes and gold distribution; Phillips G N, Myers R E, Law J D M, Bailey A C, Cadle A B, Beneke S D, Guisti L - 1989, Econ. Geol. Mono. 6, pp 585-597.
• The Witwatersrand Gold Fields: Part II. An origin for Witwatersrand gold during metamorphism and associated alteration; Phillips G N, Myers R E, - 1989, Econ. Geol. Mono. 6, pp 598-608.
• A tectono-sedimentary reconstruction of the development and evolution of the Witwatersrand Basin, with particular emphasis on the Central Rand Group; Myers R E, McCarthy T S, Stanistreet I G - 1990, South African J. Geol., v 93, no. 1, pp 180-201.
• The role of fluids in the evolution of the Witwatersrand Basin; Phillips G N, Law J D M, Myers R E - 1990, South African J. Geol., v 93, no. 1, pp 54-69.
• A review of the Witwatersrand Basin and trends in exploration; Tainton S - 1994, in XV th CMMI Congress, Johannesburg, SAIMM, 1994, v 3, pp 19-45.
• The geology of the West Rand Goldfield, with special reference to the southern limb; Tucker R F, Viljoen R P - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 649-688.
• The Welkom Goldfield; Minter W E L, Hill W C N, Kidger R J, Kingsley C S, Snowden P A - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 497-539.
• The Sun Project - I. Discovery of a major new Witwatersrand goldfield; Gray N K, Tucker R F, Kershaw D J - 1994, in XV th CMMI Congress, Johannesburg, SAIMM, 1994, v 3, pp 95-102.
• The Sun Project - II. Scientific and technological innovations in a Witwatersrand exploration venture; Tucker R F, Schlegel G C-J, Wagener J H F, Gray N K - 1994, in XV th CMMI Congress, Johannesburg, SAIMM, 1994, v 3, pp 103-116.
• Archaean gold mineralisation in the Barberton Mountain Land; Anhaeusser C R - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 113-154.

Zimbabwe

• Archaean gold mineralisation in Zimbabwe (extracts); Foster R P, Mann A G, Stowe C W, Wilson J F - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 43-50, 51, 62, 69, 81, 90-112.
• Gold in granulites at Renco mine, Zimbabwe; Bšhmke F C, Varndell B J - 1986, in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S (Eds) - Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, v 1, pp 221-230.
• Archean and Proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco mine (Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe); Blenkinsop T G, Frei R - 1996, Econ. Geol., v 91, No. 7, pp 1225-1238.

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