The golden ark: Arsenopyrite crystal plasticity and the retention of gold through high strain and metamorphism
dc.contributor.author | Fougerouse, Denis | |
dc.contributor.author | Micklethwaite, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Halfpenny, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Reddy, Steven | |
dc.contributor.author | Cliff, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kilburn, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guagliardo, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ulrich, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:10:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:10:21Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-05-02T19:30:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fougerouse, D. and Micklethwaite, S. and Halfpenny, A. and Reddy, S. and Cliff, J. and Martin, L. and Kilburn, M. et al. 2016. The golden ark: Arsenopyrite crystal plasticity and the retention of gold through high strain and metamorphism. Terra Nova. 28 (3): pp. 181-187. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18841 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ter.12206 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Quantitative electron backscatter diffraction analysis and ion microprobe imaging of gold-rich arsenopyrites provide the first insights into the crystal plasticity and element mobility behaviour of arsenopyrites through metamorphism (340°-460° and 2 kbar). Remarkably, the gold-rich arsenopyrites remained structurally and chemically robust during high strain deformation. It was only during a superimposed lower strain deformation event, at a high angle to the preferred orientation of the arsenopyrites, that small amounts of crystal plasticity affected the arsenopyrites. During the low strain event, a dissolution-reprecipitation reaction resulted in loss of gold from the crystal lattice, facilitated by localised domains of recrystallisation, most likely due to fluid percolation along sub- and new grain boundaries. We suggest that the abundance and rheologically robust nature of gold-rich arsenopyrite in giant gold deposits, affected by greenschist-amphibolite metamorphism, is actually critical in the preservation of those deposits. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.title | The golden ark: Arsenopyrite crystal plasticity and the retention of gold through high strain and metamorphism | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0954-4879 | |
dcterms.source.title | Terra Nova | |
curtin.note |
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Fougerouse, D. and Micklethwaite, S. and Halfpenny, A. and Reddy, S. and Cliff, J. and Martin, L. and Kilburn, M. et al. 2016. The golden ark: Arsenopyrite crystal plasticity and the retention of gold through high strain and metamorphism. Terra Nova. 28 (3): pp. 181-187, which has been published in final form at | |
curtin.department | Department of Applied Geology | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |