Age constraints on Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana

Two major epigenetic gold-forming events are recorded in the world-class gold province of southwest Ghana. A pre-Tarkwaian event was the source of the world-class Tarkwa palaeoplacers whereas post-Birimian and Tarkwaian deformation, which was related to the Eburnean orogeny, gave rise to the world-c...

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Main Authors: Pigois, J., Groves, D., McNaughton, Neal, Snee, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41009