Geochronology, Mineralogy, and Genesis of Orogenic Gold Deposit: Implications for Gold Prospecting
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 571
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mineralizing processes; tectonics; geochemistry; mineralogy; igneous and metamorphic petrology
Interests: metalogenesis; hydrothermal alteration; geochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite decades of research, prospecting, and exploration, Orogenic Gold Deposits (OGDs) remain not only one of the main sources of gold ore worldwide but also an exploratory frontier. Its complexity is mainly due to its wide spatial distribution in distinct geological settings and geological time spans, ranging from the Archean to the Cenozoic. The diversity of involved metasedimentary and metaigneous rocks, variable metamorphic conditions, and structural architectures provides additional complications for understanding genetic scenarios and their implications for gold prospecting. Solving these challenges to optimize the prospecting of new reserves economically and sustainably requires a great joint effort between the scientific community and the mining industry, which is the main proposal of this Special Issue.
In this way, the Special Issue invites submissions that include original scientific research relating to Orogenic Gold Deposits from well-known and/or new localities worldwide. This Special Issue focuses on the following: 1) the characterization of mineralizing controls and relevant physico-chemical conditions for ore genesis; 2) the role of metamorphism and deformation on the mineralizing process and ore enrichment; 3) the geochronology of ore formation and its relation with tectonics and tectonic setting; 4) the characterization of parental fluids and hydrothermal processes; and 5) the effect of supergene enrichment on Orogenic Gold Deposits and its implications for gold prospecting.
Dr. Gustavo Luiz Campos Pires
Dr. Pedro Maciel de Paula Garcia
Dr. Felipe Emerson André Alves
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structurally controlled gold deposits
- mineralizing hydrothermal fluids
- metamorphic terrains
- P-T-t pathway
- deformational history
- gold prospecting
- gold tectonics
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