Carbonate spots: understanding the relationship to gold mineralization in Central Victoria.

Abstract

Carbonate spots are ubiquitously associated with gold mineralization in the central Victorian gold-fields and they provide the most obvious visual sign of hydrothermal alteration. However, the absolute timing of the growth and change in composition of these spots is not so obvious and commonly misconstrued. Understanding the relationship between these spots and gold mineralisation can be used as an exploration tool by providing a larger hydrothermal footprint to these systems. This talk is based on research conducted within the pmd*CRC project T6: Dugdale A.L., Wilson C.J.L., Leader L.D., Robinson J.A. & Dugdale L.J. 2009. Carbonate spots: understanding the relationship to gold mineralization in Central Victoria, southeastern Australia. Mineralium Deposita 44, 205-219.

Bio

Allison is currently a coordinating Applied Geology Post Graduate coursework for students at Curtin. She has a PhD from UWA on the Bronzewing gold deposit and spent 6 years in Stawell, Victoria working as an imbedded researcher for The University of Melbourne linked to an ARC-Linkage and pmd*CRC projects. She also has 10 years’ experience in the mining industry.