Geology and mineralization of the Wyoming Province
By: W.D. Hausel, B.R. Edwards, and P. J. Graff
Edited by: Anon
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Abstract
The Wyoming Province is an Archean craton which underlies portions of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and much of Wyoming. The cratonic block consists of Archean age granite-gneiss with interspersed greenstone belts and related supracrustal terranes exposed in the cores of several Laramide uplifts. Resources found in the Province and in the adjacent accreted Proterozoic terrane include banded iron formation, Au, Pt, Pd, W, Sn, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cu, and diamonds. The Province shows many similarities to the mineral-rich cratons of the Canadian shield, the Rhodesian and Transvaal cratons of southern Africa, and the Pilbara and Yilgarn blocks of Western Australia, where much of the world's precious and strategic metal and gemstone resources are located.
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Hausel, W., Edwards, B., Graff, P.J., 1991, Geology and mineralization of the Wyoming Province, in Preprint - Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, Denver, CO, USA, 25 February 1991 through 28 February 1991.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Geology and mineralization of the Wyoming Province |
| Year Published | 1991 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Publ by Soc of Mining Engineers of AIME |
| Publisher location | Littleton, CO, United States |
| Larger Work Title | Preprint - Society of Mining Engineers of AIME |
| Conference Title | 1991 SME Annual Meeting |
| Conference Location | Denver, CO, USA |
| Conference Date | 25 February 1991 through 28 February 1991 |