Stages of Gold Deposits Formation in the Precambrian of the North-Eastern Fennoscandia

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Author: Arkadii A. Kalinin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: gold; Fennoscandian Shield; Kola Peninsula; greenstone belts; metamorphism; Mineralogy; QE351-399.2; Olenegorsk; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; kola peninsula; Lapland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050537; https://doaj.org/article/2e9a57f28bbe42c2970c401f5c7162aa

Two main stages of formation of gold deposits are identified in the north-eastern part of the Fennoscandian Shield—Neoarchean (2.7–2.6 Ga) and Paleoproterozoic (1.92–1.74 Ga). These were the stages of rapid growth of the continental crust of the Earth and the consolidation of the ancient supercontin...