EMPIRICAL METALLOGENY

By J. KUSAU

Introduction: Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore 1 Part I — Origin of Banded Iron Formations Chapter 1: Origin and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Major Iron Formations at the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Boundary 5 Part II — Constraints on the Genesis of Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore Mineral Systems Chapter 2: Origin and Timing of Banded Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Hard Hematite Deposits—A Paleomagnetic Approach 49 Chapter 3: Structural Controls on High-Grade Iron Ores Hosted by Banded Iron Formation: A Global Perspective 73 Chapter 4: Hypogene Alteration Associated with High-Grade Banded Iron Formation-Related Iron Ore 107 Chapter 5: Mineralogical and Microchemical Methods for the Characterization of High-Grade Banded Iron Formation-Derived Iron Ore 129 Chapter 6: The Geochemistry of Banded Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Hematite-Martite Iron Ores 157 Chapter 7: Application of Numerical Modeling to Extension, Heat, and Fluid Flow in the Genesis of Giant Banded Iron Formation-Hosted Hematite Ore Deposits 185 Part III — Regional Studies of Iron Ore Provinces and Deposits Chapter 8: Banded Iron Formation-Related Iron Ore Deposits of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia 197 CONTENTS Chapter 9: The Itabirites of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero and Related High-Grade Iron Ore Deposits: An Overview 223 Chapter 10: A Hydrothermal Origin for the Jaspilite-Hosted, Giant Serra Norte Iron Ore Deposits in the Carajás Mineral Province, Pará State, Brazil 255 Chapter 11: Geology and Genesis of the Major Banded Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Iron Ore Deposits of India 291 Chapter 12: An Integrated Exploration Approach to the Sishen South Iron Ore Deposit, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, and Its Implication for Developing a Structural and/or Resource Model for These Deposits 317 Chapter 13: Genesis of the Pic de Fon Iron Oxide Deposit, Simandou Range, Republic of Guinea, West Africa 339 Chapter 14: Brief History of High-Grade Iron Ore Mining in North America (1848-2008) 361 Part IV — Developments in Iron Ore Exploration Chapter 15: Advances in Geophysics Applied to the Search for Banded Iron Formation-Related, High-Grade Hematite Iron Ore 381 Chapter 16: High-Grade Iron Ore Exploration in an Increasingly Steel-Hungry World: The Past, Current, and Future Role of Exploration Models and Technological Advances 393