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    BUT…overall, the quartz-rich deep marine sediment succession is not


    inherently rich in gold
                                                                                       AND…the relative stratigraphic abundance
    (eg Glasson & Keays, 1978; Bierlein, 2004)                                         of pyritic black shale in Victoria is


                                                                                       anti-correlated with orogenic gold endowment!!
                                   Lachlan Supergroup

                                                                                       (eg: ‘Bendoc Group’ extensive in eastern Victoria: pyritic black

                                                                                       shale dominant but a region with less proven orogenic gold.
                                         ~5 Moz+
                                                                                       Bendigo-Fosterville goldfields: world class orogenic gold, but
                                                                                       <5% / vol pyritic black shale).




                                                                                       Victoria’s orogenic gold story must be more complex than just
                                                                                       the host rocks and structures….this has been the exploration

                                                                                       challenge
                                               abundant pyritic shale




















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