LITHO-MOD enhances understanding of controls on mineralisation for AngloGold Ashanti
Tropicana underground gold mine is located 330km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Gold mineralisation is hosted in granulite facies quartzo-feldspathic gneiss. Garnet gneiss is commonly associated with hanging wall of nearby mineraisation so understanding the distribution of garnet gneiss is key to understanding mineralisation. 3D seismic surveys were acquired in 2014 and 2015 and…