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Searching gold origin through litho-structural analysis and morphological characterization of alluvial gold nuggets in the Guiwa-Yangamo area (Batouri goldfield, Eastern Cameroon)

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This paper presents the first petro-structural data as well as morphological characterization of alluvial gold nuggets and related heavy minerals, from the Guiwa-Yangamo area within the Batouri goldfield (Cameroon). This area comprises metamorphic rocks including various gneisses and amphibolite, intruded by granite and granodiorite. Structural analysis reveals four main tectonic phases: the early (D1) and D2 deformations show ductile behavior, while D3 and D4 are ductile-brittle and late brittle respectively. Two main shear zones comprising the NW–SE- to NNW–SSE-trending ductile shear and ENE–WSW-trending ductile-brittle shear zone related respectively to D2 and D3 deformations are distinguished. These shear zones are well known in the Batouri goldfield as hosting gold-bearing quartz veins. Evidences for hydrothermal alteration such as chloritization, sericitization, and silification were identified in gold-bearing granitoids of the Batouri goldfield. Morphological characterization of alluvial gold grains and analysis of related heavy minerals indicate both long transport (> 1000m) and relatively short transport (0–300m), suggesting that they come from either the neighboring Lom group rocks or a local source (probably from the surrounding magmatic and metamorphic rocks). A shear zone–related origin is also proposed.

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    Emmanuel Nomo Negue, Jonas Didero Takodjou Wambo, Jonathan Negou Nembouet, Arnaud Cedric Teda Soh, Achille Simplice Tsassé Nganno & Donald Hermann Fossi

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundéré, P.O. Box 454, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

    Fadimatou Yamgouot Ngounouno & Rigobert Tchameni

  3. Institute of Geological and Mining Research, P.O. Box 4110, Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Donald Hermann Fossi

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Nomo Negue, E., Takodjou Wambo, J.D., Yamgouot Ngounouno, F. et al. Searching gold origin through litho-structural analysis and morphological characterization of alluvial gold nuggets in the Guiwa-Yangamo area (Batouri goldfield, Eastern Cameroon). Arab J Geosci 14, 1973 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07799-5

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