List of greenstone belts

This is a list of greenstone belts

Africa

Burkina Faso

  • Hounde greenstone belt[1]
  • Boromo greenstone belt[1]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola

South Africa

Tanzania

  • Kilimafedha greenstone belt
  • Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt
  • Nzega Greenstone Belt

Zimbabwe

  • Belingwe Greenstone Belt
  • Gweru-Shurugwi Greenstone Belt
  • Harare greenstone belt
  • Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt
  • Wedza Greenstone belt
  • Bulawayo-Bubi Greenstone belt
  • Makaha Greenstone Belt
  • Beatrice Greenstone Belt
  • Dindi Greenstone Belt
  • Mt Darwin Greenstone Belt

Eurasia

Russia

  • Kostomuksha greenstone belt

Finland

Norway

  • Mauken greenstone belt

Oceania

  • Harris greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Jack Hills greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Saddleback greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Southern Cross greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Yandal greenstone belt (Australia)
  • Yalgoo-Singleton greenstone belt (Australia)

North America

Canada

Greenland

United States

South America

Brazil

  • Santa Rita greenstone belt

Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil

  • Northern Guiana Shield greenstone belt [2]

References

  1. Huot, Daniel; Sattran, Vladimir (1987). "Gold in Birrimian Greenstone Belts of Burkina Faso,West Africa". Economic Geology. 82: 2033–2044. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.8.2033.
  2. R. Naipal and S.B. Kroonenberg Provenance signals in metaturbidites of the Paleoproterozoic greenstone belt of the GuianaShield in Suriname. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, Available on CJO 2016 doi:10.1017/njg.2016.9
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