Fosterville
Central Victoria, Bendigo Zone (Western Lachlan Orogen), Australia
Orogenic goldAu (Sb)
- Type
- Orogenic gold in quartz veins in Ordovician turbidites (Sb-Au)
Deposit of the Paleozoic Victorian goldfields, chevron-folded and cut by reverse faults; gold mostly deposited before the Devonian granites, Sb-Au mineralisation of poorly constrained age, possibly later. Coordinates not published (map only).
ε107Ag in ε units (parts per 10,000) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 978a
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −4.7 ε | 1 | silver-bearing native gold Single analysis (KH002). Detail: KH002 (Fosterville, Au 96.67 %, Ag 3.32 %, Cu 35 ppm, ± 0.04). ε107Ag = deviation of 107Ag/109Ag from SRM 978a in parts per ten thousand, opposite in sign to ε109Ag. | Voisey et al. (2019), Extreme silver isotope variation in orogenic gold systems implies m… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Fosterville, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/fosterville/ (accessed 2026-10-21).
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title = {Fosterville, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/fosterville/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}Updated : 2026-10-21