摘要：The granite-greenstone terranes nested in Archean cratonic nuclei
of continents over the world are composed of variably metamorphosed igneous and sedimentary remnants of ancient ocean basins.
These rocks preserve distinct geological and geochemical imprints
of mantle evolution and differentiation of primordial crust, varying
conditions of magmatism and fluid generation, plume-arc interaction, subduction-accretion, tectonic cycles of ocean closure and continent generation; hydrothermal fluid activity, remobilization and
mineralization of precious metals over geological time. The notion
of mineral endowment of Archean greenstone belts invokes a
conjunction of magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic processes
that operated in different geodynamic settings and collectively
contributed towards the nature and diversity of mineralization.
