Geology and mineralisation of the Lachlan Fold Belt

Abstract

The Lachlan Fold Belt conference was held by the Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group Investigating the Genesis of Ore Deposits (SGIGOD) at Macquarie University, December 8?10 1975. The main purpose of the Conference was to bring together Government, University and private groups currently working in the area. The response was good ?? nearly 200 people registered for the conference ?? but the papers presented showed that our understanding of the fold belt is still rudimentary and fragmented. The distribution of areas discussed was far even (more than half the papers referred to the Hill End Trough and its margins). However, there was no intention of emulating the comprehensive guide to the mineral deposits of NSW recently published (1974) by the NSW Geological Survey. The serious reader of these Proceedings should refer constantly to the mineral deposits volume.