Open Journal of Geology, 2022, 12, 294-311 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojg ISSN Online: 2161-7589 ISSN Print: 2161-7570 DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2022.123016 Mar. 31, 2022 294 Open Journal of Geology Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Eteké Eburnean Gold Deposit (Gabon) Makarim Dalil 1 , Nazaire Nzaou Mabika 2 , Amina Wafik 2 , Zohir Baroudi 1 , Abdelmalek Ouadjou 3 , Mohamed Gharrabi 3 , Amine Bouwafoud 1 , Nouamane El Aouad 2 , Youssef Zerhouni 1 , Saida Alikouss 1 1 Laboratoire géosciences et applications, Faculté des sciences Ben M’sik, Casablanca, Morocco 2 Laboratoire Dynamique de la Lithosphère et Genèse des Ressources, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, Morocco 3 Managem Group, Twin Center, Casablanca, Morocco Abstract The Gabon geology offered favorable and natural environments for the for- mation of various types of mineralization. The Etéké gold district, aim of this study, is located in the Ngounié province (southern Gabon) on the western edge of the Chaillu massif. Geologically, the gold mineralization is associated with the Eburnean orogeny and hosted in the Archean greenstone belts. Also, this deposit is covered by a significant vegetation cover and a very extensive lateritic weathering profile, which hinders the most accurate study. Through this paper, we aim to propose a genesis pattern of this mineralization via a multidisciplinary approach. To do this, a petrographic, metallogenic, and geo- chemical characterization has been established in the different sectors of the Etéké deposit. The studied deposits display varied facies which are encased in granitoid. They are essentially formed of abundant granitoid, and amphibolite compared to the volcano-sedimentary formations. These rocks display mag- matic textures, affected by metamorphism, and not sufficiently preserved. Based on our multidisciplinary approach, the studied samples collected from the core’s boreholes allowed us to decipher a volcanogenic and metamorphosed origin of the gold genesis. Keywords Eburnean Orogeny, Gabon, Gold, Greenstone, Granitoids, Amphibolite 1. Introduction 1.1. Geology of Gabon The examination of the Gabon map helps to differentiate four major tectono- How to cite this paper: Dalil, M., Mabika, N.N., Wafik, A., Baroudi, Z., Ouadjou, A., Gharrabi, M., Bouwafoud, A., El Aouad, N., Zerhouni, Y. and Alikouss, S. (2022) Mine- ralogy and Geochemistry of Eteké Ebur- nean Gold Deposit (Gabon). Open Journal of Geology, 12, 294-311. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2022.123016 Received: December 20, 2021 Accepted: March 28, 2022 Published: March 31, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access