Geology in the resource and reserve estimation of narrow vein deposits

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-333

  Dominy, Simon C ^a,b   Annels, Alwyn E ^a,c   Camm, G Simon ^d   Wheeler, Paul ^d   Barr, Suzanne P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Gold Plc   (United Kingdom)

^c Summit House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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