Conditions of chlorite growth in the Hill End goldfield, New South Wales, Australia: Some predictions and evaluations

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-21

  Lu, Jianchun ^a   Seccombe, Philip K ^b   Walshe, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chlorite composition; f(O2); Gold mineralization; Hill End goldfield; New South Wales; pH; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GOLD; MINERAL PARAGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, HILL END;

EID: 0009489996     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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