Gold mineralization in As-rich mesothermal gold ores of the Bogosu-Prestea mining district of the Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana: remobilization of "invisible" gold

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 445-460

  Mumin, A H ^a   Fleet, M E ^a   Chryssoulis, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ELEMENT REMOBILIZATION; GOLD; MESOTHERMAL ORE; PYRITE;

GHANA, ASHANTI GOLD BELT, BOGOSU-PRESTEA;

EID: 0028607844     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: 14321866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193506     Document Type: Article

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