Thrust-controlled, gold quartz-vein mineralisation at the Tom's Gully mine, Northern Territory, Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-70

  Sheppard, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THRUST;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, TOM'S GULLY MINE;

EID: 0029730341     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225396     Document Type: Article

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