Contrasting structural controls on gold mineralization along the Eldorado shear zone, Zimbabwe

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 105, Issue JAN-APR, 1996, Pages

  Blenkinsop, T G ^a   Campbell, S D G ^b   Pitfield, P E J ^b   Muzondo, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Redwining Mine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ZIMBABWE, ELDORADO SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0029753708     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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