Mono-sample Pb-Pb dating of pyrrhotite and tourmaline: Proterozoic vs. Archean intracratonic gold mineralization in Zimbabwe

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 823-826

  Frei, R ^a   Pettke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

AGE CONSTRAINTS; GENETIC MODELS; GENETIC PROCESS; GOLD MINERALIZATION; PB ISOTOPES; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; ZIMBABWE CRATON; ARCHEAN; ZIMBABWE;

LEAD ALLOYS;

ARCHEAN; GOLD; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; PYRRHOTITE; TOURMALINE; ARCHAEAN; LEAD/LEAD DATING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030302324     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0823:MSPPDO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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