Stratigraphic and structural controls on gold mineralization in the Pilgrim's Rest goldfield, eastern Transvaal, South Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-169

  Tyler, Roger ^a,b   Tyler, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROL; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, PILGRIM'S REST GOLDFIELD;

EID: 0030448138     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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