Tectonic hydrothermal gold mineralisation in the outboard zone of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-209

  Smith, D W ^a   Craw, D ^a   Koons, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ben Ohau Range; Fluid inclusions; Glentanner; Gold; Hydrothermal; Isotopes; Quartz veins; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SCHIST; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0030449684     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514705     Document Type: Article

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